Category Archives: Randomness

2022 End of Year Memes: Charlie Echo (Our New) Delta Oscar Golf

1. What did you do this year that you’d never done before? Shea always had dogs growing up and my family had a “summer dog” on the farm – my uncle in Calgary would bring his dog for the summer then take it home for the winter.  But this year, we finally broke down and […]

Relaxing Piano Music

Creative Uses For Everyday Items

Finally something creative pic.twitter.com/EQrjh5qQHE — How Things Are Manufactured (@fastworkers6) September 16, 2022  

A 41 Year Old Addict Says Good-Bye (And Shares His Observations and Regrets)

The amount of stress I’m seeing in the world right now is overwhelming. People I know from Ukraine and Iran worried about home.  People navigating our Covid-filled world whether they’ve never tested positive or tested positive multiple times.  Parents trying to find needed badly needed medicine for their kids while teachers face half empty classrooms.  […]

Happy Halloween!

I’ve had this pic on my desktop since the late summer.  I’d saved it as “HalloweenPostGiantBat.jpg”. But now that Halloween’s here, disappointed (but probably not surprised) to learn it’s a hoax (or at least an exaggeration.) Anyhow, a good reminder about not believing everything you see online and doing the minimum of research before spreading […]

Leadership

Leadership, both as a research area and as a practical skill, encompasses the ability of an individual, group or organization to “lead”, influence or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations. – Wikipedia 

Secular Sunday – Was Noah’s Ark Made of Wood or Iron(y)?

A Few Recent Covid Threads

Even though “Covid Is Over”™  according to many, it’s not really.  Far from it actually… Britain is being swamped by yet another Covid wave — 2% in England are currently infected, 1 in 30 in Scotland: 1.4 million people in the UK, a stark 40% week-on-week rise in prevalence. Hospitalisations highest since April https://t.co/hFiriFHY3r — […]

My Brain Today: School Shooting in Texas, Oilers v. Flames Stress, Monkeypox, Medical Appointment, Work Stuff, Life Stuff, Blog Stuff, Stuffed Stuff

RIP Craig Smith (1972-2022)

I heard some shocking news from my parents a couple weeks ago and saw confirmation from his sister on Facebook a few days ago. Craig and I were only a couple grades apart but, in a small town, two years could feel more like twenty. So we weren’t particularly close in school but our parents […]