Monthly Archives March 2026

Wisdom Wednesday – What Constitutes Great Customer Service (and How Far Is Too Far?)

A recent post in a Regina Rant & Rave group on FB got a lot of attention. Basically, a disabled person went to a Co-op gas station to get air in a low tire but couldn’t get it to work.  They talked to the manager who didn’t help.  But then a sixteen year old gas […]

80s/90s Kids See The Future

This hits hard pic.twitter.com/tFc4yF2YaK — Shooter McGavin (@ShooterMcGavin) March 10, 2026

Music Monday – “At 12 o’clock, a meeting ’round the table/For a seance in the dark/With voices out of nowhere/Put on specially by the children for a lark.”

everyone deserves to hear liam gallagher sing Cry Baby Cry by the beatles at least once in their lives pic.twitter.com/iJcyz5js56 — lena ??°? (@DlRTYSHlRT) March 10, 2026 “Cry Baby Cry” – Liam Gallagher (covering The Beatles)

Secular Sunday – Because They’re All The Same?

I recently talked to someone who could not believe that Shea and I have never taken our kids to church or introduced them to religion in any way. Obviously, not all religions are extreme as the two below.  But that’s a big clue why we don’t feel we need religious influence or guidance in our […]

Saturday Snap – How Long Have You and Shea Been Married?

Happy “So long, we both forgot our annivesary” years together, Shea!

Friday Fun Link – What A Super Weird Year Hockey Is Having

“What a super weird year hockey is having…” ?? pic.twitter.com/LnvE3ao54H — James Cybulski (@JamesCybulski) February 24, 2026

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – All About All-Inclusives (Sept 2017)

Before programming at RPL was centralized, each branch got to plan their own programs.  I sometimes put myself on the docket to talk about subjects I had a particualr knowledge (some might say expertise!) in…

Wisdom Wednesday – McDonald’s CEO Shows The Death of Fast Food (and the Importance of Knowing the Job)

It’s an ongoing debate about whether it’s better for managers to have direct frontline experience in their past or if a “good manager is a good manager” whether they’re selling insurance, dish soap or running a public library. We’re lucky in Saskatchewan that our province (and I believe BC) are the only provinces that require […]

Do You See Your Fellow Citizens As Morally Good?

This chart is very telling about one of the biggest differences between the US and us.

Music Monday – “If whiskey get what whiskey wants/Before long, you’ll both be gone/I’ll be right back in a bar that’s bound to drown me/I could use a dry county”

“Dry County” – Tyler Braden