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Category Archives: Wisdom

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: , , ,

Music Monday – “He told his niece/’It’s Christmas Eve, I know our life is not your style,’/She said, ‘Christmas is like solstice/And we miss you and it’s been awhile'”

Happy Solstice! What a perfect song for today’s Music Monday post as this song compares and contrasts traditional Christian holiday celebrations with those who are not… “Christians and the Pagans” – Dar Williams

Posted 21 December 2015 § Humour § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – The Radicalization of Luke Skywalker

I always enjoy alternate interpretations of pop culture stories.  This one is particularly relevant in our world today. (More commentary on Reddit.)

Posted 11 December 2015 § FridayFunLink § Meme § News § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

One Month ‘Til Christmas!

May your resident librarian recommend a book to help you pass the next few weeks? 😉

Posted 25 November 2015 § Humour § PopCulture § UK § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Random Thoughts on the Paris Terrorist Attack

There was a major terrorist attack in Paris on Friday.  I have some thoughts… Part of the reason attacks like this have such an impact is that our education system has failed to overcome our innate human nature.  I saw this summarized in a great graphic that points out how there are over 6 million Muslims […]

Posted 15 November 2015 § Censorship § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Randomness § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – How Secure Is My Password?

This site lets you know if your passwords are very secure.

Posted 13 November 2015 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,