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Monthly Archives October 2023

Saturday Snap – Wal-Mart Pharmacy Playing A Cruel Joke…

…by putting all the ointments and sprays for a sore back on the bottom shelf!

¶ Posted 21 October 2023 § Humour § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health

Wisdom Wednesday – “Leadership is about going out of your comfort zone to help others.”

I was once in an interview where I was asked about my definition of leadership. I was in a terrible head space so I froze up then gave an answer that basically insulted everyone in the room! I’ll probably try a “redo” of that question in blog form some day as I have lots of […]

¶ Posted 18 October 2023 § Jobs § News § Politics § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, health, history, language, science

Alabama public library system mistakenly flags children’s book as ‘sexually explicit’ because author’s last name is Gay

You can’t make this stuff up.

¶ Posted 17 October 2023 § Censorship § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, language

Music Monday – “Problem, problem/Problem, the problem is you/What you gonna do with your problem?/I’ll leave it to you”

“Problems” – Sex Pistols

¶ Posted 16 October 2023 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music

Secular Sunday – History of Israel-Palestine Conflict

Everyone has an opinion on the Israel-Palestine conflict as do I. But I’ll only share two thoughts – I feel for the people on *both* sides of this conflict and I hate that its religion underpinning the conflict (and has been for four thousand years, not one hundred which is the lens most commentary takes.)

¶ Posted 15 October 2023 § Humour § News § Politics § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history

Saturday Snap – Date Night

Our first time to Blanco on Albert St. in Regina after its conversion from a tapas bar. Excellent!

¶ Posted 14 October 2023 § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – The Iron Claw Trailer

This looks *really* good!

¶ Posted 13 October 2023 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: movies

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – First Farm (August 2013)

¶ Posted 12 October 2023 § Animals § Baby § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, language

Wisdom Wednesday – “Most People Want To Solve The Problem But Surprisingly Few Want To Understand The Problem”

This advice is based on something that was inspired by the nicest compliment I have probably ever received as a librarian, only six short months into my career. The context was that I was doing a probation review with my first boss in libraries and he asked he what my strengths were. “I’m a real […]