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Are We (Finally) Coming Out of Covid? Probably Not But Also Maybe?

I haven’t written a lot about Covid lately but it’s interesting to reflect on how our attitudes and therefore, our language, changes. For instance, I have started saying “Coming out of Covid” to refer to our current situation and as a reflection of what I see in wider society – very little masking (including myself […]

¶ Posted 05 December 2023 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Sad § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, health, language

Secular Sunday – Bamboozled

¶ Posted 26 November 2023 § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, history, science

Secular Sunday – History of Israel-Palestine Conflict

Everyone has an opinion on the Israel-Palestine conflict as do I. But I’ll only share two thoughts – I feel for the people on *both* sides of this conflict and I hate that its religion underpinning the conflict (and has been for four thousand years, not one hundred which is the lens most commentary takes.)

¶ Posted 15 October 2023 § Humour § News § Politics § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history

Secular Sunday – Least Religious Countries Are…

…the most peaceful for some reason.

¶ Posted 01 October 2023 § Canada § Infographic § News § Politics § UK § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, science

Wisdom Wednesday – Actions, Not Words

I’ve been thinking about actions vs. words a lot lately. One of the things that really brought home this important distinction was when I had to leave the Regent Place branch of Regina Public Library after eight years as Branch Head following a re-org of supervisors and managers. It was a pretty emotional time and […]

¶ Posted 27 September 2023 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: education, language, orgdevl

Obituary For A Quiet Life

Perfect.

¶ Posted 26 September 2023 § Internet § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, history

Secular Sunday – Men’s Testicle Location Strong Argument Against Intelligent Design

Easing back into my Secular Sunday posts with a funny Reddit post, inspired by a heat wave in Europe, ruminating on how the location of mens’ testicles is an argument against intelligent design!

¶ Posted 10 September 2023 § Humour § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, health, science

Submarine Billionaires

Not to mention the insane wastefulness of spending $250,000 for a five-minute glimpse of the Titanic. Imagine the good that money could’ve done otherwise. Or contrast the media attention and “all hands on deck” search and rescue operation which was basically guaranteed to be futile while boatloads of refugees are ignored completely. Guess what? I […]

¶ Posted 27 June 2023 § News § Politics § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, science, travel

Wisdom Wednesday – “What Are You Doing To Solve The Problem of the Person Standing in Front of You”

I’ve been trying to write a post summarizing some of the various tips, pieces of advice, koans of wisdom that I’ve collected over the years – mostly from my time in libraries but from other workplaces, reading of books articles and just talking to knowledgeable people I respect. As that post grew and grew, I […]