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Secular Sunday – Least Religious Countries Are…

…the most peaceful for some reason.

Posted 01 October 2023 § Canada § Infographic § News § UK § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – National Day for Truth & Reconciliation (Words vs. Actions)

I recently wrote about the gap that often exists between words and action. This may be the most egregious example I’ve ever seen: On the national day for truth and reconciliation we wanted to remember the last day camp buffalo bones stood. The mayor wanted to commemorate NDTR on Wednesday- this audio is from that […]

Posted 30 September 2023 § News § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Actions, Not Words

I’ve been thinking about actions vs. words a lot lately. One of the things that really brought home this important distinction was when I had to leave the Regent Place branch of Regina Public Library after eight years as Branch Head following a re-org of supervisors and managers. It was a pretty emotional time and […]

Posted 27 September 2023 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § News § Wisdom § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Well, I’ve been selling my soul/Working all day/Overtime hours/For bullshit pay”

This song went mega-viral recently, becoming the first song to ever debut at #1 on the Billboard charts by an artist with no other previous charting songs. There was controversy about the writers’ intentions and politics, up to and including it even being played during a GOP debate! “Rich Men North of Richmond” – Oliver […]

Posted 11 September 2023 § Internet § Meme § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Sunset (or Sunrise?)

My last post was August 21 when I said I was going to try to get back to (roughly) daily blog posts after a summer of holidays and other distractions. Then I promptly didn’t post again for nearly two more weeks until today. Lots I could write, lots of navel-gazing about why I (still) have […]

Posted 06 September 2023 § Blog § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,

Submarine Billionaires

Not to mention the insane wastefulness of spending $250,000 for a five-minute glimpse of the Titanic.  Imagine the good that money could’ve done otherwise.  Or contrast the media attention and “all hands on deck” search and rescue operation which was basically guaranteed to be futile while boatloads of refugees are ignored completely. Guess what?  I […]

Posted 27 June 2023 § News § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Secular Sunday – “The most unthinking among us…who would invade our schools and libraries and homes. I personally resent it bitterly.”

Posted 11 June 2023 § Censorship § Internet § Library § News § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Secular Sunday – The Original Drag Queen Storytime?

Posted 04 June 2023 § Humour § Library § News § PopCulture § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

“Except he’s the most terrifying cishet looking white guy I’ve ever laid eyes on.”

https://twitter.com/RebekahLove27/status/1658430933421240328

Posted 16 May 2023 § Jobs § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Biggest Challenge: “We’re a small city with a relatively big stadium.”

Yes.  This is quite the challenge we face here in our little prairie city that’s run by people who want to pretend we’re a much bigger city like Calgary or Edmonton or Winnipeg so they push to build giant state-of-the art arenas.  And ball stadiums.  And the best football stadium in the country while showing […]

Posted 16 May 2023 § MemoryLane § News § Sad § Saskatchewan § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,