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An Extra Emotional Day in “Hammond Housing”-Related News

Friday turned into an even more emotional housing-news related day then we expected. In addition to being the possession day of our old house for the new owners, we heard that the condo complex where we lived for a couple years during our time in Calgary was engulfed in flames displacing numerous residents only a […]

¶ Posted 22 December 2019 § Family § MemoryLane § Randomness § Sad § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, economics, xmas

Friday Fun Link – How Black Friday Shopping Habits Are Changing

I admit that between things we need for our new house and the usual Christmas pressure to “buy, buy, buy!”, I had a fairly loaded Amazon cart on the go. But I read this article and just couldn’t do it – I mean, I know most corporations treat workers poorly and do anything in pursuit […]

¶ Posted 29 November 2019 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, holiday, xmas

Secular Sunday – I’d Prefer A Sprinkle of Success in the Red Zone

As an atheist, I always chuckle at athletes who inject their religion into the game or somehow seem to believe that god is helping them win or have success or whatever. I have no idea how much the Riders’ new quarterback, Cody Fajardo, thinks god’s helping him have success but given his “sprinkle of Jesus” […]

¶ Posted 17 November 2019 § Saskatchewan § SecularSunday § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, saskatchewan

Seinfeld Had A Humourous Take That Applies To The “Don Poppy” Controversy

A show ahead of its time in many ways…

¶ Posted 13 November 2019 § Censorship § Humour § Meme § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, television

What Are the Similarities and Differences Between Toronto Public Library and Don Cherry?

There have been a couple major media storms recently – Toronto Public Library faced a huge outcry for allowing a controversial speaker to proceed with a presentation in one of their branch meeting rooms and Sportsnet faced a huge outcry after longtime hockey icon, Don Cherry, made controversial remarks where he accused recent immigrants of […]

¶ Posted 12 November 2019 § Canada § Censorship § Internet § Library § List § Politics § PopCulture § Sports § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: freedomtoreadweek, language, ontario

Saturday Snap – @officialRPL Movember Display

Staff at my branch had a lot of fun creating this display…

¶ Posted 09 November 2019 § Humour § Library § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health

Friday Fun Link – Elections Fun

A variety of ways to look at the results. How would proportional representation have shaped the results (always with the caveat that even PR supporters like myself have to acknowledge parties knowing the election was happening under PR would change strategies and the results so it’s hard to map FPTP results onto PR models perfectly.) […]

¶ Posted 25 October 2019 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history

Music Monday – “You’ve been abused and cheated/Shat on you’re beyond defeated/Those who rise stand in your name/Then treat you roughly once they’re seated”

“D for Democracy” – Spirit of the West

¶ Posted 21 October 2019 § Canada § MusicMonday § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history

The Fundamental Choice This Election #elxn43 #canpoli

I’m not sure if it was something I learned in a political science class or read in a book or when exactly I figured it out. But I don’t think it’s especially profound to realise that, at its core, the biggest difference between people on the left and people on the right is that people […]