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Wisdom Wednesday – “Have You Considered Our EFAP Program?”

My first boss had very personal reasons for being strongly anti-union.  But he was quite insightful when he said “I still think Unions are necessary because they protect employees from bad bosses.  And the biggest problem is that bad bosses don’t know they’re bad bosses.” I heard something semi-related when talking to some union colleagues […]

Posted 06 November 2024 § Family § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

There Is A Constant Battle Within Public Libraries Between Our Core Values of Belief In Freedom of Expression and Belief in Diversity/Inclusion

Posted without further comment.  (Er, other than to say you can fast forward to the end to see the conflict of those values in action…) (h/t to concerned community member who sent this to me.  It’s actually senior RPL managers speaking off-camera at the end, not RPL security guards.)

Posted 22 October 2024 § Canada § Censorship § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § News § Politics § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Amazingly Original Tribute to Johnny Gaudreau

Wow – what a great way to pay tribute to arguably the professional athlete who died closest to the peak of his career… The Blue Jackets came out to take the opening draw with no left winger in honor of Johnny Gaudreau#CBJ pic.twitter.com/spGFHKIkq0 — Hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights & News (@HockeyDaily365) October 15, […]

Posted 15 October 2024 § News § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Many people coming from miles around/To see you play hockey when the sun go down/Maybe someday your name will be in lights/Saying Johnny B. Goode tonight”

George Canyon with a beautiful rendition of 'Johnny B. Goode' at the vigil for Johnny Gaudreau tonight ??? (via @NHLFlames) pic.twitter.com/3nQf7Nm17r — Gino Hard (@GinoHard_) September 5, 2024 “Johnny B. Goode” – George Canyon

Posted 09 September 2024 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Secular Sunday – What Could Possibly Be The Cause of So Much ***GUN*** Violence In The United States?

Lack of morality?  Toxic masculinity?  Violent video games?  Mental health issues?  Dark state mind control programs?  Taking “Christ” out of Christmas?  Incels?  Income inequality?  Pro wrestling?  Chemtrails?  Porn addiction? Racism?  Sexism?  Socialism?  Satanism?  Bagism? What, oh what, could it be that causes so much gun violence in the United States  compared to anywhere else in […]

Posted 08 September 2024 § List § News § Politics § SecularSunday § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

What Does Dementia Feel Like?

Virtual Reality attempts to give caregivers a simulation of what dementia feels like. (On a completely unrelated note, after spending some time in a car killing time with my dementia-suffering mother while dad was in a medical appointment, I feel like I have direct insight into Donald Trump’s speech patterns!)

Posted 03 September 2024 § Family § Humour § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “So many years, so many hardships/So many laughs, so many tears/So many things he cannot remember/’Cause they had 50 years He walks down to the ocean Bends to touch kneels to pray/He writes her name in the sand/Waves wash it away”

“Waves” – Sam Baker

Posted 22 July 2024 § Family § MusicMonday § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Farewell to Aunt Sandi

My mom’s sister has returned to Regina from Kelowna to stay with us for a month every spring pretty much every year since Pace was born.  But since mom was diagnosed with dementia, these visits have become a lot more meaningful.

Posted 15 June 2024 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Desperate People Make Ideal Workers

It’s an absolute sickness of our society that so many owners and managers make their employees desperate by giving casual or part-time hours (but expecting total availability), no or limited benefits, and giving no consideration to factors beyond the workplace – childcare concerns, vehicle availability, even the impact of sudden unexpected expenses – in how […]

Posted 15 May 2024 § Jobs § Politics § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – “At the age of 16, Annelise Michel began blacking out at school…”

At the age of 16, Annelise Michel began blacking out at school and would soon start convulsing, vomiting, eating spiders, and coal, and even drinking her own urine. After undergoing 67 exorcisms, she died in 1976. She died of malnutrition, for which her parents and… pic.twitter.com/6puRCeEkUN — Fascinating (@fasc1nate) March 19, 2024

Posted 14 April 2024 § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,