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Appalachian Man Interview – Elmer

“Soft White Underbelly” is a fascinating interview series on YouTube…

¶ Posted 31 March 2021 § Randomness § Sad § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health, language, unitedstates

I Did Not Wake Up Expecting To Do A Covid Test Today…

…but my RN wife brought home a box of rapid tests as some healthcare staff are being encouraged to test themselves regularly to help catch Covid before it can spread in the hospital. Since they were also allowed to test family members, I got to be the guinea pig for her first “at home” test […]

¶ Posted 30 March 2021 § Family § Jobs § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, science

Music Monday – “It’s outbreaks/Caused by stat holidays/A travel ban/When plans are already made”

“Life in a Pandemic (Don’t It Stink)” – “Ironic” Parody

¶ Posted 29 March 2021 § Humour § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, language, music

Some Quick Thoughts On The Stabbing at Lynn Valley Public Library in North Vancouver

Shea and I often talk about how strange it is that librarians are one of the few professions where practitioners actively visit local examples of their workplace in other communities when traveling (she doesn’t have a strong desire to visit hospitals in other places when on a holiday – that’s for sure!). I think there’s […]

¶ Posted 28 March 2021 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sad § Shea § Travel § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, holiday

Saturday Snap – Triple Masking = Max Covid Protection?

I was talking to the kids about possibly double-masking as an added precaution and Sasha decided to take it a step further with three masks (which she didn’t end up wearing, mostly because she ran out of ear to hook the straps on!) And it didn’t last long as we made the decision to pull […]

¶ Posted 27 March 2021 § Humour § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health

Friday Fun Link – Apple’s M1 Chip

The announcement of the new Apple M1 chip last fall finally got me to make the leap from using a ~2012-era MacBook Pro which was at the point that it was basically held together with digital duct tape and prayers to buying a new MacBook Air which arrived this week. I’ll likely share some expanded […]

¶ Posted 26 March 2021 § Internet § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, language, science, youtube

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Future Rapper? (October 2010)

Pace appears well positioned for a career making hip hop videos…

¶ Posted 25 March 2021 § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics

Exponential Growth: A Commonsense Explanation

When something is going through exponential growth, even in the early stages, most people completely underestimate how quickly things are going to change, even when the exponential growth has been going on for quite a while. Some humans are really bad at understanding math.