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Monthly Archives June 2023

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Sea Urgency (January 2012)

“Sea Urgency” instead of “Sea Urchin” is a malapropism that Sasha coined in Mexico but it applies for this picture taken during a snorkeling excursion in Hawaii in January 2012 long before she was born…

Wisdom Wednesday – “Everyone thinks we’re in the book business but we’re not. We’re in the helping business.”

This piece of advice ties directly to last week’s about how the absolute most vital piece of advice I’ve received in my 15+ years as a librarian is to do what you can to solve the problem of the person standing in front of you. In library school, I think I saw a stat that […]

¶ Posted 28 June 2023 § Library § MemoryLane § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: orgdevl

Submarine Billionaires

Not to mention the insane wastefulness of spending $250,000 for a five-minute glimpse of the Titanic. Imagine the good that money could’ve done otherwise. Or contrast the media attention and “all hands on deck” search and rescue operation which was basically guaranteed to be futile while boatloads of refugees are ignored completely. Guess what? I […]

¶ Posted 27 June 2023 § News § Politics § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, science, travel

Music Monday – Video For “Let It Be”-Era Rare Beatles Track Uncovered

New Beatles Video Unearthed!

¶ Posted 26 June 2023 § Humour § Meme § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Secular Sunday – Science Can’t Prove God

¶ Posted 25 June 2023 § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, science

Saturday Snap – Rainbow Backyard

Seems fitting that a rainbow would appear to be landing in our newly landscaped backyard, both because it’s Pride Month but also as a reminder of all the good fortune that Shea and I enjoy in our lives.

¶ Posted 24 June 2023 § Family § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Clone Your Voice Using AI, Give It A Personality and Then Converse With Yourself

Unfortunately, you may have to join a waitlist to get access to this tool (at least I did.) But then again, maybe I don’t want to talk to myself (at least out loud!) I just spoke to myself, and it was weird. You can now clone your voice using a few seconds of audio, give […]

¶ Posted 23 June 2023 § FridayFunLink § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, language

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Bellagio Fountains (March 2009)

May have told this story before but my parents won a trip for two to Las Vegas and it happened to coincide with a week that Shea and I had booked off. So after a bit of chaos to get Pace (two going on three) a rush passport, we booked and ended up going along. […]

¶ Posted 22 June 2023 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, economics, holiday, travel

Wisdom Wednesday – “What Are You Doing To Solve The Problem of the Person Standing in Front of You”

I’ve been trying to write a post summarizing some of the various tips, pieces of advice, koans of wisdom that I’ve collected over the years – mostly from my time in libraries but from other workplaces, reading of books articles and just talking to knowledgeable people I respect. As that post grew and grew, I […]

¶ Posted 21 June 2023 § Library § MemoryLane § Wisdom § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: orgdevl, philosophy

Peregrine Cocktail Recipe

-> 2 oz Dark Rum (Kraken) -> Half glass of Choose Up (Sprite Knock Off Sold at Sobeys/Safeway/FreshCo) -> Half glass of Orange Juice (Tropical Juices for the “fancy” version of the cocktail) (Not yet in Cocktail Builder)