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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – The First Signs of Dementia (February 2018)

It was during a family trip to Mexico in February 2018 that Shea and I had our first conversations about what appeared to maybe possibly be the smallest signs of dementia. Dementia is a “disease of omission” which means doctors have to basically rule out everything else that can present like dementia before they diagnose […]

¶ Posted 18 June 2026 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Sad § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: allinclusive, parents

Friday Forlorn Link – Rest In Power, Bruce.

Not really a link and definitely not fun like my usual Friday Fun Link posts. But a friend posted the below on Facebook in reaction to the suicide of an Alberta man who was about to suffer from changes to that province’s disability support program. It hit me harder than it might have for a […]

¶ Posted 15 June 2026 § Jobs § MemoryLane § News § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education

Wisdom Wednesday – Moral Injury

Someone recently told me about the term “Moral Injury” which is similar to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and also comes out of studies of the military. But where PTSD is about something that damages a person’s loss of sense of personal safety after a traumatic event or series of events, Moral Injury can occur when […]

¶ Posted 10 June 2026 § Jobs § News § Politics § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “And nothing ever stays/Nothing comes to mind/And no one can erase/The days we left behind”

We’re all getting older and mortality seems very close sometimes… “Days We Left Behind” – Paul McCartney “April Come She Will/Sound of Silence” – Paul Simon

¶ Posted 18 May 2026 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: music

Secular Sunday – “You Die At The End of This…[Don’t Take] It Seriously Like There Is Any Way To Win In All This”

Seems cynical on first glimpse but it’s true – how many people seem to think they are going to “win” life by getting more money or traveling more or buying a newer car or whatever. Be kind, do the right thing, enjoy the ride. (Can you tell I’m back on a bit of a Doug […]

¶ Posted 26 April 2026 § Humour § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education, philosophy

Saturday Snap – Meeting of the Minds?

Had a really nice visit with my mom before Shea and I leave for Mexico (twice in one winter?!? What???) tomorrow. Off to Puerto Vallarta for a week and it’s a long story but we got a good deal and have been thinking a lot about how all four of our parents quit traveling earlier […]

¶ Posted 04 April 2026 § Family § MemoryLane § Sad § SaturdaySnap § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: allinclusive, holiday

Friday Fun Link – How Well Can You Remember Colours?

You probably think you know and recognize colours. But in terms of actually remembering them, turns out humans aren’t really great at it. This site lets you test your ability to remember a specific shade of a random colour by flashing a certain colour for a brief time then asking you to pinpoint it on […]

¶ Posted 04 April 2026 § Family § FridayFunLink § Meme ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cool, science

Friday Fun Link – “Oh Poop!” A Modern Illustrated Fairy Tale

With some help from ChatGPT, I/we wrote the following fairy tale… (Any resemblence to people, places or things living or on life support, is purely coincidental.) Oh Poop!: A Modern Illustrated Fairy Tale In a broad kingdom, flat as a table and swept by endless winds, there stood an aging castle at the heart of […]