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Secular Sunday – Some Funny Examples of Purity Culture

What’s your funniest purity culture story? Mine’s when my parents secretly installed Covenant Eyes on our computer. A week later, they confronted me about my “p*rn addiction.” I swore I wasn’t, so they showed me my “explicit searches.” It had one entry: “the barenaked ladies” — Zach W. Lambert (@ZachWLambert) December 3, 2022

Posted 04 December 2022 § Humour § Politics § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Happy Third Covidversary!

Three years ago today, a man in Wuhan China started feeling ill and changed the world completely… 3 years ago today: A man in Wuhan, China starts feeling ill and later becomes the first confirmed case of COVID-19. More than 6.6 million people have since died. — BNO News (@BNOFeed) November 30, 2022 Here are […]

Posted 30 November 2022 § MemoryLane § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Agribition Supervision

With my criminal record check approved, I was off to be a parent chaperone for Sasha’s class visit to Agribition today. (Good thing it was approved as I had a few moments of “Oh-oh – that’ll get you on a list!” during the day – from accidentally leaving the house with my fly down to […]

Posted 29 November 2022 § Animals § Charlie Echo § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Sasha § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Some Covid Updates

Hard to believe that two and a half years into the Covid pandemic, I’m debating whether to make a round-up of recent news and observations a weekly feature on this blog. Why Are Hospitals Overwhelmed (Spoiler: Lots of Reasons) Why are hospitals in Edmonton/Alberta so overwhelmed? I am going to turn to the data for […]

Posted 15 November 2022 § Jobs § Library § News § Politics § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – The Positions Modern Religious Republicans Hold Are, Quite Literally, 100% Incorrect

  Think about it. They look at the world through the lens of a religion that is clearly a fantasy. Virtually all their decisions are made looking through that lens. Consequently, virtually all of their beliefs, opinions and decisions are objectively wrong. They reject science in favor of their “faith”, so vaccines are from the […]

Posted 13 November 2022 § News § Politics § SecularSunday § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “I’m sentimental, if you know what I mean/I love the country but I can’t stand the scene/And I’m neither left or right/I’m just staying home tonight/Getting lost in that hopeless little screen”

“Democracy” – Leonard Cohen

Posted 07 November 2022 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Happy Halloween!

I’ve had this pic on my desktop since the late summer.  I’d saved it as “HalloweenPostGiantBat.jpg”. But now that Halloween’s here, disappointed (but probably not surprised) to learn it’s a hoax (or at least an exaggeration.) Anyhow, a good reminder about not believing everything you see online and doing the minimum of research before spreading […]

Posted 31 October 2022 § Humour § Internet § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Most and Least Religious Canadian Metro Areas

Very interesting graph (via Reddit)…

Posted 30 October 2022 § Canada § News § Politics § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Leadership

Leadership, both as a research area and as a practical skill, encompasses the ability of an individual, group or organization to “lead”, influence or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations. – Wikipedia 

Posted 25 October 2022 § Jobs § Library § Meme § MemoryLane § Randomness § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – When You Learn About Residential Schools…

Posted 23 October 2022 § Meme § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,