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Monthly Archives April 2021

Friday Fun Link – The Big Library: Books About Basic Income

This idea is growing in awareness and after the rush to create CERB a year ago, more and more people are seeing the benefit of some form of a universal guaranteed income. This is a great list of books to learn more about different aspects of the idea.

¶ Posted 09 April 2021 § Jobs § Library § News § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, Covid, economics, education, health, history

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Stop Stop (April 2007)

Always liked this photo of a railway crossing near Creelman, SK for some reason…

¶ Posted 09 April 2021 § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, saskatchewan

My Garage Lights Are Smarter Than I Am

I’m getting more and more interested in smart devices with my most recent purchase being three smart floodlights which I installed in my garage so that the neighbours can enjoy my obsession too! Easter… Calgary Flames Game Night… Anniversary of Humboldt Broncos Tragedy…

¶ Posted 07 April 2021 § MemoryLane § News § Photo § PopCulture § Randomness § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, history, hockey, holiday

My Take on the Calgary Flames Season

Sharing my insight about the Flames’ season with the good folks at CalgaryPuck (of note, there are only a handful of sites that both still exist and also pre-date when I began using the “Headtale” alias for every site I joined. CalgaryPuck, which I joined in 2002 soon after we moved to Calgary, is one […]

¶ Posted 06 April 2021 § Humour § Meme § Sad § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, hockey

Music Monday – “Do you call it as you see it and you’ve always been that way?/Are you reminiscent of how things were back in the day?/Are you agitated with the young’uns always wanting change?/Well here’s your invite to a group of folks like you and me”

“Support Local” takes many forms. With the lack of live music, why not support a local musician or band by buying their songs (especially a timely one like this one which also has a great video!) “Pity Party – Blake Berglund

¶ Posted 05 April 2021 § MusicMonday § Politics § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, music, saskatchewan

Secular Sunday – The Cost of Religion in Canada

A nice confluence of events with it being Easter, me completing my taxes, and the Centre for Inquiry Canada (CFIC) releasing a report on the status of churches as charities.

¶ Posted 04 April 2021 § Canada § Infographic § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, economics, education, history, science

Saturday Snap – Who Needs Fish?

¶ Posted 03 April 2021 § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Second

Reddit has long released some unique site or game or feature, often tied to group psychology, on April Fool’s Day. This year was no exception as they released “Second” which is a seemingly simple game where you vote for one of three pictures (maybe three different popular video games or celebrities or products or even, […]