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Monthly Archives February 2025

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Isla Mujeres Ferry (February 2020)

Shea and I have done three or four day trips to Isla Mujeres when we’ve stayed at all-inclusives in the Cancun area over the years. And every time, we come home and say “That was the best part of our trip – we should stay there for our whole trip sometime!” Isla Mujeres is a […]

¶ Posted 27 February 2025 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, holiday, travel

Wisdom Wednesday – Work Is 80% Relationships

A couple recent conversations got me thinking about the idea that “Work is 80% Relationships” and the vital importance of soft skills. * A long time ago, the best manager we ever had at RPL talked to me about how the fact that her and another manager were really good friends outside of work and […]

¶ Posted 26 February 2025 § Jobs § Library § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: orgdevl

“Books” by Jesse Welles

One of my favourite creators on TalkTick… @jessewelles #SiNgErSoNgWrIteR #OrIgInAL #song #CoUnTrY #folk #booktok ? original sound – Welles

¶ Posted 25 February 2025 § Humour § Internet § Meme § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, music

Music Monday – “I miss the world before it was polluted/With space cowboy billionaires, when irony was still ironic/I miss America right after 9/11/When everyone was bonded, even if it only lasted seconds”

Took Sasha and a friend to an inclusivity celebration triple-bill of Mother Mother, Cavetown and Winnetka Bowling League at the Brandt Centre on Monday night. I knew the first two bands a little bit (mostly through Sasha) but didn’t really know the opener. All were great in their own way but Winnetka Bowling League (terrible […]

¶ Posted 24 February 2025 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sasha § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Secular Sunday – Bible Says “Being Gay Is Fine As Long As You’re High”

¶ Posted 23 February 2025 § Humour § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, language

Saturday Snap – Matty

Sometimes patrons think we’re helping them but they don’t realise that often they’re helping us too. Always great to have moments that remind you of why libraries are so important and why you do the work that you do…

¶ Posted 22 February 2025 § Library § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Isla Contoy

We’ll be visiting Isla Mujeres from March 2 to 9 and this will be the first time we haven’t stayed at an all-inclusive in all our various trips to Mexico/Cuba/Dominican Republic over the past 25 years. One thing we might do is take a boat trip to an ecologically protected, undeveloped island…

¶ Posted 21 February 2025 § Family § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, holiday, science

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Snowsuit Struggles (Feb 2015)

¶ Posted 20 February 2025 § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, weather

Wisdom Wednesday – Famous Movies Renamed Using Corporate Speak

@wankernomics We’ve been renaming classic movies in corporate speak. We think you’ll love the ones we’ve done so far. If you like this, come see the new Wankernomics show, touring Australia and the UK from March. Details at Wankernomics.com/live (link in bio) #wankernomics #workhumour #worklife #funny #jargon #buzzwords ? original sound – Wankernomics