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Category Archives: Wisdom

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: , , , , , ,

Craig Oliver’s Rant on Stephen Harper During CTV’s #elxn42 Coverage (And Some Other Random Coverage)

So I’m slowly planning to transition back to regular blogging but right now, I’m still obsessively reading posts and news stories about the election: Mulcair was to blame! No, he wasn’t! Harper Was To Blame! No, really – Harper Was To Blame! Top 15 No-Brainers for Justin Trudeau Trudeau’s “Just Watch Me!” note about beating […]

Posted 22 October 2015 § Canada § List § Meme § News § Politics ‡ Comments (2) °