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Category Archives: Randomness

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. […]

¶ Posted 23 November 2022 § Meme § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, philosophy, reddit

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 […]

¶ Posted 31 October 2022 § Humour § Internet ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, holiday, science

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

¶ Posted 25 October 2022 § Jobs § Library § Meme § MemoryLane § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language, orgdevl, philosophy

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

¶ Posted 31 July 2022 § Humour § Meme § News § SecularSunday § Technology § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history

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 — […]

¶ Posted 22 June 2022 § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, science

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

¶ Posted 24 May 2022 § ‡ Comments (0) °

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 […]

¶ Posted 10 May 2022 § Family § Library § MemoryLane § Sad § Saskatchewan § Sports § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey, parents, saskatchewan

I’ve Officially Become #OldPeopleFacebook

Got home and Shea said “Why did you post the word ‘Mark’ on your Facebook today?” Huh? So I look: My boss’s name is Mark but I don’t even have him on Facebook. I have another work colleague I interact with fairly regularly named Mark but same thing – not on my Facebook. I […]

¶ Posted 27 April 2022 § Humour § Meme § Technology § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: facebook, language

The World’s Longest Waterslide (And Some Thoughts on Zen Videos, Feelings of Melancholy and Modern Technology)

There’s something very zen about watching a video of someone going down the Guinness World Record Holding world’s longest waterslide which snakes through a jungle in Malaysia (some feel that the slowness of the slide is a negative but I disagree.) At the same time, there’s also something melancholy about thinking about how vast our […]