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It Finally Got Us! (aka “Do I Have Covid?”)

It’s a very informal sample but through social media posts, talking to work colleagues and other family and friends, I’ve noticed a big increase in the “I’ve avoided it for 2.5 years but it finally got me” reports of people getting Covid. Our family is no exception – after two and a half years where, […]

Posted 18 October 2022 § Family § Pace § Politics § Sad § Sasha § Shea § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Regina Waste Water Analysis

This is fine…

Posted 15 October 2022 § Infographic § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Some Recent Covid Tweets

One of the biggest stumbling blocks to overcoming Covid is people who act like Covid is already over… When COVID started I thought the best thing to do was to learn all I could about what it was and how to avoid it. I thought that the people I cared about would want this information […]

Posted 12 October 2022 § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

There’s A Lot of Bad News in Hockey These Days…

…and with horrible accusations and scandals right now involving Hockey Canada, the Oiler’s farm team’s head trainer, Tampa Bay Lightning d-man Ian Cole, the Chicago Blackhawks, and more, the attention is very warranted. (On Twitter, there was talk of this being the hockey equivalent of #MeToo – #PuckYou or #PuckToo?) At any rate, as the […]

Posted 11 October 2022 § Canada § Jobs § MemoryLane § Politics § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Loretta Lynn and Banned Songs

RIP Loretta Lynn. Not sure if its true but I read that this trailblazing songwriter had more of her songs banned from radio airplay than every other male country artist *combined* in the 20th Century. Loretta Lynn had more songs banned from radio than every other male country artist combined in the 20th century. pic.twitter.com/IOchPjwmWL […]

Posted 04 October 2022 § Censorship § MemoryLane § Politics § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

DART Impact Video

Follow up to a post from last week… Same video as before of ATLAS observing the DART impact, but tracked sidereally (with the stars). Each frame is about 40 seconds, and the entire sequence is about two hours. pic.twitter.com/p7Sgvfu2CK — ATLAS Project (@fallingstarIfA) September 27, 2022  

Posted 27 September 2022 § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “The high black water, a devil’s daughter/She’s hard, she’s cold and she’s mean/But nobody taught her, it takes a lot of water/To wash away New Orleans”

“Hurricane” – Band of Heathens

Posted 26 September 2022 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)

No big deal – NASA is only planning to shoot an asteroid out of space in a day or so!  

Posted 23 September 2022 § FridayFunLink ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “God save the queen/’Cause tourists are money/And our figurehead/Is not what she seems” (aka Decorum and The Queen’s Death)

There are lots of interesting angles to the Queen’s death – cultural, historical, sociological, religious, etc. etc. – but one that fascinates me is this notion of “decorum”… https://www.twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/1567987415704379393 There’s a parallel to gun violence in the States where politicians will quickly say “It’s not the time” to talk about gun violence…right after a mass […]

Posted 19 September 2022 § Jobs § MusicMonday § Politics § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony

With so much focus on the UK and the meaning of the Queen’s death, I’m reminded of the amazing opening ceremony from the 2012 Olympics in London which captured so many unique aspects of British life and culture (while also being a real thumb to the nose to the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony!)

Posted 16 September 2022 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Politics § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,