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Monthly Archives March 2020

Saturday Snap – Going (Mini) Viral Online in the Age of Pandemic

From working on the Ryan Meili leadership campaigns, mostly in the area of social media plus my own personal interest in the topic, I know some of the “rules” about what makes tweets/Facebook posts successful. But ultimately, human nature is a funny thing and no one can truly predict what will make a tweet go […]

Posted 21 March 2020 § Humour § Internet § Jobs § Library § News § SaturdaySnap § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Before & After At the #YQR Corner Convenience Store

Thursday March 12, 2020… Wednesday March 18, 2020… (Apparently we can now wipe with Alphabits!?!) 😉

Posted 20 March 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Practicing Protective Measures In The Good Old Days(May 2019)

Pace was into personal protective gear long before the current COVID-19 outbreak. (Of course, this was how he suited up to load dirty dishes into the dishwasher at our old house so a lot lower health risk I would hope!)

Posted 19 March 2020 § Humour § MemoryLane § News § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Spreading Germs, Stopping Handshakes & Increasing Handwashing: The Best Coronavirus Video I’ve Seen

Posted 18 March 2020 § Jobs § Meme § News § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Five Things I Feel Fortunate For In the Pandemic

Obviously, the pandemic is a shitty situation all around – people are losing their jobs, businesses are shutting down, our entire world has been disrupted in ways large and small. Still, I’m an optimist at heart and I can’t help but think of a few ways that I’m personally fortunate, even in the midst of […]

Posted 17 March 2020 § List § News § Pace § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “That’s great it starts with an outbreak/From birds and bats to airplanes/Donald Trump is not afraid”

Great rewrite! “It’s The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) – COVID-19 Remix” – R.E.M.  

Posted 16 March 2020 § Humour § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

10 Random Thoughts on CoronaVirus

As a fan of dystopian literature, it’s still shocking how quickly we’ve gotten to this point.  Within a couple months of COVID-19 appearing, we’ve shut down billion dollar sports leagues, concerts, schools, libraries and more. I’ve been thinking a lot about the differences between a panicked response, a prepared response and a proactive response and […]

Posted 15 March 2020 § List § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Saturday Snap – Scenes From Plague Week

With apologies to Daniel Dafoe, some scenes from the past few days… Busy disinfecting everything in the house… I *love* my library’s “In the News” display.  It’s been a huge hit with how timely and responsive it is and our COVID-themed display was no exception (yes, I know some of those “boost your immunity” books […]

Posted 14 March 2020 § Meme § News § Photo § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Pandemic Grocery List

I’ve heard stories about the chaos but I freaked myself out a bit when I hit a grocery store on the way home as it truly looked like the zombie apocalypse had already begun… The obligatory shot of the depleted toilet paper aisle… Luckily, I’d forgotten that my neighbourhood store had been planning a renovation […]

Posted 13 March 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour § News § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Best Pandemic Books

Some stock up on toilet paper, some stock up on booze – why not stock up on reading material?

Posted 12 March 2020 § List § News § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,