Category Archives: MemoryLane

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Film Tax Credit Cuts Protest (May 2012)

There have been a lot of mistakes, a lot of missteps and a lot of deficit budgets.  But cutting the Sask Film Tax Credit is arguably the single most negative impact the Sask Party has had on our province – chasing away film production and the skilled people who worked in the industry *just* as […]

Wisdom Wednesday – Oh, Poop!

Music Monday – “If you have ghosts, then you have everything/You can say anything you want/And you can do anything you want/If you have ghosts, then you have everything.”

“If You Have Ghosts” – Gord Downie & The Sadies

Friday Fun Link – 73 Mitch Hedberg One-Liners

73 Mitch Hedberg One Liners! pic.twitter.com/iSxWln9V3j — Hambone's Word. ?? ?? ?? (@Keithhambone) March 14, 2026  

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Civic Engagement (February 2004, June 2009, Sept 2025)

I feel so fortunate to have grown up with parents who instilled a love of reading, news, politics and community engagement into me from a young age. Whether it was my dad reading the Leader Post from front-to-back every evening or my mom’s involvement on the Board of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses, I have […]

Wisdom Wednesday – What Constitutes Great Customer Service (and How Far Is Too Far?)

A recent post in a Regina Rant & Rave group on FB got a lot of attention. Basically, a disabled person went to a Co-op gas station to get air in a low tire but couldn’t get it to work.  They talked to the manager who didn’t help.  But then a sixteen year old gas […]

80s/90s Kids See The Future

This hits hard pic.twitter.com/tFc4yF2YaK — Shooter McGavin (@ShooterMcGavin) March 10, 2026

Saturday Snap – How Long Have You and Shea Been Married?

Happy “So long, we both forgot our annivesary” years together, Shea!

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – All About All-Inclusives (Sept 2017)

Before programming at RPL was centralized, each branch got to plan their own programs.  I sometimes put myself on the docket to talk about subjects I had a particualr knowledge (some might say expertise!) in…

Wisdom Wednesday – McDonald’s CEO Shows The Death of Fast Food (and the Importance of Knowing the Job)

It’s an ongoing debate about whether it’s better for managers to have direct frontline experience in their past or if a “good manager is a good manager” whether they’re selling insurance, dish soap or running a public library. We’re lucky in Saskatchewan that our province (and I believe BC) are the only provinces that require […]