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[My Internal Monologue Right Now]

There’s lots of stuff going on in the news and politics and the world and on social media that feels interconnected and important and I’d like to talk about some of this stuff too. But increasingly, I don’t know how to do that without offending someone. Or saying the wrong thing. Or being attacked for even having an […]

Friday Fun Link – Country Corner Donuts (and the Value of Immigrants) #yqr

I was scrolling through Facebook and came across a post by the good folks at Rebellion Brewing talking about a nearby donut shop which they frequent. (I love seeing locally owned businesses supporting each other like this!) That led me to a YouTube video of the donut shop’s owner which reinforced my strong belief that […]

¶ Posted 13 October 2017 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Jobs § Saskatchewan § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, language, philosophy, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – The Premier of Mexico? (February 2017)

It’s funny how things swirl and combine in unexpected ways. I haven’t written a lot about the ongoing Sask NDP Leadership Race (yet) and I haven’t posted a lot about the Mexican resort we’re planning to go to next February (yet). But, as I think back to the Mexican resort we visited last February, I can’t […]

¶ Posted 12 October 2017 § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, holiday, travel

Friday Fun Link – All The People Who Are Not Jagmeet Singh

Because all brown people look the same to white people (even CBC reporters who should know better!), the good people at Vice have put together a guide to all the people who are not Jagmeet Singh.

¶ Posted 06 October 2017 § FridayFunLink § Humour § News § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, ontario

New Trump Poll Out Today

¶ Posted 03 October 2017 § Humour § Infographic § Meme § News § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, unitedstates

Music Monday – “Me and monkey/Like Butch and the Sundance Kid Trying to understand/Why he did what he did/Why he did what he did”

The worst mass shooting in recent US history (so far) happened yesterday and I don’t even know what to say anymore. Should I talk about gun control? Mental health & personality disorders? Gun control? Media narratives? Gun control? Deja vu? Gun control? Disinformation? Gun control? Or should I just throw up my hands at the futility of trying to say […]