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Wisdom Wednesday – Who Could’ve Predicted Sick Time Would Increase Coming Out of a Worldwide Pandemic?!?

This may be a record as I’ve been collecting information and reading about and adding info to the ongoing draft of this blog post, for oh, over two years. I’ve been doing this, basically ever since society collectively decided that Covid was over and that we’d all stop masking, stop most precautions, and start acting […]

¶ Posted 28 August 2024 § Jobs § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, economics, health, science

Secular Sunday – A Non-Comprehensive List of Ways Our Bodies Are Super Unintelligent

A non-comprehensive list of ways in which our bodies are super unintelligent: 1. Wisdom teeth are a problem because our jaws have gotten shorter and smaller but our teeth haven’t kept up, so there is literally no space for the last molars for many people. https://t.co/d3rsD42IPo — Claire Zagorski, MSc, LP (@clairezagorski) July 26, 2024

¶ Posted 18 August 2024 § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, science

Wisdom Wednesday – Empathy at Its Foundation Includes Curiosity

Whereas other specialists know one subject deeply, one of the single best things about (most) librarians in my view is that we tend to be people who have a shallow but wide knowledge about a massive range of topics – politics, technology, pop culture, science, religion – and that curiosity about the world and other […]

¶ Posted 26 June 2024 § Jobs § Library § Wisdom § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: language, orgdevl

Saturday Snap – Grad Party

Got to attend Shea’s nephew’s grad party on Saturday after work for some delicious potluck, catching up with various family members we hadn’t seen for awhile, and even got a kiss from the grad during photos!

¶ Posted 08 June 2024 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute, health

Wisdom Wednesday – Everything Is Fake

But some are better at pretending than others… @courtney..johnson Everything is fake. If you can’t admit that, you aren’t ready to level up your career ? ???? Our systems, our jobs, our entire societal framework— it’s all just a collective agreement, a shared illusion that we’ve collectively bought into. If we choose to stop believing […]

¶ Posted 29 May 2024 § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Secular Sunday – What’s Something Everyone Thinks Is In The Bible But Isn’t

This question gets asked pretty regularly on Reddit but here’s one example…

¶ Posted 19 May 2024 § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, book, history

Wisdom Wednesday – Desperate People Make Ideal Workers

It’s an absolute sickness of our society that so many owners and managers make their employees desperate by giving casual or part-time hours (but expecting total availability), no or limited benefits, and giving no consideration to factors beyond the workplace – childcare concerns, vehicle availability, even the impact of sudden unexpected expenses – in how […]

¶ Posted 15 May 2024 § Jobs § Politics § Sad § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, health

Secular Sunday – Politics and Religion Shouldn’t Mix

¶ Posted 05 May 2024 § Jobs § Saskatchewan § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Safety First? (May 2013)

Pace wanted to wear a helmet to be safe one of the first times he cut the grass in our old house but apparently, the open-toed sandals weren’t on either of our radars as a potential safety issue!