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Music Monday – “These white boys with money make the whole world run/Let the wall hit your back/The?blood?hit your tongue/You?and me baby we’re the dangerous?ones”

“The Dangerous Ones” – Kasey Anderson

¶ Posted 06 July 2020 § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

The Economic Impacts of Covid-19

This is a British article but many of the findings are going to apply for countries around the world – from increased unemployment to reduced airline traffic to positive environmental impacts and more.

¶ Posted 14 June 2020 § Infographic § Jobs § News § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, history

“Coronavirus Is FAKE NEWS!”

Coronavirus is FAKE NEWS pic.twitter.com/YPzxrbaOZf — Brent Terhune Bloomington IN May 3&4 (@BrentTerhune) March 6, 2020 Released on March 6, I think this was the first video that I came across by this guy, maybe a week or two later. And like many people, I initially thought it was a real guy sharing his […]

¶ Posted 10 June 2020 § Humour § Meme § News § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, unitedstates

Music Monday – “Blackbird singing in the dead of night/Take these broken wings and learn to fly/All your life/You were only waiting for this moment to arise”

“Blackbird” – Paul McCartney

¶ Posted 08 June 2020 § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – You About To Lose Yo Job (Remix)

The situation in the US with the blatant police brutality and absence of any restraint or empathy in the actions of many police officers. But there are moments of levity including this “dance remix” of a protester who informed a police officer that he was about to lose his job because he was illegally detaining […]

¶ Posted 05 June 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Jobs § Meme § News § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music, unitedstates

Music Monday – “They have the authority to kill a minority/Fuck that shit, ’cause I ain’t the one/For a punk motherfucker with a badge and a gun” (And Some Random Thoughts on The US Situation)

“Fuck The Police” – NWA Here’s a few other random thoughts about what’s happening in the US the past few days after the murder of unarmed black man, George Floyd, by a group of Minneapolis Police Officers. * I honestly thought that the US was on the verge of something ugly (uglier?) because of COVID-19 […]

¶ Posted 01 June 2020 § List § MusicMonday § News § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, television, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – St. Albert Councilor Forgets To Mute His Mic

How many meetings have you been in where you thought this but didn’t say it? So just because you’re in your basement wearing pj’s and the meeting is on Zoom, don’t forget to mute your mic when you say the quiet parts out loud, folks! 😉 https://twitter.com/bengelinas/status/1264049987026968578

¶ Posted 22 May 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language

Donald Trump Sings R.E.M.

This is too funny to wait for Music Monday…

¶ Posted 13 May 2020 § Humour § News § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, music, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – Which Prime Minister Are You?

A fun little quiz where you answer a few questions and it’ll tell you which Canadian Prime Minister’s personality you align with the most. I’m apparently Wilfred Laurier…

¶ Posted 08 May 2020 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Meme § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history

When Can Canadian Public Libraries Reopen? @librarianshipCA

I’ll likely do a longer post with some thoughts on how libraries across North America have reacted to the COVID crisis at some point and also some personal thoughts on how/when they should reopen. But now that a few provinces have begun to include public libraries in their reopening plans (I’m looking at you, Saskatchewan!), […]