Any woman who would let me play this song as a “Last Dance” song at the end of the night during our wedding reception (to counter-point our first dance song) is okay by me.
Happy Valentine’s Day, Shea! Love you very much!
“In Spite Of Ourselves” – John Prine
Told you I saw some home fries in my future (and in terms of “healthy”, I’m sure one of those puff pastries has some green stuff in it!) 😉
No matter what you’re eating, enjoy the Superb Owl!

Maybe a year ago, a coworker hooked me up with a guy who sells 50 lb bags of misshapen potatoes. And of course, when I picked up the first time, it turned out he’s a library patron I knew!
In fact, after chatting with him during my most recent pickup, I even ended up sending him some suggestions for apps that might help him manage his business – can I count that in our Reference Question stats? 😉
Anyhow, here’s the contents of the potato sack I picked up as I like to give them a quick inspection. They’re usually high quality but I like to make sure none have any major damage or rot.

Sometimes I get excited and retweet stuff then think, why didn’t I save that for my blog?!?
This is one such time.
I have already retweeted this clip but it’s so joyful, I’m going to put it in a blog post too…
With international travel still a bit uncertain (especially if you ended up having to extend your stay due to a positive test at the destination or isolate when you got home), we’ve decided to book a trip to Edmonton where we haven’t been since 2014. We leave in a week and are getting pretty excited…

So, one of my recurring dreams is that I’m swimming across the Atlantic Ocean (yeah, I know) and I’m up on the surface of the water but it’s perfectly clear so I can see a massive amount of fish, sharks, whales and all sorts of other aquatic creatures below me.
When the dream recurs, it’s not usually nightmare-level scary but occasionally I get tired out and start sinking>. Or one of the creatures starts swimming up towards the surface and that’s a bit scary.
Luckily nothing in this recurring dream ever happens like this or I’d never sleep again!
Shea’s folks are in for appointments and staying at a hotel so we popped over for a swim and a visit.
For some reason the song below kept running through my head (and that, in turn, bringing back fond memories of season-ending party at my hometown pool where all the lifeguards did a poolside dance routine to this song!)

“Twisting By The Pool” – Dire Straits
I resemble some of these remarks…
Where do atheists find meaning in life? Like a majority of Americans, most atheists mentioned “family” as a source of meaning when Pew Research Center asked an open-ended question about this in a 2017 survey. But atheists were far more likely than Christians to describe hobbies as meaningful or satisfying (26% vs. 10%). Atheists also were more likely than Americans overall to describe finances and money, creative pursuits, travel, and leisure activities as meaningful. Not surprisingly, very few U.S. atheists (4%) said they found life’s meaning in spirituality.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/12/06/10-facts-about-atheists/