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Category Archives: Wisdom

Secular Sunday – What Happens To Your Brain When You Quit Believing in God?

Very similar to the process of quitting cocaine or meth or ending a love affair apparently. (via Reddit)

¶ Posted 06 January 2019 § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, philosophy, science

The Mathematics of Weight Loss

More useful info for your new year…

¶ Posted 02 January 2019 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, health, science

Five Books That Explain Why The World Is Fucked (Uhm, Happy New Year?!?)

Let’s start the New Year off right – with a list of Five Books That Explain Why The World Is Fucked. (via Reddit) (Happy New Year?!?)

¶ Posted 01 January 2019 § Humour § List § News § Politics § PopCulture § Sad § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, history, science, weather

Secular Sunday – Why Do Atheists Celebrate Christmas?

Also: For our kids To spend time with extended family Because it’s part of our own personal history and tradition Because it’s become a secular holiday as much as a religious one Because atheists know Christmas started as a pagan solstice festival and early Christians adopted many rituals to help convert people to their new […]

¶ Posted 23 December 2018 § Family § Humour § List § MemoryLane § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, holiday, xmas

“Why Should You Read Kurt Vonnegut” – TED-ED Talk

Because he’s the best writer of all-time?

¶ Posted 19 December 2018 § Humour § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, history, language

Some Thoughts on the Changing Nature of Intellectual Freedom In Librarianship (Maybe?), The “Neutrality” Thing, and How I Sometimes Feel Like My Grandpa Missing The Boat on Elvis

So I recently got tagged on Twitter by a librarian colleague in Saskatoon (who is both a Mover and a Shaker!) asking if I (and a few other online librarian-types) had any thoughts on the changing view of intellectual freedom within the profession, especially in light of wider changes in society which I took to […]

¶ Posted 09 December 2018 § Censorship § Library § LibrarySchool § News § Politics § PopCulture § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, freedomtoreadweek, language, philosophy

Music Monday – “If we were vampires and death was a joke/We’d go out on the sidewalk and smoke/And laugh at all the lovers and their plans/I wouldn’t feel the need to hold your hand”

A lot of my music-loving friends had posted something about this song but I’m embarrassed to admit I didn’t even give it a listen because I thought the title was terrible and reminded me of “Twilight” or something. But I finally gave it a chance and boy, was I wrong. Probably one of the most […]