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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Undergrad Announcement (May 1996)

With Pace getting his learner’s this week, I’ve got a bit of a “milestone” theme going.  So here’s the newspaper announcement (remember those?) from when I graduated with my BA…

Posted 09 June 2022 § Family § MemoryLane § News § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Pretty Big Milestone Today!

Learner’s license achievement unlocked!

Posted 08 June 2022 § Family § Pace § Photo § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Secular Sunday – Tampa Bay Players Refuse To Wear Gay Pride Logo On Their Uniforms Saying Their Religion Forbids It

I always chuckle as how selective (some) Christians are about which “rules” they follow and even how they decide that these rules exist in a book that was written thousands of years ago. Tampa Bay Rays players refused to wear the Gay Pride logo on their uniforms this weekend — saying their religious beliefs wouldn't […]

Posted 05 June 2022 § Jobs § News § Politics § SecularSunday § Sports § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – Losing My Religion: The Pandemic Is Causing Many To Lose Faith In God

https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/faith-religion-god-declined-pandemic-study/

Posted 22 May 2022 § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

The New Corporation – Documentary

It was pretty cool to go to the world premier of an anti-corporate documentary called “The Corporation” at the Calgary International Film Festival twenty years ago which featured a Q&A with the filmmakers after the screening. It’s less cool that this film has an “unfortunately necessarily” sequel released a couple years ago…

Posted 11 May 2022 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Are Humans Hardwired To Believe in Religions?

A response to a question about “Will Religion Ever Disappear?” in an atheist sub on Reddit explains why humans are hardwired to believe in religion in the first place.

Posted 08 May 2022 § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

A Moment With Margaret Atwood: Three Inspirations for “The Handmaid’s Tale”

“I did not put anything into the book that had not happened [to women] at some time or in some place in history or was not happening when I was writing the book.  So it was all reality-based and one reason I did that is I did not want to hear ‘You’ve got a warped, […]

Posted 04 May 2022 § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – Supper With Friends (and Some Thoughts on the World We’re Living In)

Shea and I went for supper with some friends on Friday night and it was good to catch up, compare notes, and have a few laughs after not having done a restaurant meal with people who we’d normally go out with a few times per year before Covid. (We have done virtual happy hours/outside visits/potlucks […]

Posted 30 April 2022 § Family § Humour § Jobs § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Secular Sunday – As Ramadan Begins, An Atheist Wonders If He’s A Hypocrite?

As Ramadan begins, it’s got me thinking about how (or if?) I balance my views about religion as an atheist with my desire to (try to) be kind and respectful and inclusive as a human being? I mean, you’re reading a recurring theme post I do most weeks called “Secular Sunday” that regulary pokes fun […]

Posted 03 April 2022 § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Another (Minor) Covid Milestone?

I had been in Pace’s high school for various reasons over the years – through my work, for political events, when the kids’ elementary school Winter Concerts were held in the much larger high school auditorium. Of course high school is a bit different than elementary school but still feels strange that tonight was the […]

Posted 30 March 2022 § Pace § Photo § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: