Head Tale

Tag Archives: education

University of Western Ontario Is One of Only Twenty Universities Worldwide To Get Top Rating (And Only One in Canada)

I really thought my attending the University of Western Ontario might drag the rating down – yes, even nearly two decade later. But luckily UWO is still an extremely prestigious University even if they allow pretenders like myself to darken their halls. 😉

¶ Posted 13 June 2023 § Humour § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § News § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ontario

Secular Sunday – “The most unthinking among us…who would invade our schools and libraries and homes. I personally resent it bitterly.”

¶ Posted 11 June 2023 § Censorship § Internet § Library § News § Politics § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, history, science

Secular Sunday – The Original Drag Queen Storytime?

¶ Posted 04 June 2023 § Humour § Library § News § Politics § PopCulture § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, history

Friday Fun Link – Fuck Professionalism: Creating A Workplace That Works For All

So much of what we’re taught to believe from our earliest days, by our parents, by our schools, by popular culture, is outdated, incorrect and potentially even harmful such as the notion of “professionalism“.

¶ Posted 02 June 2023 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § Sad § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, health, language, orgdevl

2022 SPL Report To Our Community

Always interesting to look at other library system’s annual reports at what’s similar, what’s different and also to spark ideas and inspiration.

¶ Posted 31 May 2023 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, saskatchewan

Track and Field Day

Managed to pop over to see a bit of Sasha’s year-end track and field meet during my lunch hour today. My folks were in so they were also able to swing by then even got to give Sasha a ride home after. Great day!

¶ Posted 30 May 2023 § Family § Photo § Sasha § Sports § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute, sports

Music Monday – “What would you say/If I took those words away?/Then you couldn’t make things new/Just by saying ‘I love you'”

It’s always ironic than when my life is the busiest – work, home, family – both immediate and extended, camping, volunteer stuff, medical appointments, helping my parents, etc. etc. etc. – is when I’m most likely to end up not doing daily blog posts (I frequently miss a day but then do it the following […]

¶ Posted 29 May 2023 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: music

Secular Sunday – “I know Batman and Superman don’t exist but I have a close personal relationship with Spider-Man.”

Norwegian??Stand-Up Comedian Dag Soras?Have a nice weekend ! pic.twitter.com/48WtA7fd87 — Caring Atheist (@Caring_Atheist) April 28, 2023

¶ Posted 21 May 2023 § Humour § Meme § PopCulture § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: history, science

Secular Sunday – “Indiana public librarians forced to remove half the books in the teen section as demanded by unelected library board including a pro-book banning pastor”

Just as we watched drug poisonings and Narcan training spread across American libraries before becoming more common in Canada, I suspect religiously-motivated book banning requests (and religious board members being even more activist in trying to direct library’s directions, not just individual books) is the next thing American libraries will export to Canada. (via r/atheism)