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Category Archives: Wisdom

Mark Zuckerberg Starts Online Book Club – Is He The Internet Generation’s Oprah?

Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has started an online book club to help facilitate his annual resolution.  Other years, he’s pledged to do everything from study Mandarin to wearing a tie every day to meeting one new person (who doesn’t work for Facebook) each day.  This year, he’s aiming to read at least one book every […]

Posted 04 January 2015 § Internet § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

The True Meaning of Christmas That Everyone Forgets

Someone on my Facebook posted a rather profound article about how the arguments between “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Holidays” are misguided. The article points out the fact that our Christmas traditions have well-documented roots back to a pagan time, long ago, when people came together for a festival during the longest night of the year […]

Posted 25 December 2014 § Family § MemoryLane § Sad § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

“What If: Serious Scientific Answers to Ridiculous Hypothetical Questions”

Posted 23 December 2014 § Internet § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

“I Do Not Believe in Charles Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection”

Posted 17 December 2014 § Humour § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Why Librarians Defend The Right To Watch Porn at the Library

This is a great article on an important topic but my short answer is this: “Beyond limits set by the existing laws of the land, no one should have right to tell anyone else what they can read/watch/listen to.  Period.” To expand on this a bit… I’ve seen patrons watching things that are a lot […]

Posted 14 December 2014 § Censorship § Library § MemoryLane § Politics § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

“Management By Blurt”

I’m always developing personal theories to explain the world as I experience it.  One of my latest is the concept of “Management By Blurt”. What I mean by this is that I’ve increasingly noticed how many people have a very human tendency to “blurt” out an answer when questioned or pressed on an issue, whether our answer […]

Posted 10 December 2014 § Jobs § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World

A few years back, I did a post about Reddit’s /r/mapporn sub-Reddit. Now someone has compiled some of the best maps from that sub-Reddit that will blow your mind in one way or another.

Posted 07 December 2014 § Infographic § Randomness § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Two Dozen Retailers Won’t Open on American #Thanksgiving (And They’re Shaming the Ones That Will)

Some of the best known companies in the United States including Costco, Home Depot and TJ Maxx  have taken a family-first approach to American Thanksgiving after watching “Black Friday” (the day after Thanksgiving named as such since it’s the day many retailers “get in the black” for the year) increasingly encroaching on one of America’s biggest family holidays. […]

Posted 27 November 2014 § Family § Jobs § United States § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Pace’s Joke

Pace shared this with us at supper tonight: “What did the number 2 say to the number 7 when he did something weird?” “I think you’re odd.” Love to hear him playing with language and also seeing his sense of humour develop!

Posted 18 November 2014 § Family § Humour § Pace § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – The World’s Most Contagious MythConceptions

These are 52 wildly held beliefs that also happen to be completely wrong. How many did you think were true?  (I’ll admit that I thought about a dozen of these were true – I’m just not going to admit which ones!) 😉

Posted 14 November 2014 § FridayFunLink § Infographic § List § Meme § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,