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Some Covid Updates

Hard to believe that two and a half years into the Covid pandemic, I’m debating whether to make a round-up of recent news and observations a weekly feature on this blog. Why Are Hospitals Overwhelmed (Spoiler: Lots of Reasons) Why are hospitals in Edmonton/Alberta so overwhelmed? I am going to turn to the data for […]

¶ Posted 15 November 2022 § Jobs § Library § News § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, health, science

Secular Sunday – The Positions Modern Religious Republicans Hold Are, Quite Literally, 100% Incorrect

Think about it. They look at the world through the lens of a religion that is clearly a fantasy. Virtually all their decisions are made looking through that lens. Consequently, virtually all of their beliefs, opinions and decisions are objectively wrong. They reject science in favor of their “faith”, so vaccines are from the […]

¶ Posted 13 November 2022 § News § SecularSunday § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, history, science, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – Paid Twitter Verified Accounts Running Amok

"I'm gonna be blunt here: Elon Musk is running Twitter into the ground…and it's the best Twitter's ever been." @trevornoah pic.twitter.com/COQ3V0q06b — The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) November 11, 2022 After paying the rather insane sum of $44 billion for Twitter, Elon Musk had to make his money back somehow. Unfortunately, doing away with the site’s […]

¶ Posted 11 November 2022 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Internet § News § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, language, twitter

Music Monday – “I’m sentimental, if you know what I mean/I love the country but I can’t stand the scene/And I’m neither left or right/I’m just staying home tonight/Getting lost in that hopeless little screen”

“Democracy” – Leonard Cohen

¶ Posted 07 November 2022 § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, music, television, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – Charlie Echo Shows Toque Who The Boss Is

I didn’t blog this week as I ended up having an unexpected journey through our overloaded healthcare system the past few days with an ill family member. I may write more about my experience at some point (short version: healthcare system in shambles, healthcare workers are amazing!) but for now, I just want to focus […]

¶ Posted 04 November 2022 § Charlie Echo § Family § FridayFunLink § News § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, health, parents

Secular Sunday – Most and Least Religious Canadian Metro Areas

Very interesting graph (via Reddit)…

¶ Posted 30 October 2022 § Canada § News § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education

Secular Sunday – When You Learn About Residential Schools…

¶ Posted 23 October 2022 § Meme § News § Saskatchewan § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, history, saskatchewan

It Finally Got Us! (aka “Do I Have Covid?”)

It’s a very informal sample but through social media posts, talking to work colleagues and other family and friends, I’ve noticed a big increase in the “I’ve avoided it for 2.5 years but it finally got me” reports of people getting Covid. Our family is no exception – after two and a half years where, […]

¶ Posted 18 October 2022 § Family § News § Pace § Sad § Sasha § Shea § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, science

Some Recent Covid Tweets

One of the biggest stumbling blocks to overcoming Covid is people who act like Covid is already over… When COVID started I thought the best thing to do was to learn all I could about what it was and how to avoid it. I thought that the people I cared about would want this information […]

¶ Posted 12 October 2022 § News § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, health, history, science

There’s A Lot of Bad News in Hockey These Days…

…and with horrible accusations and scandals right now involving Hockey Canada, the Oiler’s farm team’s head trainer, Tampa Bay Lightning d-man Ian Cole, the Chicago Blackhawks, and more, the attention is very warranted. (On Twitter, there was talk of this being the hockey equivalent of #MeToo – #PuckYou or #PuckToo?) At any rate, as the […]