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Category Archives: Wisdom

The Business Case for Happiness in the Workplace

I’ve long been a believer that a happy workplace is a productive, engaged workplace. Now, it looks like Canadian business schools are starting to agree. From the Globe & Mail (with my own bolding of parts I found particularly relevant)… The business case for happiness in the workplace DELLA BRADSHAW Published Wednesday, May. 22, 2013 07:00PM […]

¶ Posted 23 May 2013 § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, orgdevl, philosophy, unitedstates

A Few Random Thoughts on Pace’s First “Real” Birthday Party

So now that Pace is in kindergarten and turning six, we decided to have his first “real” birthday party with a bunch of friends rather than just family members and/or a friend from daycare like in previous years. Here’s some random thoughts about what we did for Pace’s party this year and why… – in […]

¶ Posted 19 May 2013 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, holiday

Please Don’t Believe In Psychics. Please! Pretty Please!!!

My life has developed over the years to a point where I endeavour to lead my life and make my decisions from a place that’s focused on using evidence, science, skepticism and facts to determine how I understand and interact with the world. This is the culmination of many things coming together – my lifelong […]

¶ Posted 08 May 2013 § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, science, unitedstates

The Dangers of Vertical Video Syndrome

I, too, used to do this… …until I realised there was a better way. For the love of Dog, people, turn your camera phones sideways!

¶ Posted 07 May 2013 § Humour § Internet § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: television, youtube

Two Tales of Crime & Punishment: Guess Who Comes Out Looking Better – The Cops or the Librarians? (Okay, It’s the Feds Who Look Bad…As Usual)

The police often get the short end of the stick in terms of public perception but stories like this one show there are definitely good cops out there. In my line of work, it’s not often that you can arrest somebody on multiple occasions and end up being friends with them. On the flip side […]

¶ Posted 02 May 2013 § Canada § Censorship § Jobs § Library § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics

Dying Man’s Wish – Leave $500 Tip on a Pizza Order

I’m not sure if this fits as a May Day story or not but I like the sentiment – people who do tough jobs for very little reward sometimes deserve to be surprised with some over-the-top generosity (although there’s also a flip side argument that if we paid decent wages to our servers, tipping wouldn’t […]

¶ Posted 01 May 2013 § Jobs § Meme § MemoryLane § Randomness § Sad § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, economics, unitedstates

Music Monday – “Everyone is at the mercy of another one’s dreams” (“Angels” by Sam Baker – A Song for Bombing Victims Everywhere)

Sam Baker is an amazing songwriter I discovered while attending the Fred Eaglesmith Charity picnic in Alymer, Ontario in 2006. Part of what makes him so amazing is that he really shouldn’t even be here, having survived a bombing that killed three other people while riding on a train in Peru in 1986. That experience […]

¶ Posted 29 April 2013 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Randomness § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music, philosophy

I’m a Dad – Random Thoughts About Sasha’s First Day (On Her One Week Birthday)

So as much as I’d like to just keep posting pictures of Sasha, eventually I’ve got to get back to blog posts that have “letters” and “words” rather than cute pictures. A good place to start would be with a look back at that first day, inspired partly by many of the notes I scribbled […]

¶ Posted 23 April 2013 § Baby § Humour § Internet § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § Technology ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: economics, facebook, health, parents

Two Conventions; One Solution #canpoli #cndpoli #cdnpoli

The Federal Liberals and NDP had conventions this weekend and the respective leaders of each party were in the spotlight – Thomas Mulcair as Leader of the government-in-waiting and Justin Trudeau for being elected the Liberal’s new leader in a landslide. And for all the attention on those two leaders, one of the main things […]