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Secular Sunday – Why Do Democrats Keep Snubbing Atheists?

Although less likely to vote as a block like various religious sects, there’s still a huge untapped voter base if someone would directly appeal to atheists/agnostics/secularists/nonbelievers.

Posted 14 July 2019 § News § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

(Belated) Throwback Thursday – #tbt – That’s A Switch! (April 2008)

Pace used his saved up birthday/Christmas/babysitting money to buy himself a $500 Nintendo Switch the other day – a long ways from when he was a year old and having fun on the $50 desktop computer I bought from Southeast Regional Library after they decommissioned it.

Posted 11 July 2019 § Baby § Family § Humour § Library § Pace § Photo § Technology § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

46 Movies That Are So Clever, They’ll Have You Thinking For Days

I’ve probably only seen about half of the movies on this list but still think this is film at its best.

Posted 10 July 2019 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

(Belated) Secular Sunday – America’s Epidemic of Empty Churches

America has an epidemic of abandoned churches but they could always look to convert them into libraries!

Posted 07 July 2019 § Library § MemoryLane § United States § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

(Belated) Saturday Snap – Giant Checkers

Having a fun day at Nickle Lake’s activity shack (which, almost unbelievably, they chose to call “The Beaver Shack” during a contest last summer!) However, it shall always be “Nickle Make” to me after the name I submitted! 😉

Posted 06 July 2019 § Family § Pace § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Well, Canada’s been good to us/We’ve a living and a home/We’ve all got central heating air/And most are on the phone/I’m a citizen of both countries/And very proud to be/For the thistle and the maple leaf/Are the emblems of the free”

Happy Canada Day! I recently re-discovered this photo of myself and four other four Canadians on exchange to the University College of Ripon & York St. John (say that three times fast!) in 1995. I can’t remember the impetus for our fashion choice – maybe at a dance or for the new student orientation? – […]

Posted 01 July 2019 § Canada § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – First & Last Day of School (September 2018/June 2019)

The last day of school is the perfect day for Throwback Thursday. I love how Sasha’s face changes from resignation and uncertainty in the first picture to utter joy and relief in the second. (And even Pace’s near-teenaged face has a hint of smile to it today compared to September as well!) 🙂

Posted 27 June 2019 § Family § Humour § Pace § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Goodbye to Our Babysitter (and Some Thoughts On A Lucky Life)

When I did my ten part series on the things that have been major factors in making me who I am today, I thought about finishing with a post about a few things – liberals tend to think in terms of “privilege”, right wingers might think of it as “hard work”, the superstitious might just […]

Posted 26 June 2019 § Jobs § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Regina Northeast Community Association Family Fair & BBQ

I got to spend a few hours this afternoon at the annual summer fair of one of the community associations my library serves. There’d been a forecast of rain but the day turned out to be beautiful and I it was great fun to spend time with a bunch of my regular patrons, meet a […]

Posted 23 June 2019 § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § Politics § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – This Is The Picture My Wife Sends Me While I’m Being #SaturdayLibrarian

The rest of the family gets a trip to the museum and ice cream; I get to talk to people about chemtrails, flat earth theories, and how Disney hides secret messages in their movies, all while being #SaturdayLibrarian. 😉

Posted 22 June 2019 § Humour § Jobs § Library § Pace § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: