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A Few Random Covid Thoughts

A coworker observed that an occupational hazard of working in a place where we hand out rapid tests kits is the risk of people over sharing *why* they want the tests.  This gives you this wild anecdotal taste of how widespread Covid is right now – business owners, parents, students, neighbours on each side of […]

Posted 19 January 2022 § Family § List § Politics § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Scientific Sunday – Tonga Volcanic Eruption May Be Largest Ever Seen From Space

Pretty good summary of the recent volcanic eruption in the south pacific…  

Posted 16 January 2022 § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Wordle, The Latest Online Craze

Wordle is the latest craze to sweep the online world. If you haven’t played, you get six chances to guess a five letter word.  After entering your first guess, it will tell you if you have a letter in the right spot (green) or a right letter but in the wrong spot (yellow). Then, sort […]

Posted 14 January 2022 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Meme § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

RIP America’s Dad (1956-2022)

RIP Bob Saget.

Posted 11 January 2022 § Humour § Meme § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Half of N95 Style Masks Fail To Meet Minimum Standards of Protection in CBC Test

It’s such a tough time to be alive. Something that seems like it should be straight forward – buying N95-style masks because you want better protection against Omicron – could have all sorts of issues with sub-standard quality, even if purchased from legitimate retailers. Or the conflicting information that’s out there – for example, if […]

Posted 04 January 2022 § Jobs § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Some Recent Covid-Related Tweets

One of the hardest things about the pandemic is trying to keep up with the latest news/developments/theories (and the fact these are ever-changing gives a lot of fuel to anti-vaxxers which is a different discussion.) Even as a trained librarian who’s pretty obsessively following the latest in Covid news, I’m the first to admit I […]

Posted 29 December 2021 § Humour § Library § Politics § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “I wasn’t meant to be then it ain’t meant to be now/I love this home but now I hate this house/Its been a hell of a year”

I posted this exact song a year ago this week – hard to believe the same sentiment applies a year later and it’s worth a repeat post of the same song. Here’s hoping I’m not starting a new blog tradition and having to post it again at the end of 2022! 🙁 “Hell of a […]

Posted 27 December 2021 § Blog § MemoryLane § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – War on Christmas

Posted 19 December 2021 § Humour § Meme § PopCulture § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Libraries Distributing Rapid Tests

Not my usual “Saturday Snap” photo today but instead, a screen shot of someone on Reddit saying they had a good experience at my branch getting their booster shot and also picking up a box of rapid tests. So strange to hear stories from Ontario of people lining up at liquor stores or other weird […]

Posted 18 December 2021 § Library § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

The Pandemic’s Impact on the Workforce

There’s lots of coverage of the “Great Resignation” triggered by the never-ending pandemic. CNN has provided more insight about how that is especially true among older people who are choosing early retirement instead of staying in crowded workplaces or just recognizing that when they die, no one’s going to say “I wish I worked more” […]

Posted 14 December 2021 § Jobs § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,