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Exponential Growth: A Commonsense Explanation

When something is going through exponential growth, even in the early stages, most people completely underestimate how quickly things are going to change, even when the exponential growth has been going on for quite a while. Some humans are really bad at understanding math.  

Posted 24 March 2021 § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , ,

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Posted 23 March 2021 § Infographic § Jobs § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Why No Aquarium Has A Great White Shark

Random Sunday afternoon YouTube algorithm finds…both interesting and sad:

Posted 21 March 2021 § Randomness § Technology § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Covid-19: A Year in Review

But remembering the past is also a way of believing that this moment will someday be the past. Which is to say, nostalgia for the past is also a way of believing in the future. Daydreaming about the After Times — the Before Times’s mythic counterpart — is in part an exercise in imagining what it will […]

Posted 18 March 2021 § Family § Humour § List § MemoryLane § News § Pace § Photo § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Sad § Sasha § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

The Roud Folk Song Index

Doing some quick research about yesterday’s post led to me to discover the Roud Folk Song Index which I don’t think I’d heard of before but which reminds me once again (as if I need reminding!), why librarians and archivists are so vital to society (and also interesting, witty and funny!): The Roud Folk Song […]

Posted 16 March 2021 § Humour § Library § PopCulture § UK § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – High School Bound

Pace brought home his application form for high school yesterday and that’s a bit hard to believe!  

Posted 13 March 2021 § Baby § Family § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – A Detailed Analysis of Auston Matthews’ Amazing OT Goal

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Music Monday – “Ooo, your kisses/Sweeter than honey/And guess what?/So is my money”

“Respect” – Aretha Franklin

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Saturday Snap – Reading Science Books = Future Astronaut?

Sasha’s pretty obsessed with this True/False book about the planets.  Future astronaut confirmed! 😉

Posted 06 March 2021 § Family § Photo § PopCulture § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Freedom To Read Week 2021 – Day Six – Friday Fun Link – How Different Would E.T. Be In The 21st Century? #ftrw

  Shea and I have been showing the kids a lot of our favourite movies from when we were growing up – “Dirty Dancing” to “Adventures in Babysitting” to “Airplane!” – movies that both of us remember being allowed to watch by our parents at relatively young ages with no censorship or restrictions (*maybe* I’d […]

Posted 26 February 2021 § Canada § Censorship § Family § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § News § Pace § PopCulture § Sad § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,