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Wisdom Wednesday – We Are All Acting

  Marlon Brando once told Dick Cavett that everyone on Earth is an actor. Then he proved it, live on air, by dissecting Cavett himself. It remains one of the most disarming exchanges in talk show history. Cavett opened by pressing Brando on something he had read for years: that… pic.twitter.com/5X1m2HzmnU — History Nerd (@_HistoryNerd) […]

Posted 22 July 2026 § Jobs § News § PopCulture § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

The City That Gets Its News From A Garbage Company

#1042 The City that Gets its News from a Dumpster Company

Posted 21 July 2026 § News § Sad § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Happy Parents’ Day?

I didn’t post this on Mother’s Day so I’ll post it on Father’s Day instead – a woman sneaks into a right-wing mother’s group on FB and starts posting about ICE and children being separated from their families. https://www.threads.com/@theletsnotdate/post/DYLoyAnjU_m  

Posted 21 June 2026 § Family § Humour § News § Sad § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – Be Careful Who You Hate

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Wisdom Wednesday – Moral Injury

Someone recently told me about the term “Moral Injury” which is similar to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and also comes out of studies of the military. But where PTSD is about something that damages a person’s loss of sense of personal safety after a traumatic event or series of events, Moral Injury can occur when […]

Posted 10 June 2026 § Jobs § News § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – We Should All Imagine What A Perfect World Looks Like And Talk About It Obsessively

@simonsinek Words may inspire, but only action creates change. When we lead with empathy and respect on our own teams, we send out ripples of positive impact that will reach far beyond our immediate circles. ? original sound – Simon Sinek

Posted 03 June 2026 § Jobs § Library § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “I say, “High”, you say, “Low”/You say, “Why?”/And I say, “I don’t know”/Oh, no!”

Awesomely fitting farewell from Stephen Colbert and “The Late Show”… “Jump Up/Hello Goodbye” – Stephen Colbert, Paul McCartney and Friends

Posted 25 May 2026 § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Who Exactly Is Teaching Kids About “Socialism”?

A bit of a different take on secularism.  But since it’s usually heavily religious conservative people yelling “Socialism!” at anything they don’t like, I’ll allow it…

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Friday Fun Link – Andy Serkis Reading Trump Tweets in Gollum’s Voice

Andy Serkis reading Trump's tweets in Gollum's voice is the best thing you'll see on social media today. pic.twitter.com/Ql8SxRO5mT — Vatnik Soup (@P_Kallioniemi) May 12, 2026

Posted 22 May 2026 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Should I Tip In USD or Local Currency While In Mexico?

I’ve never done this before but my original post from March 2019 is displaying weirdly and I’m too lazy to dig into my blog’s plug-ins and undercarriage to fix it right now. So I’m just going to re-post the entire thing (with the slightly changed title that this really applies for tourists in Mexico in […]

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