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Music Monday – “Whereas some of us weren’t always fair/To the Native kid on borrowed skates/Chippy Goolies and Ukrainians/In the corners with our elbows up”

Goolie was originally a derogatory term referring to people of Icelandic descent who settled in Manitoba. The derivation of the word remains a mystery. The most plausible origin I encountered while researching When Falcons Fly was that the first Icelandic settlers had thick Norse accents and pronounced the word “goalie” as “goolie.” Interestingly, the word […]

¶ Posted 14 June 2021 § Internet § MusicMonday § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey, language, sports

Secular Sunday – An Addiction Model May Explain A Lot of Our Current Societal Issues (That Don’t Normally Seem Like Addiction Issues)

This is a fascinating thread which encompasses a lot of interesting ideas – tribalism, how people get sucked further into wilder conspiracy theories, and even whether QAnon is showing signs of moving from a fringe political theory into a full-fledged religion. it’s conceivable to conceptualize political tribalism (& perhaps even cultism), through an addiction model […]

¶ Posted 13 June 2021 § Internet § Meme § News § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, Covid, education, language, science

Friday Fun Link – Fair Dealing Decision Tool (Maybe?)

Somebody sent this tool around at work so I thought I’d post it here (though if you know how I feel about copyright, you’ll know that I’m also not the best person to ask about whether something falls under copyright or not as I have a *very* generous understanding of what constitutes “fair dealing”!) 🙂

¶ Posted 11 June 2021 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Humour § Internet § Library § LibrarySchool § Technology § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, language

Music Monday – “Let’s get friendship right/Get life day to day/In the forget yer skates dream/Full of countervailing woes”

“It’s A Good Life (If You Don’t Weaken)” – The Tragically Hip with Feist

¶ Posted 07 June 2021 § Canada § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music, television

Amazon Prime Is An Economy-Distorting Lie

I’m trying as hard as I can to avoid buying from Amazon as I’ve grown to *really* dislike their business practices – from how they treat workers to resellers engaging in fraud to simply the fact that Jeff Bezos does not need one more penny of my money. I mean, Wal-Mart is a shitty employer […]

¶ Posted 02 June 2021 § Internet § Jobs § Library § News § Politics § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics

Friday Fun Link – Finding A Book When You’ve Forgotten Its Title

NYPL has a pretty cool article about how to find a book when you’ve forgotten its title.

¶ Posted 28 May 2021 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Library § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book

Eric Carle, Author of “The Hungry Caterpillar” Among Many Other Classics, Has Died

Very sad news. We had a “Hungry Caterpillar” themed birthday when Sasha turned one that was a huge hit – great decorations (mostly homemade or from the Dollar Store), a “Hungry Caterpillar” dress ordered off Etsy, and her (at the time) five year old brother even did a reading of “The Hungry Caterpillar” using a […]

¶ Posted 26 May 2021 § Baby § Family § Library § MemoryLane § News § Sad § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, cute, holiday, parents

Music Monday – “The snow is so merciless/Poor old Montreal/In spite of everything that’s happened/Yeah, in spite of it all”

The Tragically Hip released a new album this weekend called “Saskadelphia” comprised of six Road Apples-era unreleased songs including one of their most emotionally powerful songs ever… “Montreal” – Tragically Hip

¶ Posted 24 May 2021 § Canada § MemoryLane § News § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, music

Music Monday – “This is how you play/This is how you play/This is how you play/The lick”

A co-worker’s son is the bassist in this band… “The Lick” – People of the Sun

¶ Posted 17 May 2021 § MusicMonday § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Friday Fun Link – Know Rivalry

Know Rivalry is a research project from an American university where you can enter your thoughts and impressions about whoever you feel your favourite sports team(s) greatest rivals are then see results from other fans of the same team *and* your rivals’ team to see if they feel the same way about your team.