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Monthly Archives June 2021

Legends of Hockey: The New York Islanders

When I started following hockey as a young kid around the age seven or eight, the Islanders were the best team in the league. (Interestingly, I clearly remember friends who cheered for Boston, Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Philadephia but no one else seemed to have latched on to the Islanders which is another reason […]

Posted 09 June 2021 § MemoryLane § News § Saskatchewan § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

107 Year Old Irish Farmer Reflects on Changes He’s Seen (1967 Interview)

The single best presentation I did in library school was on the evolution of streaming video online and how it’s biggest benefit was how online video eliminates constraints of both time and distance that all previous dominant mass communications mediums – radio, television – suffered from. Like most 70s kids, I was pretty obsessed with […]

Posted 08 June 2021 § Internet § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § News § Technology § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Let’s get friendship right/Get life day to day/In the forget yer skates dream/Full of countervailing woes”

“It’s A Good Life (If You Don’t Weaken)” – The Tragically Hip with Feist

Posted 07 June 2021 § Canada § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – Residential Schools: A Timeline

*Literally* the first words of this timeline discuss the central role of various churches in the creation of schools that took Indigenous children from their parents, communities and culture. For more than two hundred years [from 1600-1800], religious orders run mission schools for Indigenous children, the precursors to the Government of Canada’s residential school system.

Posted 06 June 2021 § Canada § News § Politics § Sad § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – Happiest Photo of the Week!

It’s been a long, stressful, nerve-wracking year in so many ways.  But beyond happy that I finally have two fully vaccinated parents!!!

Posted 05 June 2021 § Family § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – “Drinks in Calgary” Decision Tree

I could’ve used this when we lived in Calgary but honestly, this is all I needed to know: 1. Hop N Brew (right next door to where my office was – dangerous!) 2. Drum & Monkey (also down the street from my office – sat there for like ten hours from noon on to hold […]

Posted 04 June 2021 § FridayFunLink § List § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Mask Wearing in the “Before Times” (June 2016)

Browsing my photos, I occasionally come across a photo of someone in the family wearing a mask and it’s weird to think how unusual it felt at the time – when Pace had to go into isolation for a weekend after presenting with some weird breathing (later diagnosed as childhood asthma), when I’ve gone in […]

Posted 03 June 2021 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Amazon Prime Is An Economy-Distorting Lie

I’m trying as hard as I can to avoid buying from Amazon as I’ve grown to *really* dislike their business practices – from how they treat workers to resellers engaging in fraud to simply the fact that Jeff Bezos does not need one more penny of my money. I mean, Wal-Mart is a shitty employer […]

Posted 02 June 2021 § Internet § Jobs § Library § News § Politics § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

“The ranting and raving you see in these videos shows they have good lung capacity.”

“There are legitimate medical exemptions but if someone requires a mask exemption, that usually means they are at high risk of Covid and I counsel them to not to go out in public without a mask and instead, have someone assist you – a family member or caregiver if possible…Some doctors will feel pressured to […]

Posted 01 June 2021 § Jobs § News § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,