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Saturday Snap – A Pretty Fun Book Recommendation!

One of the library’s board members is also a regular volunteer for RPL’s Good Food Box Program which is offered in partnership with a local food security agency. During one of our regular chats, we talked about aging parents and, being a librarian to the core, I ended up recommending a book that I had […]

¶ Posted 18 October 2025 § Library § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, health

Throwback Thursday – The State of Book Publishing in Alberta

Though this recent clip only popped up on my Facebook feed the other day, it did remind me of my time in Alberta (2001-2004) when I worked with the Writers Guild of Alberta where part of my work included helping jointly plan the annual Alberta Book Awards with the Book Publishers Association of Alberta. Haven’t […]

¶ Posted 16 October 2025 § Jobs § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, book

Music Monday – “Take me to the place where you go/Where nobody knows/If it’s night or day/Please don’t put your life in the hands/Of a rock ‘n’ roll band/Who’ll throw it all away.”

“(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?” was released thirty years ago this week and after years of acrimony, Oasis is in the middle of a massive reunion tour with rumours that it’s going to be extended into 2026. One of the major highlights of my entire life was being in England in fall 1995 during the […]

¶ Posted 29 September 2025 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, music

Secular Sunday – Returned In Three Days

¶ Posted 28 September 2025 § Humour § News § Politics § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, unitedstates

Lawful Evil vs. Chaotic Evil: Understanding the Motivation of the Charlie Kirk Shooter

There is a far-right group called Turning Point USA led by Charlie Kirk and another, even more far-right group called Groypers, led by Charlie Fuentes and they are at war with each other, even while being at war with the wider world in various ways. This is a great explanation of why: @cybelecanterel A quick […]

¶ Posted 16 September 2025 § Humour § Internet § Meme § Politics § Sad § Technology § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: education, history, language

Music Monday – “We live in the shadows and we/Had the chance and threw it away/And it’s never going to be the same/’Cause the years are falling by like the rain/It’s never gonna be the same”

Well, after a couple months of minimal posting (hey, summer off like when I was a kid? Awesome!) and I’ve had some thoughts about how/if I want to keep this blog going as I sometimes struggle to come up with content (even lazy, zero-effort stuff) and/or find the time to post. At the same time, […]

¶ Posted 01 September 2025 § Blog § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § UK ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: music

Jon Stewart on the Canceling of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”

Jon Stewart reacts to CBS cancelling "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and tells corporations and advertisers to "sack up" pic.twitter.com/v8MrNpg28w — The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) July 22, 2025

¶ Posted 22 July 2025 § Censorship § Humour § Jobs § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Sad § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, music, television, unitedstates

Music Monday – “Will you recognize me?/Call my name or walk on by/Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling/Down, down, down, down”

Haven’t posted for a few weeks – busy at work, busy at home, camping holidays, some weird blog gremlins that make quick posts a bit harder than they used to be – but wanted to post to let my thousands dozens of readers know I’m still alive and more regular posting will likely resume…eventually. 😉 […]