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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Jan Lake Lodge (July 2014)

With the wildfires burning in northern Saskatchewan (and really, across much of Canada’s north), I can’t help but think of the handful of times I’ve been able to travel to the north of the province for vacations or even work. This was a fishing trip we did with Shea’s family in 2014.

Music Monday – “Why don’t you ever want to play?/I’m tired of this piece of string/You sleep as much as I do now/And you don’t eat much of anything”

The best song trilogy of all-time? (I think there’s a reason that cats are the spirit animal of librarians!)

¶ Posted 02 June 2025 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music

Music Monday – “It’s a working man I am/And I’ve been down under ground/And I swear to God if l ever see the sun Or for any length of time I can hold it in my mind/I never again will go down under ground”

Decided to go to Regina’s “Day of Mourning” event at City Hall this year. Twenty-seven people died workplace-related deaths last year and this was the first year I knew one of them which makes the whole thing a lot more real. This was a song they played at the end of the ceremony. “Working Man” […]

¶ Posted 28 April 2025 § Jobs § MusicMonday § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, health

Music Monday – “These are finest times of my life/This is the greatest time of my life This is the greatest time of my life/These are the biggest times of my life”

A colleague sent me this song I’d never heard before and, true story, it hit me just right so I ended up tearing up in my cubicle. (That may have been the intention?) “Bill Is Dead” – The Fall

¶ Posted 21 April 2025 § MusicMonday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Music Monday – “My own behavior was a shock to me/I never thought I’d have the nerve/I hope you’re sleeping through the night Eileen/I hope they’re grading on the curve”

“Eileen” – Jason Isbell

¶ Posted 07 April 2025 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Secular Sunday – So You’re Saying Prayer Doesn’t Work?

¶ Posted 06 April 2025 § Humour § Meme § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism

Secular Sunday – Who Do American Evangelicals Really Worship?

¶ Posted 02 February 2025 § Meme § News § Politics § SecularSunday § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, history, unitedstates

Saturday Snap – Mark Black Farewell Party

Had a farewell party for a popular manager on Saturday night and the outpouring of love, generosity and sadness was beyond unprecedented in my 15+ years at RPL. In-scope staff donated so much money to a farewell gift that he ended up getting multiple things – a custom photo book, a custom Pats jersey, and […]