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Some Recent Covid-Related Tweets

One of the hardest things about the pandemic is trying to keep up with the latest news/developments/theories (and the fact these are ever-changing gives a lot of fuel to anti-vaxxers which is a different discussion.) Even as a trained librarian who’s pretty obsessively following the latest in Covid news, I’m the first to admit I […]

¶ Posted 29 December 2021 § Library § News § Politics § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, science

Friday Fun Link – Shit Fireplace 2021

In keeping with how shitty this year has been, the Shit Fireplace folks have truly outdone themselves with the latest edition of this important Christmas tradition. So nice to have this streaming on the TV on Christmas Eve bringing joy and warmth to all… 😉 (And bonus, the co-creators of these videos have both worked […]

¶ Posted 24 December 2021 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, xmas

Secular Sunday – War on Christmas

¶ Posted 19 December 2021 § Meme § News § PopCulture § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, holiday, xmas

Friday Fun Link – Reloading Random Things

I’m not sure how to embed a video clip I found on Reddit so will just say it’s worth a click to go check this out – *this* is the type of content that makes the Internet awesome!

¶ Posted 17 December 2021 § FridayFunLink § Internet § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Candy Cane Cast (November 2009)

Sometimes I forget how popular the online photo sharing site, Flickr used to be in the day (it was Instgram before Instagram, kids!) But the other day, someone “Favourited” this pic on the site and getting that notification reminded me how Flickr was my “go to” for looking at/sharing online photos for many years and […]

¶ Posted 16 December 2021 § Internet § MemoryLane § Photo § Randomness § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, hockey, holiday, xmas

Secular Sunday – Atheists Among The Most Likely To Be Vaccinated, Evangelicals Among The Least Likely

Hmm, could the ability to trust science and use logic vs. the ability to believe in conspiratorial fairy tales and misplaced authority be part of this?

¶ Posted 12 December 2021 § Meme § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, Covid, education, health, science

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Death Star or Christmas Star? (December 2020)

Saw this cool projection on a house in the neighbourhood last year…

¶ Posted 09 December 2021 § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: xmas

Secular Sunday – To Avoid Controversy, Starbucks Should Put Bible Quotes On Their Holiday Cups

¶ Posted 05 December 2021 § Censorship § SecularSunday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, language, xmas

Saturday Snap – Gift Ideas for the Beatles Fan In Your Life (Hint, Hint)

“The Lyrics” is $75 at Costco? Holy crap! You can get like eight giant jars of dill pickles for that kind of money! 😉

¶ Posted 04 December 2021 § Photo § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: beatles, book, economics, xmas

Music Monday – “Send your letters off to Santa, baby/Tell him all your secret wishes too/Send your letters off to Santa, baby/Hoping all your wildest dreams come true”

It’s not quite December but we’ve already had our tree up for a couple weeks (which was also the timing last year – anything for some extra joy in Covid times!) and spent Sunday morning wrapping presents so I figured it’s time to start sharing some Christmas music too. Oh, and speaking of wrapping presents, […]