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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 […]

¶ Posted 07 October 2020 § Censorship § Humour § Internet § Library § LibrarySchool § List § MemoryLane § Politics § Technology § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: education, language

NHL Bubble Confidential: Go Inside the Toronto and Edmonton Playoff Hubs

The most unique, memorable NHL playoffs in history are down to the last few game(s) as the Dallas Stars and Tampa Lightning battle it out for the Stanley Cup. Some players have now spent nearly three months in their respective “bubbles” with no direct contact with families, limited options for food and entertainment, and various […]

¶ Posted 27 September 2020 § Canada § PopCulture § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, economics, history, hockey, ontario, television

Friday Fun Link – Ruth Bader-Ginsburg On Not Retiring

From happier times…

¶ Posted 25 September 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § News § Politics § Sad § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, history, unitedstates

Netflix CEO Writes A Book

Some irony that the head of the world’s most successful video company would write a book but there you go. I’ve long been fascinated by how various tech companies (including Netflix) create and develop their corporate cultures and what traditional companies and organizations can learn from them. Hastings boils down Netflix’s competitive advantage over Blockbuster […]

¶ Posted 09 September 2020 § Internet § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics, orgdevl

Friday Fun Link – Top Five Experiments In Space

I recently read Scott Kelly’s “Endurance” which is a combination of a traditional autobiography along with with a travelogue about his record-breaking year-long experience in space. This book was recommended in an article I read early in quarantine as a great way to maintain perspective during the pandemic by learning about someone who basically went […]