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Monthly Archives November 2023

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – First Rapid Tests (March 2021)

We were lucky that Shea is a nurse as we got early access to rapid tests before they were widely distributed to the general public. No way to know for sure but I feel like that was part of why we may have been able to avoid Covid as long as we did – anytime […]

Posted 30 November 2023 § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Performance Punishment

This ties into the post I did last week about Rock Stars, Rock Steadies, and Rock Bottoms.  As a leader, important to regularly assess if you’re punishing your rock stars for being so good at their job (and maybe ask colleagues too as we all have our blind spots.)

Posted 29 November 2023 § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

The Making of NHL ’94: 30 Year Anniversary

Posted 28 November 2023 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sports § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “How I lived a childhood in the snow/And all my teens in tow/Stuffed in strata of clothes”

“January Hymn” – The Decembrists

Posted 27 November 2023 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Secular Sunday – Bamboozled

Posted 26 November 2023 § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – IPA (Imbibing Puppy Ale?)

Posted 25 November 2023 § Charlie Echo § Humour § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Traffic Circles With Stop Lights! Urine! Men Kissing Grandmothers! Sweatpants With Good Shoes!

If you know, you know.  E=NG!

Posted 24 November 2023 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Water Fountain Flower (January 2012)

One highlight of working at Central Library was being able to go out and walk around Wascana Lake (part of the largest urban park in North America!) regularly during my lunch breaks. Always liked this photo I took on my route one day…

Posted 23 November 2023 § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Rock Stars, Rock Steadies, and Rock Bottoms

I was recently out for supper with a bunch of friends including one high level manager who oversees a Canada-wide IT team for a large corporation. It was interesting to compare notes about our workplaces. He said he is all about high performers and strongly believes in performance management, expecting high results but also rewarding […]

Posted 22 November 2023 § Jobs § Library § List § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

Things That Are Societal “Constructs”

Been thinking about this a bit lately in a variety of ways – the “controversy” over gender fluidity/Drag Queen storytimes/”grooming”, the notion of what constitutes “professionalism” as I wear jeans and a t-shirt to work every day while having the most rat-nesty beard this side of Santa Claus, and then the above thought I saw […]

Posted 21 November 2023 § Jobs § List § News § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,