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Wisdom Wednesday – What Constitutes Great Customer Service (and How Far Is Too Far?)

A recent post in a Regina Rant & Rave group on FB got a lot of attention. Basically, a disabled person went to a Co-op gas station to get air in a low tire but couldn’t get it to work.  They talked to the manager who didn’t help.  But then a sixteen year old gas […]

Posted 11 March 2026 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Wisdom § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

80s/90s Kids See The Future

This hits hard pic.twitter.com/tFc4yF2YaK — Shooter McGavin (@ShooterMcGavin) March 10, 2026

Posted 10 March 2026 § Internet § Jobs § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Do You See Your Fellow Citizens As Morally Good?

This chart is very telling about one of the biggest differences between the US and us.

Posted 03 March 2026 § Canada § Infographic § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – The World Is Not Divided Into Countries

Posted 01 March 2026 § News § Politics § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Harvard Professor Says Carney’s Speech Was a “Big Deal”

Posted 03 February 2026 § Canada § Jobs § News § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Canada Dry Peach Mango Ginger Ale

I can find *pallet* loads of Canada Dry Peach Mango Ginger Ale but I’ve only ever had one box of the Zero Sugar version.  I’ve gone to literally seven different grocery store chains and still haven’t found it.  🙁 #FirstWorldProblemsWithSecondWorldFlavours

Posted 31 January 2026 § Humour § Randomness § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Carney vs. Trump at Davos

CBC put together a collection of contrasting clips from Carney's and Trump's speeches at the World Economic Forum. pic.twitter.com/V0qGk89snA — Scott Robertson (@sarobertsonca) January 23, 2026 This is another good analysis… Here’s another fantastic, detailed breakdown of why PM Carney’s speech in Davos was so brilliant. pic.twitter.com/OtwBEgZaZ3 — Stephano?Barberis (@HelloStephano) January 26, 2026  

Posted 23 January 2026 § Canada § FridayFunLink § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Dilbert As A Management Role Model? (With Bonus Donald Trump Reference in 2006?!?)

In “honour” of the death of Scott Adams, I present one of the papers I wrote in library school. This was my Management class and, you won’t be shocked to hear that I had a lot of skepticism about what we were being taught (you’ll be more shocked to learn that management was my highest […]

Posted 14 January 2026 § Humour § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Rebuilding The Working Class

Saw the story I’ve copied below online and it made me think of the current Federal NDP Leadership Race where this is a major topic of conversation. It was also in the first provincial NDP Leadership race I was involved in where I got introduced to the term “Granholier Than Thou” as someone who was […]

Posted 07 January 2026 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Politics § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – New Year’s Eve in Cuba (Dec 2015)

I’ll start by saying that my wife is an absolute smokeshow (so I know this will be the first line of my annual “First Line of My First Post of Each Month”) next December! 😉 The only time we did an all-inclusive over the Xmas holiday season was when we went to Cuba with my […]

Posted 01 January 2026 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,