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Secular Sunday – The Effect of Prayer On Heart Surgery Recovery?

No different than doing nothing. (checks notes) Oh, actually makes recovery worse if you’ve been prayed for in a statistically significant manner! 😮 @skeptic_face Sources: Benson, H. et al. (2006). Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP). American Heart Journal, 151(4), 934–942. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2005.05.028 Harvard Medical School – Intercessory Prayer Study Summary https://hms.harvard.edu/news/intercessory-prayer-study-2006 #religion […]

¶ Posted 30 November 2025 § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, health

Saturday Snap – Is This How One Creates An Activist?

Like pretty much everyone these days, Shea and I are noticing that everything seems more expensive – gas, groceries, dining out, etc. etc. etc. If we’re feeling this way while being in a fairly good financial position with good professional jobs, good incomes and a lot of financial luck over the years in various ways […]

¶ Posted 22 November 2025 § Family § Humour § Jobs § MemoryLane § Photo § Politics § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, economics, language

Trump: “Nobody Knows What Magnets Are”

Big brain super genius… BREAKING: In an insane moment, the President of the United States (who claims to have a very big brain) says "N0obody knows what magnets are." You can't make this stuff up.pic.twitter.com/noQ5fLOljg — Really American ?? (@ReallyAmerican1) November 10, 2025 The comments under that tweet are even better. Oh, and release the […]

¶ Posted 11 November 2025 § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education

Wisdom Wednesday – The Agitator’s Prayer?

I repeatedly hear people say some variation of: “You should only worry about things within your control”. I hear it at work. In politics. In the labour movement. In memes and Internet posts. As if saying it, somehow makes it true. I’m not sure if it comes out of the mental health/self-help movement. It might […]

¶ Posted 04 November 2025 § Family § Jobs § Library § Pace § Politics § Sasha § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health

Friday Fun Link – “Get Behind Anything” (2025 Blue Jays Hype Video)

¶ Posted 31 October 2025 § Canada § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sports § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Music Monday – “You’ve got a diamond/You’ve got nine men/You’ve got a hat and a bat/And that’s not all”

“OK Blue Jays!“

¶ Posted 20 October 2025 § Canada § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history

NHL Is Back!

Can the Oilers threepeat as Stanley Cup Final losers? God, I hope not. My heart can’t take it. Hope they miss the playoffs completely! Someone take the phone away from this rebel right now ?????#TimeToHunt pic.twitter.com/5etr23MlMA — David (@David954FLA) June 20, 2025 AI but still funny…

¶ Posted 07 October 2025 § Canada § Humour § MemoryLane § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey

Wisdom Wednesday – If Someone Says Covid Is “Over”…

Definitely don’t listen to the politicians. And even many of the medical professionals misunderstand the ongoing risks. If you want to know the true status of Covid, listen to the insurance actuaries whose whole business model is predicated on predicting the actual financial costs of Covid to their companies (no different than insurance companies increasingly […]

¶ Posted 01 October 2025 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Politics § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health, science

Music Monday – “Take me to the place where you go/Where nobody knows/If it’s night or day/Please don’t put your life in the hands/Of a rock ‘n’ roll band/Who’ll throw it all away.”

“(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?” was released thirty years ago this week and after years of acrimony, Oasis is in the middle of a massive reunion tour with rumours that it’s going to be extended into 2026. One of the major highlights of my entire life was being in England in fall 1995 during the […]