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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Candy Cane Cast (November 2009)

Sometimes I forget how popular the online photo sharing site, Flickr used to be in the day (it was Instgram before Instagram, kids!) But the other day, someone “Favourited” this pic on the site and getting that notification reminded me how Flickr was my “go to” for looking at/sharing online photos for many years and […]

¶ Posted 16 December 2021 § Humour § Internet § Photo § Randomness § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, hockey, holiday, xmas

Friday Fun Link – Kelloggs vs. GenZ

Kellogg’s workers in the States who have been on strike since October (in the US, apparently workers aren’t guaranteed their job after a strike as I believe is the case in Canada) were in the process of being laid off en masse by the company who wanted to hire 1400 permanent replacement workers. A bunch […]

¶ Posted 10 December 2021 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § LibrarySchool § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food, unitedstates

Music Monday – “They give me all these flowers and these big balloons/But I’m not gonna stay in this little room/I don’t wanna die in this hospital, I don’t wanna die”

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the saying “You know how much money you have; you never know how much time you have.” If it’s not obvious, what it means is that you (roughly) know how much money you have – what your paycheque is every two weeks, what your investments are worth, the […]

¶ Posted 06 December 2021 § Sad § Work ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged: health

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Intently Studying DC Comics (August 2011)

¶ Posted 02 December 2021 § Pace § Photo § PopCulture § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, cute

Happy 69th Birthday, Dennis!

Happy birthday to my father-in-law who turns 69 today. Here’s a pic of him and Pace standing in front of a tractor we stumbled upon in an Estevan parking lot that happens to be the exact same model as the first tractor they had on their farm, I think roughly when he was Pace’s age.

¶ Posted 01 December 2021 § Family § Pace § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: parents, saskatchewan

Secular Sunday – Secular Atheist Train Conductor Wins Wrongful Dismissal Claim After Being Fired For Social Media Post

I’ve been thinking about writing a longer post with some thought about how people’s personal social media (and blog?!?) posts are increasingly having repercussions on their work life. This was especially relevant after the Sask Health Association sent out some fairly chilling messages to staff who were posting thoughts/opinions/information about Covid a few months ago. […]

¶ Posted 28 November 2021 § Censorship § Jobs § Library § News § Politics § SecularSunday § UK § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Christmas Sodas (December 2011)

¶ Posted 25 November 2021 § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food, holiday, xmas

Music Monday – “Well, there’s people and more people/What do they know-know-know/Go to work in some high rise/And vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico, ooh yeah”

Hard to believe it’s been two years since we moved into our new house – time flies but a good reminder that time is pretty meaningless in the age of Covid! 😉 “Pink Houses” – John Mellencamp

¶ Posted 22 November 2021 § Family § MusicMonday § Pace § PopCulture § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, parents

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – There Are Many Reasons I Became a Librarian…

…my grandma having this set of very unique books, The Richards Topical Encyclopedia in her sun room is one of them! One of my pet theories is that most professions require extremely specialized knowledge – heart surgeon, carpenter, PhD researcher, appliance repair person. Librarian is one of a very few (teacher? politician?) professions where being […]

¶ Posted 18 November 2021 § Library § Photo § PopCulture § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, cool, education

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Lest We Forget (Grandpa Peet, circa 1944?)

My Grandpa Peet drove a tank in Holland during the war (Grandpa Hammond couldn’t enlist due to health reasons so he supported the war effort by continuing to farm back in Canada.) That’s why Remembrance Day is perhaps when I think of my Grandpa Peet more than any day of the year…the life he led, […]