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Covid Is Not “Over” (And It Never Will Be) But…

…there are signs that, for myself personally, it’s in a different phase compared to the heights of masking/social distancing/rapid testing that have been much of my (and society’s) approach for the past three years. * I mostly mask when in crowds and/or as a sign of respect and understanding if I’m interacting with someone who’s […]

Saturday Snap – “Do you need a campaign volunteer who has helped candidates win at least 10% of the campaigns he’s worked on?”

Chief Cadmus Delorme of Cowessess First Nation is one of, if not the most, high profile Indigenous leaders in Saskatchewan for his work in business, child welfare and much more. (Unfortunately, part of his high profile,including an interview for CBS’s “60 Minutes” show, is for very tragic reasons.) Above is a pic of myself and […]

¶ Posted 11 March 2023 § Jobs § News § Photo § Politics § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, saskatchewan, television

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – CUPE Convention (March 2015)

I’ve spent a few days at the CUPE Sask convention this week and I honestly thought it was my first time attending but turns out my Covid brain fog is real because I found a pic I took when I was there in 2015. It’s of Sask Party Minister, Don Morgan, trying to be relatable […]

¶ Posted 09 March 2023 § MemoryLane § Photo § Politics § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education

With Apologies to William Carlos Williams (aka Emails I Send To Branch Staff)

This Is Just To Say I have drank the diet ginger ale that was in the SV icebox And which might have belonged to you Forgive me if it was yours I could not remember If it was mine (There are also a couple Coke Zeros in there that might be mine too – let […]

¶ Posted 07 March 2023 § Humour § PopCulture § Randomness § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food, language

Secular Sunday – Who Has An Agenda?

Projection at its finest?

¶ Posted 12 February 2023 § Meme § News § PopCulture § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism

Playa Del Carmen Public Library

I love looking at random library websites – especially ones I could conceivably visit in person!

¶ Posted 07 February 2023 § Jobs § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, travel

Secular Sunday – Cardinal Marc Ouelette Resigns Amidst Misconduct Allegations

If you pay attention, you’ll see that though I aim for daily posts on this blog, I often don’t do them until the following day for one reason or another (get busy with the kids or fall asleep early or just forget or whatever.) Two ways to know it’s a backdated post are if the […]

¶ Posted 29 January 2023 § Jobs § Meme § MemoryLane § News § Politics § SecularSunday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education

RPL Stories: John

I’ve said it before but #RPLStories is easily the best marketing campaign the library I work for has ever done (they’re focused on patron stories so I’m not just saying that because I have a cameo in one of them!) 😉 I knew his story already (likely from his own #RPLStory) but had a lengthy […]

¶ Posted 25 January 2023 § Jobs § Saskatchewan § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, language, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – RPL Staff Day 2017

I was going to do a post about the most memorable moments (good and bad!) at the various RPL Staff Development Days/Staff Conferences I’ve attended over the years (including five years on the planning committee and three years as Chair) but I don’t really have the energy for it because as I type this, it’s […]

¶ Posted 19 January 2023 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education

“Tell Me About A Time You’ve Gone Above and Beyond To Help Someone?”

One of the great ironies of the working world is that we often questions like the one above in interviews of new staff but then hire people who don’t feel empowered to actually go “above and beyond” to help people. This can be for a variety of reasons – too time-consuming, confusion or mixed messages […]