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Secular Sunday – The Effect of Prayer On Heart Surgery Recovery?

No different than doing nothing. (checks notes) Oh, actually makes recovery worse if you’ve been prayed for in a statistically significant manner! 😮 @skeptic_face Sources: Benson, H. et al. (2006). Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP). American Heart Journal, 151(4), 934–942. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2005.05.028 Harvard Medical School – Intercessory Prayer Study Summary https://hms.harvard.edu/news/intercessory-prayer-study-2006 #religion […]

¶ Posted 30 November 2025 § News § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, health

Saturday Snap – Snowbody’s Perfect

View this post on Instagram Went out to Indian Head for a delicious Vietnamese supper with a bunch of friends from high school and a few other locals then our group took in a humorous amateur play at The Grand Theatre…

¶ Posted 29 November 2025 § Humour § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food, holiday

Friday Fun Link – Dogs Eating

@eneida.marlowe Dogs eating is so funny!??#dog#funny#funnyanimals#funnypets#animals #pet #longervideos#catsoftiktok #fyp ? original sound – funny-dogs001

¶ Posted 28 November 2025 § Animals § Charlie Echo § FridayFunLink § Humour § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – New Christmas Socks (November 2014)

¶ Posted 27 November 2025 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

Wisdom Wednesday – The Existential Elk and the Value of Not Cutting Your Horns Off

@nononsensespirituality #existentialcrisis #antinatalism #philosophy #nihilism #nononsensespirituality ? original sound – No Nonsense Spirituality

¶ Posted 26 November 2025 § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: philosophy

One Month Until Christmas

We’ve had a tree from Costco since we lived in Calgary twenty years ago. Buying at Costco is dangerous b/c trees that look “normal” sized in their giant warehouse are GIGANTIC when you get them into your house. So we’ve always enjoyed our tree but also always found it quite big. Last year, we bought […]

¶ Posted 25 November 2025 § Charlie Echo § MemoryLane § Photo § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, holiday, xmas

Music Monday – “And now, maybe now I should change/Because I’m starting to lose all my faith/While those around are beaten down each day”

One of the coolest things about being in England during the height of the mid-90s Britpop era was being exposed to so much great music. Obviously Oasis was one of the biggest bands of that era and paid homage to the Beatles in various ways – mostly looks, lyrics and musical references. “Lazarus” – Boo […]

¶ Posted 23 November 2025 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: beatles, language, music

Secular Sunday – Blasphemous Nativity Scene?

Or is this new addition to our Christmas decorations more of a Naivety Scene???

¶ Posted 23 November 2025 § Humour § Photo § PopCulture § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, holiday

Saturday Snap – Is This How One Creates An Activist?

Like pretty much everyone these days, Shea and I are noticing that everything seems more expensive – gas, groceries, dining out, etc. etc. etc. If we’re feeling this way while being in a fairly good financial position with good professional jobs, good incomes and a lot of financial luck over the years in various ways […]

¶ Posted 22 November 2025 § Family § Humour § Jobs § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Politics § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, economics, language

Friday Fun Link – Biggest Global Industries By Revenue (2025)

Yes, I was inspired to look up the world’s biggest global industries after seeing a reference to the global reach of the oil & gas sector which isn’t the biggest but has the biggest impact on every other sector in the TV show, “The Landman”. Although its set in Texas and obviously a lot more […]