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Music Monday – “I will come back here, bring me back when I’m old/I want to lay here forever in the cold I might be cold but I’m just skin and bones/And I’ll never love England more than when covered in snow”

One of the single saddest moments of my life was leaving England a couple days before Christmas after a four-month college exchange. I still consider the single most joyful stretch of my entire life – the people, the sights, the experiences – just pure living in the moment and openness to the world that greatly […]

¶ Posted 08 December 2025 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Sad § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: travel, xmas

Secular Sunday – The Effect of Prayer On Heart Surgery Recovery?

No different than doing nothing. (checks notes) Oh, actually makes recovery worse if you’ve been prayed for in a statistically significant manner! 😮 @skeptic_face Sources: Benson, H. et al. (2006). Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP). American Heart Journal, 151(4), 934–942. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2005.05.028 Harvard Medical School – Intercessory Prayer Study Summary https://hms.harvard.edu/news/intercessory-prayer-study-2006 #religion […]

¶ Posted 30 November 2025 § News § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, health

Secular Sunday – Blasphemous Nativity Scene?

Or is this new addition to our Christmas decorations more of a Naivety Scene???

¶ Posted 23 November 2025 § Humour § Photo § PopCulture § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, holiday

Trump: “Nobody Knows What Magnets Are”

Big brain super genius… BREAKING: In an insane moment, the President of the United States (who claims to have a very big brain) says "N0obody knows what magnets are." You can't make this stuff up.pic.twitter.com/noQ5fLOljg — Really American ?? (@ReallyAmerican1) November 10, 2025 The comments under that tweet are even better. Oh, and release the […]

¶ Posted 11 November 2025 § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics

Secular Sunday – Why Do You Care What I Believe?

¶ Posted 09 November 2025 § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, philosophy

Wisdom Wednesday – The Agitator’s Prayer?

I repeatedly hear people say some variation of: “You should only worry about things within your control”. I hear it at work. In politics. In the labour movement. In memes and Internet posts. As if saying it, somehow makes it true. I’m not sure if it comes out of the mental health/self-help movement. It might […]

¶ Posted 04 November 2025 § Family § Jobs § Library § News § Pace § Politics § Sasha § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, health

Music Monday – “There’s room at the top they are telling you still/But first you must learn how to smile as you kill/If you want to be like the folks on the hill.”

Being told I have a “Working Class Heart” is definitely up there with some of the best compliments I’ve ever received. And if it evokes John Lennon, I’ll take it! “Working Class Hero” – John Lennon

¶ Posted 27 October 2025 § MusicMonday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: beatles, economics, history

Friday Fun Link – The Apology Generator

I wonder if there’s anyone I know that could use this Made-In-Regina Apology Generator web site?

¶ Posted 17 October 2025 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Jobs § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: language

Wisdom Wednesday – If Someone Says Covid Is “Over”…

Definitely don’t listen to the politicians. And even many of the medical professionals misunderstand the ongoing risks. If you want to know the true status of Covid, listen to the insurance actuaries whose whole business model is predicated on predicting the actual financial costs of Covid to their companies (no different than insurance companies increasingly […]

¶ Posted 01 October 2025 § Jobs § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, health, science

I’m Not A Fan of Hypocrisy (So What Am I Hypocritical About?)

On National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, I’m thinking about some of the conflicted views I hold. For instance, my dad recently completed the sale of our family farm that was previously Indigenous land. I have already and will continue to benefit greatly from the sale of that land while Indigenous people continue to fight […]