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Music Monday – “When we woke up that morning we had no way of knowing/That in a matter of hours we’d change the way we were going/Where would I be now, where would I be now if we’d never met?/Would I be singing this song to someone else instead?”

“Something Changed” – Pulp

¶ Posted 09 June 2025 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Friday Fun Link – Florida Former Flames

With all the US-Canada tensions, I would have taken any Canadian team in the Stanley Cup final this year compared to most years when I cheer for whichever team I like best – New York Islanders to Detroit Red Wings to Pittsburgh Penguins. But this year, I wanted a Canadian team in the Cup Final […]

¶ Posted 06 June 2025 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Humour § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, hockey, unitedstates

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – 10 Promises to Myself (August 2010)

Fairly early in my career, I wrote a post called “10 Promises To Myself” where I tried to outline how I would approach my career and how I would always try to be true to my own values even if there was pressure to compromise for career advancement or financial rewards or even just pressure […]

¶ Posted 05 June 2025 § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § List § ThrowbackThursday § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Welcome to Head Tale, The Blog

Let’s go *way* back to my very first blog post back in February 2006, nearly two months into my MLIS program and thinking “What can I possibly take up as a hobby that will help me procrastinate with assignments *and* be something I’m still doing twenty years later?!?”

¶ Posted 29 May 2025 § Blog § LibrarySchool § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, ontario

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Oscar Is Here! (May 2007)

Instead of just posting a random picture from the past, I thought I’d try something new and post a link to a long ago article to take advantage of the fact that I have kept this blog going for nearly twenty years (!) which means its going to qualify for a pension soon! And what […]

¶ Posted 22 May 2025 § Blog § Pace § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health

Music Monday – “Body and beats/I stain my sheets/I don’t even know why/My girlfriend, she’s at the end/She is starting to cry.”

“Blister in the Sun” – The Violent Femmes

¶ Posted 19 May 2025 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, language, music

Secular Sunday – What Happens When An Atheist Climbs The Stations of the Cross?

I’ve basically lived near it for 50+ years. But in all my trips through the Qu’Appelle Valley, had never walked the Stations of the Cross at Lebret. Of course, being an atheist, I also had no desire to climb it for religious reasons. But perhaps I was inspired by the new Pope being named. Or […]