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Music Monday – “There’s room at the top they are telling you still/But first you must learn how to smile as you kill/If you want to be like the folks on the hill.”

Being told I have a “Working Class Heart” is definitely up there with some of the best compliments I’ve ever received.  And if it evokes John Lennon, I’ll take it! “Working Class Hero” – John Lennon

Posted 27 October 2025 § MusicMonday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “You’ve got a diamond/You’ve got nine men/You’ve got a hat and a bat/And that’s not all”

“OK Blue Jays!“

Posted 20 October 2025 § Canada § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – If Someone Says Covid Is “Over”…

Definitely don’t listen to the politicians.  And even many of the medical professionals misunderstand the ongoing risks. If you want to know the true status of Covid, listen to the insurance actuaries whose whole business model is predicated on predicting the actual financial costs of Covid to their companies (no different than insurance companies increasingly […]

Posted 01 October 2025 § Jobs § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

I’m Not A Fan of Hypocrisy (So What Am I Hypocritical About?)

On National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, I’m thinking about some of the conflicted views I hold. For instance, my dad recently completed the sale of our family farm that was previously Indigenous land. I have already and will continue to benefit greatly from the sale of that land while Indigenous people continue to fight […]

Posted 30 September 2025 § Family § MemoryLane § Politics § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – Unyonismo

Posted 27 September 2025 § Jobs § Politics § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – “A Man Without Land Is Nothing” – Duddy Kravitz (August 2022)

I’ve been heavily involved in a variety of major changes for those I love most in the past three years – my mom is now in a care home because of her dementia, my dad has finished the sale of the last quarter of land from the farm that’s been in our family since 1883 […]

Posted 25 September 2025 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sad § Sasha § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Shout Out To Thin Air

@ryanjamesahern #sales #b2b #george #manager #salesmanger #corporatehumor #corporatelife #officelife #office #officehumor #work #worklife #shareholders #profits #waste #quota ? original sound – Ryan Ahern  

Posted 24 September 2025 § Jobs § Library § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Politically Active Week Continues…

Completely unintentional but I even styled my hair like Charlie’s!  Very powerful presenation about the current situation with the United States and many other related topics – AI, soy beans, China, higher education, Indigenous rights and more.

Posted 23 September 2025 § Canada § Politics § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Everyone’s watching, to see what you will do/Everyone’s looking at you,/oh Everyone’s wondering, will you come out tonight/Everyone’s trying to get it right, get it right

Had a busy weekend… Went to meet my local councillor at his “Coffee with a Councillor” event and ended up bumping into enough of city council including the Mayor to have quorum for a meeting! (not pictured – Councillor Mark Burton)   Had a great chat about taxes, mega projects, development, and yes, even though I […]

Posted 22 September 2025 § Jobs § Library § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Jon Stewart on the Canceling of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”

Jon Stewart reacts to CBS cancelling "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and tells corporations and advertisers to "sack up" pic.twitter.com/v8MrNpg28w — The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) July 22, 2025  

Posted 22 July 2025 § Censorship § Humour § Jobs § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § Sad § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,