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Category Archives: Meme

Spreading Germs, Stopping Handshakes & Increasing Handwashing: The Best Coronavirus Video I’ve Seen

Posted 18 March 2020 § Jobs § News § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Scenes From Plague Week

With apologies to Daniel Dafoe, some scenes from the past few days… Busy disinfecting everything in the house… I *love* my library’s “In the News” display.  It’s been a huge hit with how timely and responsive it is and our COVID-themed display was no exception (yes, I know some of those “boost your immunity” books […]

Posted 14 March 2020 § News § Photo § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Bell Let’s Talk – Counterpoint

Wednesday was Bell Media’s “Let’s Talk” Day which promotes removing the stigma around mental health by talking about it. While the idea behind it is a good and admirable one, there are also some things that make it quite problematic, especially when its a private corporation rather than  government or non-profits working in that area […]

Posted 29 January 2020 § Canada § News § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – #DollyParton Challenge (Okay, I’ll Play)

Posted 24 January 2020 § Family § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Travel ‡ Comments (0) °

Secular Sunday – The Scale of the Universe

Ricky Gervais is one of my favourite comics (and one of my favourite atheists too!)… (via Reddit)

Posted 19 January 2020 § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – When Politics Gets Hairy (January 2013)

Went to a meeting of my local constituency association tonight and was very impressed, not just with the big turnout on a frigid night but some of the numbers I’m hearing about fundraising and volunteers. Not sure if I’ll ever have as much fun as I did being part of the Ryan Meili leadership campaign […]

Posted 16 January 2020 § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Politics § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Ric Flair’s Wildest Outbursts

I could watch these all day…greatest promo man in the history of pro wrestling!

Posted 10 January 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § Sports § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) °

This thread about working in a library went viral because it’s funny, passionate, angry and utterly lovely

https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2019/05/16/working-library-thread-viral-passionate-angry-funny-and-lovely/2/

Posted 19 November 2019 § Humour § Internet § Jobs § Library § List § MemoryLane § UK § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – ASMR: The Biggest YouTube Trend You’ve Never Heard Of

I hadn’t heard of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) until seeing it referred to on Twitter earlier this week in a joke about how addictive it is. Turns out ASMR is huge!  

Posted 15 November 2019 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Seinfeld Had A Humourous Take That Applies To The “Don Poppy” Controversy

A show ahead of its time in many ways… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iV8X8ubGCc  

Posted 13 November 2019 § Censorship § Humour § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,