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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – HR Unit (January 2012)

Yesterday’s post got me a bit nostalgic for the HR Unit I was part of for the first few years of my career at RPL – what a great team!

¶ Posted 09 November 2023 § Jobs § Library § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Wisdom Wednesday – Culture Eats Strategy For Lunch

I first heard this advice years ago when I was still in the role of Organization Development Specialist at Regina Public Library. In hindsight, I don’t think I appreciated what an amazing job that was to have right at the start of my library career. Our Director (still the same guy all these years later) […]

¶ Posted 08 November 2023 § Jobs § Library § Sad § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, orgdevl

Saturday Snap – Small Town Funeral

I wish there was a better way to get the best tasting egg salad sandwiches on the planet.

¶ Posted 04 November 2023 § Family § Photo § Sad § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – Boomerang Retro C-64 Video Game

A guy I went to school with got a game published in Compute! magazine in the late 90’s (and got a $500 payday or something wild). These were the days were the code was printed in the magazine and you had to manually enter it to play the game. (I still remember my Grade Six […]

¶ Posted 03 November 2023 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Jobs § PopCulture § Randomness § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Cuban Beach (March 2011)

¶ Posted 02 November 2023 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, cute, holiday

Wisdom Wednesday – Hiring Is A Million Dollar Decision

A long time ago, a colleague gave me a way to think of hiring that totally changed how I view the process of selecting a candidate. Before, I was just thinking “Who can best do this job?” but he pointed out that you’re not just hiring the person for the immediate job but potentially for […]

¶ Posted 01 November 2023 § Jobs § Library § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education

This Actually Happened on Live TV

¶ Posted 31 October 2023 § Censorship § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, television

Music Monday – “Lord, make me a rainbow, I’ll shine down on my mother/She’ll know I’m safe with you when she stands under my colors”

“If I Die Young” – Band Perry

¶ Posted 30 October 2023 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Secular Sunday – Gone Way Too Soon

I’ve written a lot about the many many reasons I don’t believe in God. But one of the biggest is that no matter how many “God works in mysterious ways” or “He does things to test us” excuses I hear, I can’t reconcile a merciful god that would take some of the best, most amazing, […]

¶ Posted 29 October 2023 § Family § Photo § Sad § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: parents, saskatchewan

Saturday Snap – Boundaries? What Boundaries?

In my Wisdom Wednesday series, I’ll eventually do a post about the difference I see between what I call “black & white” thinkers and “grey area” thinkers. (Myers-Briggs has 16 classifications. True Colors has 4. Hamology basically only has 2!) One big aspect of this difference is that are those who think there are hard […]