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Music Monday – “I want a new drug, one that won’t make me sick/One that won’t make me crash my car/Or make me feel three-feet thick/I want a new drug, one that won’t hurt my head/One that won’t make my mouth too dry/Or make my eyes too red”

Every single thing I felt in the days after being vaccinated are things I might feel on a typical day – slight headache, minor fatigue, achy muscles, etc. – so overall, think I faired quite well! 😉 “I Want A New Drug” – Huey Lewis

¶ Posted 19 April 2021 § Humour § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, music

Friday Fun Link – The Big Library: Books About Basic Income

This idea is growing in awareness and after the rush to create CERB a year ago, more and more people are seeing the benefit of some form of a universal guaranteed income. This is a great list of books to learn more about different aspects of the idea.

¶ Posted 09 April 2021 § Jobs § Library § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, Covid, economics, education, health, history

My Garage Lights Are Smarter Than I Am

I’m getting more and more interested in smart devices with my most recent purchase being three smart floodlights which I installed in my garage so that the neighbours can enjoy my obsession too! Easter… Calgary Flames Game Night… Anniversary of Humboldt Broncos Tragedy…

¶ Posted 07 April 2021 § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § Randomness § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, history, hockey, holiday

Friday Fun Link – Apple’s M1 Chip

The announcement of the new Apple M1 chip last fall finally got me to make the leap from using a ~2012-era MacBook Pro which was at the point that it was basically held together with digital duct tape and prayers to buying a new MacBook Air which arrived this week. I’ll likely share some expanded […]

¶ Posted 26 March 2021 § Internet § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, language, science, youtube

Exponential Growth: A Commonsense Explanation

When something is going through exponential growth, even in the early stages, most people completely underestimate how quickly things are going to change, even when the exponential growth has been going on for quite a while. Some humans are really bad at understanding math.

¶ Posted 24 March 2021 § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: Covid, education, health, saskatchewan, science

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¶ Posted 23 March 2021 § Infographic § Jobs § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language, philosophy, saskatchewan

Covid-19: A Year in Review

But remembering the past is also a way of believing that this moment will someday be the past. Which is to say, nostalgia for the past is also a way of believing in the future. Daydreaming about the After Times — the Before Times’s mythic counterpart — is in part an exercise in imagining what it will […]

¶ Posted 18 March 2021 § Family § Humour § List § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Sad § Sasha § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, education, health

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Pandemic Anniversary (March 11, 2020)

Hard to believe that March 11 is the one year anniversary of the WHO declaring Covid-19 a worldwide pandemic. I thought it was perfect that it fell on a Throwback Thursday as I was sure I’d likely have a lot of appropriate photos from that momentous day a year ago that I could post. But […]