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Music Monday – “I say, “High”, you say, “Low”/You say, “Why?”/And I say, “I don’t know”/Oh, no!”

Awesomely fitting farewell from Stephen Colbert and “The Late Show”… “Jump Up/Hello Goodbye” – Stephen Colbert, Paul McCartney and Friends

¶ Posted 25 May 2026 § MusicMonday § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: beatles, music

Secular Sunday – Who Exactly Is Teaching Kids About “Socialism”?

A bit of a different take on secularism. But since it’s usually heavily religious conservative people yelling “Socialism!” at anything they don’t like, I’ll allow it…

¶ Posted 24 May 2026 § Jobs § Politics § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, philosophy

The Butterfly Effect of Trump’s Misadventure in Iran

Just incredible background and context to the butterfly effect of Trump’s egomaniacal disaster in Iran. https://t.co/0WNTcFvv5f — Dean Blundell?? (@ItsDeanBlundell) March 26, 2026

¶ Posted 31 March 2026 § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics

Secular Sunday – The American Taliban Is Now Running the Pentagon

…and really the whole US government. <ThisIsFine.jpg> The American Taliban is now running the Pentagon byu/Neptuneblue1 inatheism

¶ Posted 29 March 2026 § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – A $2.5 Billion Robot, Designed To Function on Mars For Two Years, Is Still Working 13 Years Later!

A $2.5 billion robot has been alone on another planet for 13 years and is still doing science. The scale of that sentence gets worse the longer you think about it. Curiosity landed in August 2012. Obama was president. Instagram had 80 million users. The iPhone 5 hadn’t shipped… https://t.co/AzXQenKDnH — Aakash Gupta (@aakashgupta) March […]

¶ Posted 27 March 2026 § FridayFunLink § Internet § MemoryLane § Technology § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, economics, education, science

Music Monday – “Should five percent appear too small/Be thankful I don’t take it all/’Cause I’m the taxman/Yeah, I’m the taxman.”

“Taxman” – The Beatles

¶ Posted 23 March 2026 § Library § MusicMonday § Politics § PopCulture § UK § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: beatles, economics

Saturday Snap – Don’t See That Every Day!

Driving home from supper, Shea and I saw a truck flipped completely upside down just south of the interaction of Lewvan and Sherwood Drives. Not sure what happened but we saw the cops walking a guy to their vehicle then Shea saw him being put in cuffs so perhaps he was the driver and (luckily) […]

¶ Posted 21 March 2026 § Photo § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, travel

Friday Fun Link – “Oh Poop!” A Modern Illustrated Fairy Tale

With some help from ChatGPT, I/we wrote the following fairy tale… (Any resemblence to people, places or things living or on life support, is purely coincidental.) Oh Poop!: A Modern Illustrated Fairy Tale In a broad kingdom, flat as a table and swept by endless winds, there stood an aging castle at the heart of […]

¶ Posted 20 March 2026 § Humour § Internet § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § Politics § Sad § Saskatchewan § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics, education, health, history, saskatchewan

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 […]