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What Is Going On With Game Stop & Reddit?

Well, the dominant narrative of this story is “large group of Internet-enabled Reddit underdogs figure out strategy to bankrupt billion dollar hedge fund” but the reality, as usual, is probably a lot more complicated and also consequential.

¶ Posted 27 January 2021 § Meme § News § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, reddit

Happy 60th Birthday to Wayne Gretzky

Not a fan of his politics but the man is the best hockey player of all-time and probably the most accomplished athlete out of any major sport ever! Hard to believe he’s 60… We've got 60 facts for Wayne Gretzky's 60th birthday ?? Think you know everything about The Great One? @robpizzo begs to differ […]

¶ Posted 26 January 2021 § Canada § MemoryLane § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, economics, history, sports

And To Think I Knew Him When… ;-) @aarongenest

A former colleague on the Ryan Meili Leadership Campaign v 2.0 (the tall blonde guy in the above picture) recently went viral with a tweet about how he was able to support one of his female employees during Covid. This even included his story getting highlighted on ABC’s “Good Morning America”! I’m not a big […]

¶ Posted 19 January 2021 § LibrarySchool § Meme § MemoryLane § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, twitter

Is Hello Fresh Worth It?

Shea and I recently decided to give Hello Fresh a try. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s one of a few competing companies that have sprung up over the past decade or so that sends pre-packed supplies for making a single meal. Many of my friends swear by meal delivery services, referring to them […]

¶ Posted 12 January 2021 § Internet § Randomness § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, food, health

Saturday Snap – I Shouldn’t Find This So Funny…

…but the fact that Andrew Scheer’s Regina office is right beside a vape shop strikes me as hilarious for some reason.

¶ Posted 19 December 2020 § Humour § Photo § Politics § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan

Covid 19 Vaccine Arrives in Saskatchewan!

Have to admit Shea and I both had tears in our eyes watching the first two healthcare workers be vaccinated this evening in Regina (in the very hospital Shea works in and has worked in all year without a break) after what has been a long, strange, stressful year. There are a lot of reasons […]

¶ Posted 15 December 2020 § Canada § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, history, parents, science

Golfer Skips Ball Across Water And Gets Hole-In-One

Pretty amazing…

¶ Posted 10 November 2020 § Randomness § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool

Secular Sunday – Judgement Is Executed on Covid By Evangelical Leaders

This’ll show Covid! (Fun challenge – pretend you know nothing about this video and watch with the sound off then see if this guy seems at all healthy or well-balanced.)

¶ Posted 11 October 2020 § Humour § News § PopCulture § SecularSunday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, language

My Thoughts On Some Controversial Library Opinions

There was a good Twitter thread recently which posed a simple question: “What’s your controversial library opinion?” I thought it might be interesting to record some of my responses to these opinions whether I agreed or disagree (if this isn’t clear, all the bolded opinions below were submitted by Twitbrarians and the plain text under […]