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Everything Wrong With The National Day for Truth & Reconciliation (A Partial & Incomplete List)

Hudson’s Bay Company selling orange shirts. Provincial governments such as Saskatchewan who don’t declare it a holiday (even as some cities within those provinces do). Catholic schools putting the Christian cross on their orange shirts. Businesses, organizations & people that don’t buy their orange shirts from Indigenous companies. Our federal government and its representatives continuing […]

¶ Posted 30 September 2021 § Canada § Jobs § List § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: history, holiday, saskatchewan

What Shakespeare’s English Sounded Like (And How We Know)

¶ Posted 28 September 2021 § PopCulture § Randomness § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book, language

Liveblogging the 2021 Canadian Federal Election #elxn44 #skpoli #canpoli #cndpoli

Okay, did this a couple elections ago for #Elxn42 but don’t think I did the last election. But no big plans tonight other than a stiff rye & ginger ale so let’s see what we can see… – get home from work at 6pm to see that the split is roughly Libs – 21, Con […]

¶ Posted 20 September 2021 § Canada § News § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, history, saskatchewan

Inscription in Terry Fox Biography

I found this inscription by Terry Fox’s mom in a book in the Carnduff Public Library when I worked for Southeast Regional Library. Thought it was appropriate to post since today is the 2021 Terry Fox Run. And as a strong NDP supporter, I’m glad Tommy Douglas won CBC’s “Greatest Canadian”. But if I had […]

¶ Posted 19 September 2021 § Canada § Library § MemoryLane § News § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book, health

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Making a Difference at the Library (May 2021)

“He likes repetition,” she said. “So it’s like ‘yea you were just at the library to visit Jason, and you got to see Cheri, and Shirley gave you the hand stamp. There’s a real connection there that’s vital to him.’” Brandon was a child of the system who was put into foster care at the […]

¶ Posted 16 September 2021 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: health

Music Monday – “I’m just a singer of simple songs/I’m not a real political man/I watch CNN, but I’m not sure I can tell you/The difference in Iraq and Iran” or “Hey Uncle Sam, put your name at the top of his list/And the Statue of Liberty started shakin’ her fist/And the eagle will fly man, it’s gonna be hell/When you hear mother freedom start ringin’ her bell”

Is it possible to track the polarization of American politics to two very different country songs released in the wake of 9/11 – one contemplative and questioning while the other is aggressive and angry? Not saying this is the reason politics is so polarized but definitely a reflection of a moment where American politics got […]

¶ Posted 13 September 2021 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: history, music, unitedstates

Secular Sunday – Pastor Who Kept Church Open During Pandemic Dies of Covid

If you believe in mythology, it’s a lot harder to believe in science… (And honestly, I picked one random example but there are dozens if not hundreds of examples from across North America and around the world where religious leaders are playing a role in making the pandemic worse by giving bad advice to their […]

¶ Posted 12 September 2021 § Humour § Jobs § Sad § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, health, science

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Visiting Regina Public Library As A Young Man (Date Unknown)

As yesterday was my “work-iversary” of starting at Regina Public Library in 2008, I thought I’d post one of my favourite pictures of all-time for “Throwback Thursday”. This is a scan of a print (remember those where you’d get 24 photos in a roll of film for a camera?) of me coming out of the […]

¶ Posted 09 September 2021 § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Photo § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: history, parents

Antarctica, South Pole at Night

¶ Posted 07 September 2021 § Jobs § Randomness § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: travel, weather

Friday Fun Link – Pick The 10 Most Unrelated Nouns You Can Think Of

This is fun. I’ll post the 10 words I picked below and my results but would encourage you click that link before looking at my answers so you’re going in fresh and unbiased. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . […]