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A Few Random Covid Thoughts

A coworker observed that an occupational hazard of working in a place where we hand out rapid tests kits is the risk of people over sharing *why* they want the tests.  This gives you this wild anecdotal taste of how widespread Covid is right now – business owners, parents, students, neighbours on each side of […]

Posted 19 January 2022 § Family § List § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Scientific Sunday – Tonga Volcanic Eruption May Be Largest Ever Seen From Space

Pretty good summary of the recent volcanic eruption in the south pacific…  

Posted 16 January 2022 § News § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Wordle, The Latest Online Craze

Wordle is the latest craze to sweep the online world. If you haven’t played, you get six chances to guess a five letter word.  After entering your first guess, it will tell you if you have a letter in the right spot (green) or a right letter but in the wrong spot (yellow). Then, sort […]

Posted 14 January 2022 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Meme § News § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Atheists Among The Most Likely To Be Vaccinated, Evangelicals Among The Least Likely

Hmm, could the ability to trust science and use logic vs. the ability to believe in conspiratorial fairy tales and misplaced authority be part of this?

Posted 12 December 2021 § Humour § Meme § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

The People’s Calendar: When Does Each Season Start?

Interesting survey about the different markers – natural, manmade, etc. – that people use to connote the change of seasons. For me, I know the “official” dates for season changes but my (very limited) list probably goes like this… Spring – whenever snow is almost fully melted Summer – when school’s out at end of […]

Posted 30 November 2021 § Infographic § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Secular Sunday – Secular Atheist Train Conductor Wins Wrongful Dismissal Claim After Being Fired For Social Media Post

I’ve been thinking about writing a longer post with some thought about how people’s personal social media (and blog?!?) posts are increasingly having repercussions on their work life. This was especially relevant after the Sask Health Association sent out some fairly chilling messages to staff who were posting thoughts/opinions/information about Covid a few months ago. […]

Posted 28 November 2021 § Censorship § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § News § Politics § SecularSunday § UK § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Book Vending Machine Encourages Students To Attend, Improve Marks, and Be Kind

I get why “attend” is important for kids who miss school regularly (even before Covid, schools were doing an “attendance matters” campaign) but I’ve always hated this implied pressure to show up to school no matter what without the consideration that a) it’s okay for kids who are sick to stay home and b) even […]

Posted 26 November 2021 § FridayFunLink § News § Politics § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

The Conspiracy Chart

Posted 24 November 2021 § Infographic § Internet § Meme § News § Politics § PopCulture § UK § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

New Psychology Research Indicates a Robust Predictor of Atheism in Adults

A lot of atheists pride themselves on having amazing critical thinking skills as the reason they’re atheists. Turns out being an atheist might have more to do with what your parents did (or didn’t do) in terms of religious displays than anything you did yourself! Some research has shown that less displays of faith growing […]

Posted 21 November 2021 § Family § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – There Are Many Reasons I Became a Librarian…

…my grandma having this set of very unique books, The Richards Topical Encyclopedia in her sun room is one of them! One of my pet theories is that most professions require extremely specialized knowledge – heart surgeon, carpenter, PhD researcher, appliance repair person. Librarian is one of a very few (teacher? politician?) professions where being […]

Posted 18 November 2021 § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,