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10 Random Thoughts on CoronaVirus

As a fan of dystopian literature, it’s still shocking how quickly we’ve gotten to this point.  Within a couple months of COVID-19 appearing, we’ve shut down billion dollar sports leagues, concerts, schools, libraries and more. I’ve been thinking a lot about the differences between a panicked response, a prepared response and a proactive response and […]

Posted 15 March 2020 § List ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Saturday Snap – Scenes From Plague Week

With apologies to Daniel Dafoe, some scenes from the past few days… Busy disinfecting everything in the house… I *love* my library’s “In the News” display.  It’s been a huge hit with how timely and responsive it is and our COVID-themed display was no exception (yes, I know some of those “boost your immunity” books […]

Posted 14 March 2020 § Meme § Photo § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Pandemic Grocery List

I’ve heard stories about the chaos but I freaked myself out a bit when I hit a grocery store on the way home as it truly looked like the zombie apocalypse had already begun… The obligatory shot of the depleted toilet paper aisle… Luckily, I’d forgotten that my neighbourhood store had been planning a renovation […]

Posted 13 March 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Best Pandemic Books

Some stock up on toilet paper, some stock up on booze – why not stock up on reading material?

Posted 12 March 2020 § List § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Some Quick Thoughts On The End of The World

Coronavirus I was in a meeting tonight and in the course of about an hour, my phone buzzed to tell me that: 1) Trump was going to start heavily restricting travel from Europe to US; 2) the NBA was cancelling their season; and 3) Tom Hanks and his wife have the disease.  It’s a wild, […]

Posted 11 March 2020 § Politics § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

Republican Presidents: Venn Diagram Version

(via Reddit)

Posted 04 March 2020 § Humour § Infographic § MemoryLane § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Why Does The “Bernie Bro” Myth Persist?

Because the media isn’t doing their job?

Posted 11 February 2020 § Internet § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Bell Let’s Talk – Counterpoint

Wednesday was Bell Media’s “Let’s Talk” Day which promotes removing the stigma around mental health by talking about it. While the idea behind it is a good and admirable one, there are also some things that make it quite problematic, especially when its a private corporation rather than  government or non-profits working in that area […]

Posted 29 January 2020 § Canada § Meme § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “I was takin’ everything they had to give/It wasn’t all that bad a way to live/Well I’m in this desert town and it’s hot as hell/But no one’s buyin’ what I got to sell”

“Jerusalem Tomorrow” – David Olney

Posted 20 January 2020 § MusicMonday § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “My family left Honduras when they killed the Sandinistas/We followed a coyote through the dust of Mexico/Every one of them except for me survived/And I am still alive”

There are very few songs that can make the hair on my arms stand on end. This song, a reworking of an older song I loved growing up. But instead of focusing on men dying doing manly things as in the original, the update is about women dying in service of larger social issues. Incredibly […]

Posted 06 January 2020 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,