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Friday Fun Link – Constantly Wrong: The Case Against Conspiracy Theories

Art and Music In Relation To Space and Time

This quote is pretty profound…

¶ Posted 28 October 2020 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music, philosophy

“I Want A Dyke For President”

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¶ Posted 18 October 2020 § Meme § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health, history, science

My Thoughts On Some Controversial Library Opinions

There was a good Twitter thread recently which posed a simple question: “What’s your controversial library opinion?” I thought it might be interesting to record some of my responses to these opinions whether I agreed or disagree (if this isn’t clear, all the bolded opinions below were submitted by Twitbrarians and the plain text under […]

¶ Posted 07 October 2020 § Censorship § Humour § Internet § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § List § MemoryLane § Politics § Technology § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: education, language

The Alt-Right Playbook: You Go High, We Go Low

This video has some good insights into modern politics and especially in light of current battles over seating Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader-Ginsburg’s replacement. It looks specifically at some of the reasons why liberals struggle against conservatives who are less likely to be bound to rules and precedent in their pursuit of power.

¶ Posted 22 September 2020 § News § Politics § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, language, unitedstates

Music Monday – “It’s called me belligerent, it’s took me for ignorant/But it ain’t never once made me scared just to be/Could you imagine just constantly worryin’/Kickin’ and fightin’, beggin’ to breathe?”

Okay, getting to one of the top o’ mind topics mentioned in my list yesterday – a new surprise album from Tyler Childers was released the other day. It features eight instrumental fiddle tunes then a single “regular” song with lyrics calling for more kindness and understanding among citizens including many who listen to Childers […]

¶ Posted 21 September 2020 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, education, history, music, unitedstates

Netflix CEO Writes A Book

Some irony that the head of the world’s most successful video company would write a book but there you go. I’ve long been fascinated by how various tech companies (including Netflix) create and develop their corporate cultures and what traditional companies and organizations can learn from them. Hastings boils down Netflix’s competitive advantage over Blockbuster […]

¶ Posted 09 September 2020 § Internet § Jobs § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics, orgdevl

Secular Sunday – Could American Evangelicals Spot The Anti-Christ?

A recovered evangelical points out the obvious – probably not!

¶ Posted 06 September 2020 § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, history, unitedstates

10 Things That Make You A Bad Campground Guest

I did a list of “10 Things That Make You A Bad All-Inclusive Guest” previously so with a summer of camping slowly drawing to a close once again, I thought I’d do a similar list for camping (obviously, mostly to do with seasonal RV camping, not back country tenting which is a whole different ballgame!)… […]