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Music Monday – “She got a six-six-six/I’ve got my crucifix/She’s got a spinning head/Like seeing grateful dead”

“Greedy Soul” – Liam Gallagher

¶ Posted 25 April 2022 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Secular Sunday – Secular Atheist Train Conductor Wins Wrongful Dismissal Claim After Being Fired For Social Media Post

I’ve been thinking about writing a longer post with some thought about how people’s personal social media (and blog?!?) posts are increasingly having repercussions on their work life. This was especially relevant after the Sask Health Association sent out some fairly chilling messages to staff who were posting thoughts/opinions/information about Covid a few months ago. […]

¶ Posted 28 November 2021 § Censorship § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § News § Politics § SecularSunday § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language

The Conspiracy Chart

¶ Posted 24 November 2021 § Infographic § Internet § Meme § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, health, history, reddit, science

Music Monday – “You shut your mouth/How can you say/I go about things the wrong way?/I am human and I need to be loved/Just like everybody else does”

“How Soon is Now?” – Johnny Marr

¶ Posted 08 November 2021 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

What Shakespeare’s English Sounded Like (And How We Know)

¶ Posted 28 September 2021 § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, language

Music Monday – “I was born in a cross-fire hurricane/And I howled at my ma in the driving rain/But it’s all right now, in fact, it’s a gas”

“Jumping Jack Flash” (Charlie Watts isolation footage) – Rolling Stones

¶ Posted 30 August 2021 § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Music Monday – “Walking through town is quite scary/It’s not very sensible either/A friend of a friend he got beaten/He looked the wrong way at a policeman”

This song has been going through my head all day for some reason. (In completely unrelated news, Go Habs Go!) “I Predict A Riot” – Kaiser Chiefs

¶ Posted 05 July 2021 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey

107 Year Old Irish Farmer Reflects on Changes He’s Seen (1967 Interview)

The single best presentation I did in library school was on the evolution of streaming video online and how it’s biggest benefit was how online video eliminates constraints of both time and distance that all previous dominant mass communications mediums – radio, television – suffered from. Like most 70s kids, I was pretty obsessed with […]