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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 […]

¶ Posted 15 May 2024 § Jobs § Politics § Sad § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, health

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Safety First? (May 2013)

Pace wanted to wear a helmet to be safe one of the first times he cut the grass in our old house but apparently, the open-toed sandals weren’t on either of our radars as a potential safety issue!

¶ Posted 02 May 2024 § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – I Don’t Think I Told Him To Grow A Beard But He Did Anyhow! (October 2017)

Seven years ago, the mother of a young patron at the branch I was working at asked if her son could meet with me to learn more about being a librarian. We set a date to meet, had a great conversation and I thought that was the end of it. So I was surprised when […]

¶ Posted 25 April 2024 § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cool

Saturday Snap – A Busy Week in the Hammond House

Sasha went to a recently opened trampoline park with a bunch of friends for her birthday… Pace did his driver’s exam (didn’t make it but examiner said he did he really well and it was mostly mistakes due to nerves that caused him to fail which is apparently the case with 3/4 of first-time drivers […]

¶ Posted 21 April 2024 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Sports § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics

Secular Sunday – “At the age of 16, Annelise Michel began blacking out at school…”

At the age of 16, Annelise Michel began blacking out at school and would soon start convulsing, vomiting, eating spiders, and coal, and even drinking her own urine. After undergoing 67 exorcisms, she died in 1976. She died of malnutrition, for which her parents and… pic.twitter.com/6puRCeEkUN — Fascinating (@fasc1nate) March 19, 2024

¶ Posted 14 April 2024 § Sad § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, health, science

Wisdom Wednesday – UBI Would Eliminate The First Two Levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

In a world that measures success by the relentless pursuit of MORE, it strikes me as odd for anyone to assume that everyone would suddenly stop striving for MORE simply because they were guaranteed ENOUGH to not go hungry or homeless. This is really basic Maslow's hierarchy stuff pic.twitter.com/PzhYsARSm3 — Scott Santens (@scottsantens) April 12, […]