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Happy Third Covidversary!

Three years ago today, a man in Wuhan China started feeling ill and changed the world completely… 3 years ago today: A man in Wuhan, China starts feeling ill and later becomes the first confirmed case of COVID-19. More than 6.6 million people have since died. — BNO News (@BNOFeed) November 30, 2022 Here are […]

Posted 30 November 2022 § MemoryLane § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – Tumbleweeds in the Tylenol Aisle

Good thing the pandemic’s over or else I’d worry about this shortage of children’s medicine! (Funny story – we’re out of kids’ meds at home too and Sasha’s been sick a lot lately so Shea asked the pharmacist and managed to snag a mini-bottle of kids’ Tylenol.  Then we got home and didn’t see it […]

Posted 20 November 2022 § Family § News § Sad § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

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: , , ,

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: , , , ,

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: , , ,

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: , , , , ,

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: , ,

Secular Sunday – Most and Least Religious Canadian Metro Areas

Very interesting graph (via Reddit)…

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

Secular Sunday – When You Learn About Residential Schools…

Posted 23 October 2022 § Meme § News § Saskatchewan § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

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: , ,