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Monthly Archives November 2021

The People’s Calendar: When Does Each Season Start?

Interesting survey about the different markers – natural, manmade, etc. – that people use to connote the change of seasons. For me, I know the “official” dates for season changes but my (very limited) list probably goes like this… Spring – whenever snow is almost fully melted Summer – when school’s out at end of […]

Posted 30 November 2021 § Infographic § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Send your letters off to Santa, baby/Tell him all your secret wishes too/Send your letters off to Santa, baby/Hoping all your wildest dreams come true”

It’s not quite December but we’ve already had our tree up for a couple weeks (which was also the timing last year – anything for some extra joy in Covid times!) and spent Sunday morning wrapping presents so I figured it’s time to start sharing some Christmas music too. Oh, and speaking of wrapping presents, […]

Posted 29 November 2021 § Family § Humour § List § MusicMonday § Pace § PopCulture § Sasha § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Secular Sunday – Secular Atheist Train Conductor Wins Wrongful Dismissal Claim After Being Fired For Social Media Post

I’ve been thinking about writing a longer post with some thought about how people’s personal social media (and blog?!?) posts are increasingly having repercussions on their work life. This was especially relevant after the Sask Health Association sent out some fairly chilling messages to staff who were posting thoughts/opinions/information about Covid a few months ago. […]

Posted 28 November 2021 § Censorship § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § News § Politics § SecularSunday § UK § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – I Got Vaccinated (Under 11 Edition)

Especially with there still being so much uncertainty around Covid, it’s such a relief to finally have everyone in the family on their way to being fully vaccinated. I know kids are generally at lower risk from Covid but I also know that even though your odds of winning a lottery are one in a […]

Posted 27 November 2021 § Family § News § Politics § Sasha § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Book Vending Machine Encourages Students To Attend, Improve Marks, and Be Kind

I get why “attend” is important for kids who miss school regularly (even before Covid, schools were doing an “attendance matters” campaign) but I’ve always hated this implied pressure to show up to school no matter what without the consideration that a) it’s okay for kids who are sick to stay home and b) even […]

Posted 26 November 2021 § FridayFunLink § News § Politics § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Christmas Sodas (December 2011)

Posted 25 November 2021 § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

The Conspiracy Chart

Posted 24 November 2021 § Infographic § Internet § Meme § News § Politics § PopCulture § UK § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

First Children’s Vaccination Booked!

Another big milestone in the ongoing battle against Covid – getting our eight year old booked for her first vaccination! (And the email confirmation had the actual address but its definitely the most “Saskatchewan” thing ever to list the location of the vaccination clinic as a business that moved three years ago!)

Posted 23 November 2021 § Family § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Well, there’s people and more people/What do they know-know-know/Go to work in some high rise/And vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico, ooh yeah”

Hard to believe it’s been two years since we moved into our new house – time flies but a good reminder that time is pretty meaningless in the age of Covid! 😉 “Pink Houses” – John Mellencamp

Posted 22 November 2021 § Family § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Pace § PopCulture § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

New Psychology Research Indicates a Robust Predictor of Atheism in Adults

A lot of atheists pride themselves on having amazing critical thinking skills as the reason they’re atheists. Turns out being an atheist might have more to do with what your parents did (or didn’t do) in terms of religious displays than anything you did yourself! Some research has shown that less displays of faith growing […]

Posted 21 November 2021 § Family § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,