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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 […]

¶ Posted 28 October 2023 § Jobs § Library § News § Politics § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health, language, saskatchewan, science

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Pace’s First Birthday (May 2008)

¶ Posted 26 October 2023 § Family § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, holiday, parents

Wisdom Wednesday – Every Bad Manager Thinks They’re A Good Manager

We didn’t see eye to eye on everything but I was very fortunate to have the first manager in libraries that I did as he was very experienced and knowledgeable (obviously people have to start somewhere but it can be a lot tougher if your manager is someone who’s newly hired or has only been […]

¶ Posted 25 October 2023 § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

First Snow of the Year (2023 Edition)

and obligatory link back to the archive. Who knew I’d unintentionally become a climate scientist by doing these annual “First Snow” posts?

¶ Posted 24 October 2023 § News § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: science, weather

Music Monday – “Through the years, I’ve never been afraid/I’ve loved the life we’ve made/And I’m so glad I stayed right here with you/Through the years”

Happy 52nd Anniversary to my parents! 52 isn’t a big milestone so instead of a plane right and fancy supper out like we did for their 50th a couple years ago, they spent the day seeing a specialist, playing cards with the grandkids and eating takeout Greek food. I also didn’t make a video montage […]