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Music Monday – “We watched our friends grow up together/And we saw them as they fell/Some of them fell into Heaven/Some of them fell into Hell” (RIP Shane MacGowan: 1957-2023)

RIP to the only performer that ever scared the shit out of me when he appeared on SNL in the early to mid 1990’s. And what a performer he was! “A Rainy Night in Soho” – The Pogues And at this time of year, I have to mention the greatest Christmas song of all-time… “Fairytale […]

¶ Posted 04 December 2023 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – First Rapid Tests (March 2021)

We were lucky that Shea is a nurse as we got early access to rapid tests before they were widely distributed to the general public. No way to know for sure but I feel like that was part of why we may have been able to avoid Covid as long as we did – anytime […]

¶ Posted 30 November 2023 § Family § Jobs § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, parents, science

The Making of NHL ’94: 30 Year Anniversary

¶ Posted 28 November 2023 § PopCulture § Sports § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Water Fountain Flower (January 2012)

One highlight of working at Central Library was being able to go out and walk around Wascana Lake (part of the largest urban park in North America!) regularly during my lunch breaks. Always liked this photo I took on my route one day…

¶ Posted 23 November 2023 § Library § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, health, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Hyatt Ziva Cancun (March 2019)

The only all-inclusive resort of the dozen or so we’ve stayed at that we’ve said we’d go back to. Absolutely stunning.

¶ Posted 16 November 2023 § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, holiday, travel

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 […]