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Secular Sunday – 10 Facts About Atheists

I resemble some of these remarks… Where do atheists find meaning in life? Like a majority of Americans, most atheists mentioned “family” as a source of meaning when Pew Research Center asked an open-ended question about this in a 2017 survey. But atheists were far more likely than Christians to describe hobbies as meaningful or satisfying (26% vs. […]

Posted 06 February 2022 § Family § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

8 Positive Impacts of the Covid Pandemic

I was thinking about making my own list but this YouTube video captures most of what I’d put on my list fairly well. I’m especially intrigued by the way Covid is going to change the workplace/increase acceptance of work-from-home for those who can do so…  

Posted 02 February 2022 § Internet § Jobs § News § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – 100 Ways To Slightly Improve Your Life Without Trying

Some decent advice in this article…

Posted 28 January 2022 § FridayFunLink § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) °

A Few Random Covid Thoughts

A coworker observed that an occupational hazard of working in a place where we hand out rapid tests kits is the risk of people over sharing *why* they want the tests.  This gives you this wild anecdotal taste of how widespread Covid is right now – business owners, parents, students, neighbours on each side of […]

Posted 19 January 2022 § Family § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Five Things I’m Grateful For – 2022 Edition

I’m not much of a New Year’s Resolution guy (“I’m going to lose weight this year!”  Pandemic continues.  “Shit!”) but always good to take account of the things you’re grateful for at this time of year.  Who knows – maybe this could become another annual post tradition? Anyhow… 1.  My Family So fortunate to have […]

Posted 02 January 2022 § Family § Pace § PopCulture § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

First Lines From My First Blog Post of Every Month of 2021

January – “I recently heard about this site that lets you write letters to yourself at some point in the future.” February – “Shea and I are hooked on “Yellowstone” right now and a big part of that is realising how many songs on the soundtrack are already part of the “Camping Faves” playlist we […]

Posted 30 December 2021 § Blog § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) °

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, […]

Posted 29 November 2021 § Family § Humour § MusicMonday § Pace § PopCulture § Sasha § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Some “Other Duties As Assigned” Library Stories

A recent FB post by someone doing a presentation at a library conference asked for good “Other Duties As Assigned” stories.   A real mix of cool, gross and sad and pretty much everything in between as you’d expect. (I did my own list of these types of experiences a few years ago but its’ probably […]

Posted 19 November 2021 § Humour § Jobs § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Scary Science Facts – Even If It’s Halloween, Don’t Read This Thread If You Have Anxiety/Depression!

This thread probably isn’t a good one to read ever, let alone on the scariest day of the year! “Scientists of Reddit, what’s a scary science fact the public is generally unaware of?” Happy Halloween everyone! This one is of particular interest to Saskatchewan… If you think the pandemic was bad, this is possibly the […]

Posted 31 October 2021 § Internet § Meme § News § Politics § Sad § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Six Seriously Awesome Smart Device Tips & Tricks

Lots of things I didn’t know on this list.

Posted 12 October 2021 § Internet § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,