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Exponential Growth: A Commonsense Explanation

When something is going through exponential growth, even in the early stages, most people completely underestimate how quickly things are going to change, even when the exponential growth has been going on for quite a while. Some humans are really bad at understanding math.

¶ Posted 24 March 2021 § News § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: Covid, education, health, saskatchewan, science

Leadership

¶ Posted 23 March 2021 § Infographic § Jobs § News § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language, philosophy, saskatchewan

Covid-19: A Year in Review

But remembering the past is also a way of believing that this moment will someday be the past. Which is to say, nostalgia for the past is also a way of believing in the future. Daydreaming about the After Times — the Before Times’s mythic counterpart — is in part an exercise in imagining what it will […]

¶ Posted 18 March 2021 § Family § Humour § List § MemoryLane § News § Pace § Photo § PopCulture § Randomness § Sad § Sasha § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, education, health

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – My Twitter Account From The First Month of Covid (March 2020)

We’re into the same month as when Covid became real and the world shut-down mid-month so I’ll likely be posting a few different retrospective posts, whether it’s “Throwback Thursday” or not over the next few weeks. For example, here’s all my tweets from March 2020. I loved this tweet (but not that I managed a […]

¶ Posted 04 March 2021 § Humour § Library § Meme § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, history, science

Freedom To Read Week 2021 – #FTRW – Day Seven – Saturday Snap – My 2021 Library #FTRW Display

I always enjoy trying to come up with something creative for a FTRW display at my library and this year was no different. Going back to what I said earlier in the week (in a post that had a display we did just as Covid was starting to turn towards pandemic status in early […]

¶ Posted 27 February 2021 § Censorship § News § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, freedomtoreadweek, language

Freedom To Read Week 2021 – Day Five – Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Calgary #FTRW Committee Council Presentation (February 2004)

Through my work with the Writers Guild of Alberta, I became involved with the Calgary Freedom to Read Week Committee. I can’t find it online now but my memory is that this committee of writers, librarians, publishers and social activists was formed after some MLA held up some book in the Alberta Legislature to denounce […]

¶ Posted 25 February 2021 § Censorship § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § News § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, book, freedomtoreadweek

Freedom To Read Week 2021 – Day One – Welcome Back! (And A Child Reads One of the Year’s Most Controversial Books, “Call Me Max”) #ftrw

I’m a huge Freedom of Expression guy and think Freedom to Read Week should be a highlight of every librarian’s calendar. I don’t think I managed to do it every year but ever since I was in library school in 2006 (also the year I started this blog), I’ve tried to do an annual series […]

¶ Posted 21 February 2021 § Censorship § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, freedomtoreadweek, health, language, science

Friday Fun Link – Best of “Flyin’ Ted” Cruz Goes To Cancun Memes

Also this… Aruba, Jamaica, Ted Cruz ain't gonna take yaBermuda, Bahama, just freeze or ask ObamaKey Largo, Montego, baby why don't HE goOh Ted won't take you down to Cancun, Mexico, HE'LL GET THERE FAST, you'll have no water flowThat's where Ted wanna go, while you're covered in snow — Cliff Schecter (@cliffschecter) February 18, […]

¶ Posted 19 February 2021 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Internet § Meme § News § PopCulture § Travel § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, travel, unitedstates

Trump Impeachment Opening Video

Donald Trump’s *second* impeachment began yesterday and this was one of the first videos shown summarizing the insurrection of January 6 (very telling it comes with a warning!)…

¶ Posted 10 February 2021 § News § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, unitedstates

Secular Sunday – Voice Teacher Reacts to Garth Brooks’ “Amazing Grace” at US Inauguration

It’s like Tim Minchin says, “Some of the hymns that they sing have nice chords but the lyrics are dodgy” (though in this case, I’d say “Amazing Grace” is of the few religious songs that totally transcends its genre into an all-time classic, no matter your atheistic leanings!) 😉 Garth was good but this is […]