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Thoughts (and Tips) for Living in A Post-Factual Society #skpoli

Largely because of the Donald Trump campaign but in various other ways as well, more and more people are talking about how we’ve come to be living in a “post-factual” society where many people no longer even attempt to use logic, reason and critical thinking to form (and change!) their opinions. It can seem as […]

¶ Posted 30 August 2016 § Canada § Infographic § Library § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: economics, education

Flipping Out at Get Air Trampoline Park in #yqr

My son not only did all the stunts in this video but stitched them together in iMovie. He’s going to be the world’s first combination stuntman/film editor! 😉

¶ Posted 17 August 2016 § Family § Pace § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Sports § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – What The World’s Biggest Sites Looked Like At Launch

This is pretty interesting featuring screenshots of the original version of sites such as Google, Yahoo, Amazon, etc. For comparison’s sake, here’s what my very first web page looked like in December 1998 (this isn’t the first page I ever made but the earliest I could find in the Wayback Machine). Crazy to […]

¶ Posted 15 July 2016 § Internet § MemoryLane § Randomness § Saskatchewan § Technology § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: facebook, google, history, language, twitter, wikipedia

National Capital Commission Shuts Down Children’s Lemonade Stand, Teaches Valuable Lesson?

As we walked into the Canada Day Festivities the other day, I remember thinking how cool it was to see so many kids setting up lemonade stands in their yards along the road leading to Wascana Park – learning about entrepreneurship, customer service, being out in the sun instead of inside playing video games. Then, […]

¶ Posted 03 July 2016 § Canada § LibrarySchool ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education

Friday Fun Link – 25 Fascinating Charts of Negotiation Styles Around The World

Very interesting.

¶ Posted 03 June 2016 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Infographic § Travel § UK § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: travel, unitedstates

FTRW 2016 – Day Four – Obama’s Nominee for Librarian of Congress Kicks Ass!

I feel like this year’s Freedom to Read Week series is a bit more toned down than the usual controversial swear-fest I enjoy creating each year. But there are things that happen on a less provocative level that have impacts on librarianship, censorship and access to information even if they don’t get an “R” rated […]

¶ Posted 24 February 2016 § Censorship § Internet § Library § News § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: copyright, education, freedomtoreadweek, history, unitedstates

The Moral Bucket List: Resume Values vs. Eulogy Values

ABOUT once a month I run across a person who radiates an inner light. These people can be in any walk of life. They seem deeply good. They listen well. They make you feel funny and valued. You often catch them looking after other people and as they do so their laugh is musical and […]

¶ Posted 07 February 2016 § Family § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, philosophy

Music Monday – “Buddy’s real talent was beating people up/His heart wasn’t in it but the crowd ate it up”

Following up on yesterday’s post, John Scott capped an amazing run that, if it was a movie script, would be rejected as too unbelievable – starting as a joke write-in candidate for the NHL all-star game, getting traded and demoted, his all-star berth in doubt, fighting back against the powers that be, both directly and with […]

¶ Posted 01 February 2016 § Canada § Family § News § PopCulture § Sports ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: education, music

The Strange Saga of #JohnScott and the 2016 NHL #AllStarGame

People can stomp their feet and claim “it’s embarrassing to the league and the All-Star Game” all they want. But, the game features a Velveeta cheese fountain, celebrity coaches no one has heard of, and most importantly it’s an exhibition game. [Scott] has become the saviour of the All-Star Game, and legions of people have become […]