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Do Libraries Benefit Authors?

¶ Posted 21 May 2024 § Jobs § Library § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics

Music Monday – “Kiss me where the sun don’t shine/The past was yours/But the future’s mine/You’re all out of time”

“She Bangs The Drum” – Stone Roses

¶ Posted 20 May 2024 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Secular Sunday – What’s Something Everyone Thinks Is In The Bible But Isn’t

This question gets asked pretty regularly on Reddit but here’s one example…

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¶ Posted 19 May 2024 § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, book, education, history

Saturday Snap – Happy (Early) 17th Pace!

My aunt is here visiting from Kelowna for a month as she always does in the spring and my sister was down from Melfort working out of her Regina office for a few days so we decided to have an early birthday supper for Pace who turns 17 this year!

¶ Posted 18 May 2024 § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food, holiday

Friday Fun Link – Most Hated NHL Teams By Fans Of Other Teams

The current series between the Oilers and Canucks is causing me to feel confused and angry. But I’m all in on the Canucks…

¶ Posted 17 May 2024 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Fair Haired at the Fair (June 2013)

We loved that a traveling fair used to set-up in the parking lot of a mall near our house every June since it was cheaper, less busy and more convenient than Regina’s main exhibition and fair in August not to mention a great way to celebrate the end of the school year.

¶ Posted 16 May 2024 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, saskatchewan

Wisdom Wednesday – Desperate People Make Ideal Workers

It’s an absolute sickness of our society that so many owners and managers make their employees desperate by giving casual or part-time hours (but expecting total availability), no or limited benefits, and giving no consideration to factors beyond the workplace – childcare concerns, vehicle availability, even the impact of sudden unexpected expenses – in how it affects the worker and therefore the workplace.

The worst part is that it takes very little – and often not even financial considerations – to make those same desperate people into happy loyal employees.

Also why I’m a huge fan of the idea of Universal Basic Income…