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Scary Science Facts – Even If It’s Halloween, Don’t Read This Thread If You Have Anxiety/Depression!

This thread probably isn’t a good one to read ever, let alone on the scariest day of the year! “Scientists of Reddit, what’s a scary science fact the public is generally unaware of?” Happy Halloween everyone! This one is of particular interest to Saskatchewan… If you think the pandemic was bad, this is possibly the […]

Posted 31 October 2021 § Internet § List § Meme § News § Politics § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Powerful Tweet By An Albertan About Ongoing Minimization of Covid Deaths

https://twitter.com/moirarvane/status/1448491589962067969  

Posted 13 October 2021 § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – What Does Your Faith Exempt You From?

There are a few (very few!) medical exemptions I can understand for not getting the vaccine – if you are allergic to something in the vaccine, if you had a serious reaction/event after your first shot and, uhm, not much else? But I’ve never understood being exempted on religious grounds. Even if you believe in […]

Posted 10 October 2021 § Meme § News § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Secular Sunday – Pastor Who Kept Church Open During Pandemic Dies of Covid

If you believe in mythology, it’s a lot harder to believe in science… (And honestly, I picked one random example but there are dozens if not hundreds of examples from across North America and around the world where religious leaders are playing a role in making the pandemic worse by giving bad advice to their […]

Posted 12 September 2021 § Humour § Jobs § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Skype Stitches (September 2013)

Pace was doing video calls long before it was cool – in this case, we needed a video call to show off his first stitches to Grandma and Grandpa.

Posted 02 September 2021 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “He’s brown as a berry from ridin’ the prairie/And he sings with an ol’ western drawl/Ooh-ooh-ooh-doo-di-di/Singing his cattle call”

  “Cattle Call” – Eddy Arnold RIP Lloyd Thompson (1942-2021)

Posted 26 July 2021 § Family § MusicMonday § Photo § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Glad I’m Not That Guy! ;-)

Always sad to hear libraries that are facing great challenges. 🙁

Posted 06 July 2021 § Jobs § Library § News § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Shining A Light

Powerful image of 751 solar lights during a vigil to recognize the children found in unmarked graves at Cowessess First Nation…

Posted 27 June 2021 § Canada § News § Photo § Politics § Saskatchewan § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – Love Thy Neighbour

Posted 20 June 2021 § Canada § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – Residential Schools: A Timeline

*Literally* the first words of this timeline discuss the central role of various churches in the creation of schools that took Indigenous children from their parents, communities and culture. For more than two hundred years [from 1600-1800], religious orders run mission schools for Indigenous children, the precursors to the Government of Canada’s residential school system.

Posted 06 June 2021 § Canada § News § Politics § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: