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Wisdom Wednesday – “Have You Considered Our EFAP Program?”

My first boss had very personal reasons for being strongly anti-union.  But he was quite insightful when he said “I still think Unions are necessary because they protect employees from bad bosses.  And the biggest problem is that bad bosses don’t know they’re bad bosses.” I heard something semi-related when talking to some union colleagues […]

Posted 06 November 2024 § Family § Jobs § Library § Sad § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

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

Though it was a path I never expected, in hindsight, I was incredibly lucky to start my career in the HR Unit as I learned so much about management, leadership, organizational culture and development, change management, employee motivation and so much more.  Plus we had an amazing group of people including a great HR Manager […]

Posted 31 October 2024 § Jobs § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Random 2024 Saskatchewan Provincial Election Thoughts

The night the writ dropped a planned constituency association meeting was turned into a door knocking/sign planting evening. In my experience, when a house has two competing signs, it’s usually meant that a husband and wife support different candidates but I learned from my sign planting colleague that in her culture, this can also be […]

Posted 29 October 2024 § News § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – 53rd Anniversary Supper

Posted 26 October 2024 § Family § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Happy 53rd Anniversary M&D

Here’s the video I made for your 50th…  

Posted 24 October 2024 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Just In Time For Halloween… (February 2015)

…Scariest Picture in my Camera Roll?

Posted 17 October 2024 § Humour § Photo § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – 1982 Cutless Supreme (May 1991)

Best $600 I ever spent…

Posted 10 October 2024 § Family § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “This loud Cuban band is crucifying John Lennon/No one wants to be lonely, no one wants to sing the blues”

Happy birthday to one of my favourite singer/songwriters… “Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)” – John Mellencamp

Posted 07 October 2024 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Mia Reef (February 2020)

I’ve always wanted to stay at the Mia Reef resort on Isla Mujeres which is on a small island off the larger island and has beautiful private beaches while just looking very tropical.

Posted 03 October 2024 § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Wisdom Wednesday – A Deep Insight Into GenX Thinking

@jasonkpargin The new book is out in a month: I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom ? Quirky Suspenseful Indie-Comedy(1115050) – Kenji Ueda

Posted 02 October 2024 § Censorship § Humour § PopCulture § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,