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A 41 Year Old Addict Says Good-Bye (And Shares His Observations and Regrets)

The amount of stress I’m seeing in the world right now is overwhelming. People I know from Ukraine and Iran worried about home. People navigating our Covid-filled world whether they’ve never tested positive or tested positive multiple times. Parents trying to find needed badly needed medicine for their kids while teachers face half empty classrooms. […]

¶ Posted 23 November 2022 § Meme § Randomness § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, philosophy, reddit

Some Covid Updates

Hard to believe that two and a half years into the Covid pandemic, I’m debating whether to make a round-up of recent news and observations a weekly feature on this blog. Why Are Hospitals Overwhelmed (Spoiler: Lots of Reasons) Why are hospitals in Edmonton/Alberta so overwhelmed? I am going to turn to the data for […]

¶ Posted 15 November 2022 § Jobs § Library § News § Politics § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, health, science

Secular Sunday – The Positions Modern Religious Republicans Hold Are, Quite Literally, 100% Incorrect

Think about it. They look at the world through the lens of a religion that is clearly a fantasy. Virtually all their decisions are made looking through that lens. Consequently, virtually all of their beliefs, opinions and decisions are objectively wrong. They reject science in favor of their “faith”, so vaccines are from the […]

¶ Posted 13 November 2022 § News § Politics § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, history, science, unitedstates

Secular Sunday – How David Copperfield Made The Statue of Liberty Disappear

This was the original illusion as broadcast… This is an explanation of how Copperfield pulled it off… Watching this, it struck me that this would make a good Secular Sunday post even if it wasn’t overtly about religion. Seeing people in the live audience say things like “If I was home watching on TV, I […]

¶ Posted 06 November 2022 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § SecularSunday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: science, television

Bosses Who Mask When In The Presence of Others

This week might have to be a “Leadership” theme… ‘Bosses’ who mask when in the presence of others demonstrate:•evidence-based decision-making;•respect for their employees;•that they understand their influence; and•very good leadership. — Dr. Jennifer Irwin (@drjenirwin) October 25, 2022

¶ Posted 26 October 2022 § Jobs § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: orgdevl

Leadership

Leadership, both as a research area and as a practical skill, encompasses the ability of an individual, group or organization to “lead”, influence or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations. – Wikipedia

¶ Posted 25 October 2022 § Jobs § Library § Meme § MemoryLane § Randomness § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language, orgdevl, philosophy

What Gives Life Meaning?

It would be interesting to see the results from a similar survey in Canada…

¶ Posted 19 October 2022 § Family § Infographic § Jobs ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, health, unitedstates

Secular Sunday – None of This Really Matters, None of It’s For Us, and We Don’t Know Why

A bit of a different take on my usual Secular Sunday posts poking fun at religion…a very serious, deep reply to a Reddit question about “What are some dark realities people are in denial about?”

¶ Posted 16 October 2022 § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, language, philosophy

Some Recent Covid Tweets

One of the biggest stumbling blocks to overcoming Covid is people who act like Covid is already over… When COVID started I thought the best thing to do was to learn all I could about what it was and how to avoid it. I thought that the people I cared about would want this information […]