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When Can Canadian Public Libraries Reopen? @librarianshipCA

I’ll likely do a longer post with some thoughts on how libraries across North America have reacted to the COVID crisis at some point and also some personal thoughts on how/when they should reopen. But now that a few provinces have begun to include public libraries in their reopening plans (I’m looking at you, Saskatchewan!), […]

Posted 06 May 2020 § Jobs § Library § Politics § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – COVID Spread (January 1 – April 26)

Not sure if this is a “fun” link per se but interesting to see how the virus moved from China then quickly spread across the whole world creating our current unusual reality… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bitsBkwp0_Q

Posted 01 May 2020 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Infographic § UK § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

What’s The *Worst* That Could Happen In The World Due To Covid? (Revised)

Yesterday, I tried to do a post of all the worst-case scenarios for COVID-19 but I realised that I probably did too much commentary and I probably didn’t think through quite how bad this could get.  (I mean, at one point, I went on a tangent about how this might end up resulting in *improvements* […]

Posted 29 April 2020 § List ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

COVID Immunity Compared to Six Other Diseases

Some more unknowables…  

Posted 26 April 2020 § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Spoiler Alert: The Test Was Negative

A few people we’ve told about our experience going for a COVID test said they appreciated having some information about what the process was like.  So we thought it might be worth posting for anyone else who is curious or ends up having to go for a test themselves. Now, because Shea works in healthcare […]

Posted 25 April 2020 § Family § MemoryLane § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,

Five Lists of Five Things I’m Thinking About As Scott Moe Prepares To Release His Five Phase Plan for Reopening Saskatchewan

Premier Scott Moe had a press conference tonight to announce that…he will be having a press conference tomorrow night to talk about how his government has a five point plan for reopening the province now that we’ve flattened the curve…maybe. There’s no doubt that Saskatchewan has done very well during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to […]

Posted 22 April 2020 § Humour § Jobs § Library § List § MemoryLane § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Comedian Talks To Her Past Self About COVID

Funny stuff…

Posted 21 April 2020 § Humour ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Oh come back love, Oh come back love/The sun and moon refuse to shine/Since I’ve gone love, gone away love/This lonely girl has had no peace of mind”

“Fare Thee Well Love” – The Rankin Family

Posted 20 April 2020 § Canada § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Coronavocabulary

Pretend this is one of those Facebook quizzes and put a checkmark besides any words/phrases you didn’t know (or think about regularly) *before* a month ago when the Coronavirus began to expand and grow our language… Asymptomatic Carole Fuckin’ Baskin CERB Community Spread Contact Free Delivery Contact Tracing Contagion (movie) Coronavirus COVID Covidiot Coworker (in […]

Posted 14 April 2020 § Humour § List § Meme ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – A Message From Michael

Of all the “inspirational” celebrity messages, sing-a-longs, and tips, I do believe this is my favourite… (And bonus, possibly the first time I’ve clearly heard the lyrics to this song in ~30 years I’ve been listening to it!) 🙂

Posted 10 April 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,