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Monthly Archives December 2023

Happiness Hacks

There’s some irony that I’m posting this on my blog from my laptop computer given the last line…

¶ Posted 12 December 2023 § Infographic § Meme § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, food, health, science

Music Monday – “And the boys of the NYPD choir/Were singing Galway Bay.”

“Fairytale of New York” (portion)

¶ Posted 11 December 2023 § MusicMonday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music, xmas

Secular Sunday – Sunday Reflections

(h/t to SA on FB)

¶ Posted 10 December 2023 § Jobs § News § Politics § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, history

Saturday Snap – If You Won’t Give Me A Treat…

…I’ll get my own!

¶ Posted 09 December 2023 § Charlie Echo § Humour § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, food

Friday Fun Link – Norwegian Death Diving…

…is apparently a thing! (Of course, any country that invents Norwegian Death Metal is going to come up with something like this!) https://twitter.com/crazyclipsonly/status/1731620862556864795

¶ Posted 08 December 2023 § FridayFunLink § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – RSO at RPL (September 2010)

Hosted a visit by the RSO Chamber Players tonight at the Glen Elm Branch and was reminded that the partnership between RSO and RPL is probably one of the most long-standing, most successful in RPL history. Here’s a pic of the RSO at RPL back in September 2010…

¶ Posted 07 December 2023 § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Wisdom Wednesday – Your Real Job Is To Be A Translator

I was in an OH&S meeting once where they were talking about buying walkie-talkies so staff could more easily communicate with each other in our large Central branch. One of the clerks spoke up and said “What sort of training will we get?” A high level manager could barely hide her distain as she replied […]

¶ Posted 06 December 2023 § Jobs § Library § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, language

Are We (Finally) Coming Out of Covid? Probably Not But Also Maybe?

I haven’t written a lot about Covid lately but it’s interesting to reflect on how our attitudes and therefore, our language, changes. For instance, I have started saying “Coming out of Covid” to refer to our current situation and as a reflection of what I see in wider society – very little masking (including myself […]

¶ Posted 05 December 2023 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Sad § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, health, language

Music Monday – “We watched our friends grow up together/And we saw them as they fell/Some of them fell into Heaven/Some of them fell into Hell” (RIP Shane MacGowan: 1957-2023)

RIP to the only performer that ever scared the shit out of me when he appeared on SNL in the early to mid 1990’s. And what a performer he was! “A Rainy Night in Soho” – The Pogues And at this time of year, I have to mention the greatest Christmas song of all-time… “Fairytale […]