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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Jan Lake Lodge (July 2014)
With the wildfires burning in northern Saskatchewan (and really, across much of Canada’s north), I can’t help but think of the handful of times I’ve been able to travel to the north of the province for vacations or even work. This was a fishing trip we did with Shea’s family in 2014.
Wisdom Wednesday – HR Rebranding as People & Culture is a Really Dumb Trend
HR doesn’t set the culture, the leaders do. So look at the top leaders – how do they act? How do they treat people? How do they support people? How do they enable people to do their best work? Are they well-liked by staff? Do staff even know who they are? (If they don’t, do […]
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 […]
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 […]
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?!?”
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 […]
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
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 […]