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Category Archives: Wisdom

This thread about working in a library went viral because it’s funny, passionate, angry and utterly lovely

https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2019/05/16/working-library-thread-viral-passionate-angry-funny-and-lovely/2/

¶ Posted 19 November 2019 § Humour § Internet § Jobs § Library § List § Meme § MemoryLane § UK § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, twitter

What Are the Similarities and Differences Between Toronto Public Library and Don Cherry?

There have been a couple major media storms recently – Toronto Public Library faced a huge outcry for allowing a controversial speaker to proceed with a presentation in one of their branch meeting rooms and Sportsnet faced a huge outcry after longtime hockey icon, Don Cherry, made controversial remarks where he accused recent immigrants of […]

¶ Posted 12 November 2019 § Canada § Censorship § Internet § Library § List § News § Politics § PopCulture § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: freedomtoreadweek, language, ontario

Secular Sunday – How To Raise An Atheist Family

¶ Posted 03 November 2019 § Censorship § Family § Pace § Sasha § SecularSunday § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, parents

The Fundamental Choice This Election #elxn43 #canpoli

I’m not sure if it was something I learned in a political science class or read in a book or when exactly I figured it out. But I don’t think it’s especially profound to realise that, at its core, the biggest difference between people on the left and people on the right is that people […]

¶ Posted 20 October 2019 § News § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, philosophy

Definition of a Corporate Farm?

Interesting question on r/saskatchewan today – what’s the difference between a “family farm” and a “corporate farm” with a wide range of opinions being shared. For me, the main indicator of a “family farm” is any farm that has an owner who is a single individual (often including extended family members – a spouse, […]

¶ Posted 09 October 2019 § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, language, saskatchewan

Weeding As a Life Philosophy

Shea and I got around to a *long* overdue task of decluttering our garage this weekend. Strangely, it reminded me of when I was in my first librarian job and (purposely?) my boss assigned me a major weeding project. They just kept bringing me packed cart after overloaded cart of books and I had to […]

¶ Posted 06 October 2019 § Family § Randomness § Sad § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics

The Changing Nature of Freedom of Expression: Banning Books Is Anachronistic But Challenges Remain

Good article from The National Post about the changing nature of the debate around Freedom of Expression. What remains is that challenges still come from all sides of the political spectrum. …the bulk of work on freedom of expression is shifting from people who fruitlessly complain about books to attacks on journalists and bloggers. Also […]