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Wisdom Wednesday – Glass Balls vs. Plastic Balls

A co-worker who said she was worried about me and the impact of the various stresses in my life right now related the glass balls and plastic balls theory. I’d heard it before but always good to have a reminder about what’s truly important in life. @theultimatemomchallenge Replying to @Dr Almas I think the main […]

¶ Posted 20 November 2024 § Family § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, health, language, philosophy

First Snow of the Year (2024 Edition)

Nice and late this year!

¶ Posted 19 November 2024 § Meme § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: cute, music, weather

Music Monday – “With your feet on the air and your head on the ground/Try this trick and spin it, yeah/Your head will collapse, if there’s nothing in it/And you’ll ask yourself/Where is my mind”

“Where Is My Mind” – The Pixies

¶ Posted 18 November 2024 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Secular Sunday – Hiding Anne Frank in Trump’s America?

¶ Posted 17 November 2024 § Politics § Sad § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, history, unitedstates

Saturday Snap – Baby Librarian Hammond? Young Man Hammond?

It’s an unofficial tradition (does two people doing it so far equal a “tradition”?) that when a colleague is at one of the branches I work at – either for a meeting or redeployed due to illness or whatever – they leave a doodle of some kind as a “thanks” for using my desk. The […]

¶ Posted 16 November 2024 § Humour § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, cute

Friday Fun Link – This Is Mother Fucking Web Site

I remember learning the basics of HTML in 1997 and still joke that some of my first web design jobs were because I could “get a picture to show up on a web page.” Times have changed but I love this site as it brings back so many memories of the core web site design […]

¶ Posted 15 November 2024 § Blog § FridayFunLink § Humour § Internet § MemoryLane § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Prom Grand March (May 1991)

So I joined the Prom Planning Committee for Pace’s graduating class. Kids today are much more environmentally conscious but in 1991 when I graduated, I do believe high school proms was a Top 10 contributor to the hole in the ozone layer!

¶ Posted 14 November 2024 § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, parents

Wisdom Wednesday – What Is Compassionate Leadership?

@upeace_centre Leading with empathy builds trust and connection! ?? Let’s inspire and uplift each other! Link in Bio #motivation #leadershiptips #trendingvideo ? original sound – UPEACE Centre – UPEACE Centre I know farewell messages are like eulogies and tend to be overly kind to the dearly departed. But if we’re being honest, “compassionate leadership” can […]

¶ Posted 13 November 2024 § Jobs § List § Saskatchewan § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: orgdevl

I’m Hoping To Sneak Up On Shea This Year…

¶ Posted 12 November 2024 § Humour § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, xmas

Music Monday – “The winds have blown over the ocean/The winds have blown over the sea/The winds have blown over the ocean/And brought back my Bonnie to me”

“My Bonnie” – John McDermott (Fun Fact – we don’t get many celebrity sightings in Regina but I saw John McDermott in the lobby of the Hotel Sask in Regina one year around Christmas when he was in town for a concert!)