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Category Archives: Wisdom

FTRW 2016 – Day One – Violent Video Games

It’s the most wonderful time of the (fucking) year!  😉 Yes, it’s Freedom to Read Week again, a holiday celebrated by librarians, writers, book lovers, artists, filmmakers and anyone else interested in the issue of censorship and free expression. As usual, I’m planning to do a week of posts on different topics to do with […]

Posted 21 February 2016 § Canada § Censorship § Humour § Internet § Library § Pace § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

The Moral Bucket List: Resume Values vs. Eulogy Values

ABOUT once a month I run across a person who radiates an inner light. These people can be in any walk of life. They seem deeply good. They listen well. They make you feel funny and valued. You often catch them looking after other people and as they do so their laugh is musical and […]

Posted 07 February 2016 § Family § Jobs § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – 34 Ingenious Ways to De-Clutter Your Life

I may not follow through but it still makes me feel good to post these kinds of lists! 😉

Posted 05 February 2016 § FridayFunLink § List ‡ Comments (0) °

The Strange Saga of #JohnScott and the 2016 NHL #AllStarGame

People can stomp their feet and claim “it’s embarrassing to the league and the All-Star Game” all they want. But, the game features a Velveeta cheese fountain, celebrity coaches no one has heard of, and most importantly it’s an exhibition game. [Scott] has become the saviour of the All-Star Game, and legions of people have become […]

Posted 31 January 2016 § Internet § Jobs § Meme § News § Sports ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Five Little Monkeys Parody

This is pretty funny…  

Posted 29 January 2016 § Baby § Family § FridayFunLink § Humour ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “When your day is long/And the night, the night is yours alone/When you’re sure you’ve had enough/Of this life, well hang on”

Today is “Blue Monday”, allegedly the saddest day of the year due to a mix of distance from Christmas, weather and credit cards coming due (although it’s actually just a random day picked to help sell winter vacations.) I thought about posting “Blue Monday” by New Order but that song actually makes me quite happy. So this is […]

Posted 18 January 2016 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Secular Sunday – Moose Jaw Mother Wants To Remove “Lord’s Prayer” From Public School

It blows my mind that a vast majority of parents apparently voted that playing the Lord’s Prayer in school was okay in the first place. But I guess the vast majority once voted that black students shouldn’t mix with white students either and that injustice eventually got corrected as well.

Posted 17 January 2016 § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – The Cost of Living Everywhere in the World in a Single Awesome Graphic

Not sure if this is a “Fun” link but it captures something I’ve been thinking about a lot since our most recent trip to Cuba.

Posted 15 January 2016 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Infographic § Jobs § Randomness § Travel § UK § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

“Making A Murderer” Is More Than a Compelling Whodunit; It’s An Incisive Portrait of American Social Class

Privilege is a special right, or advantage available only to a particular person or group of people. The term is commonly used in the context of social inequality, particularly in regard to social class,[1] race, age, sexual orientation, gender, and disability. Two common examples would be having access to a higher education and housing. Probably […]

Posted 13 January 2016 § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Saskatchewan Arbitrator Rules Healthcare Workers Don’t Need To Wear Full Name on ID Tags

A recent Saskatchewan arbitration decision which found that it’s a violation of workers’ rights to be safe and free of harassment to be required to wear name tags with their full name is timely given a couple recent events… First, in my end of year mega-post, I mentioned in Question #31 about “My Personal Fashion Sense” that RPL […]

Posted 05 January 2016 § Family § Internet § Jobs § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Shea § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , ,