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Sappy Sunday – “Take advantage of your day, take advantage of the fact that your kids are young and affectionate and playful and take advantage of the fact you can do these things, take advantage of the opportunity every day to be physical, to work, to do anything.”

Diagnosed with ALS in June 2019 and given six months to live, Calgary Flames Assistant GM, Chris Snow, is still alive three years later. He has even been able to keep working (kudos to the Flames for this!) and turn his bad situation into an opportunity to raise hundreds of thousands for ALS research. His […]

¶ Posted 06 March 2022 § Family § Jobs § Sad § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: alberta, hockey, science

8 Positive Impacts of the Covid Pandemic

I was thinking about making my own list but this YouTube video captures most of what I’d put on my list fairly well. I’m especially intrigued by the way Covid is going to change the workplace/increase acceptance of work-from-home for those who can do so…

¶ Posted 02 February 2022 § Internet § Jobs § List § News § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, economics, education, science

Secular Sunday – Argument From Poor Design

There’s a lot of reasons to not believe in God but the “Argument From Poor Design” – basically a list of reasons a perfect creator still put a bunch of useless/poorly designed parts into human beings and other animals is one of my favourites.

¶ Posted 30 January 2022 § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, philosophy, science

Saturday Snap – Life’s Too Short For Unsalted Butter

In light of yesterday’s post where I happened to share the screenshot a portion of a life advice article that said we should eat salted butter as life is too short for unsalted, I thought I’d post a pic I happened to snap at Safeway recently. Saying “life is too short for unsalted butter” may […]

¶ Posted 29 January 2022 § MemoryLane § Photo § Sad § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: food, travel

A Few Random Covid Thoughts

A coworker observed that an occupational hazard of working in a place where we hand out rapid tests kits is the risk of people over sharing *why* they want the tests. This gives you this wild anecdotal taste of how widespread Covid is right now – business owners, parents, students, neighbours on each side of […]

¶ Posted 19 January 2022 § Family § List § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, economics, education

Music Monday – “You know that old trees just grow stronger/And old rivers grow wilder every day/Old people just grow lonesome/Waiting for someone to say, “Hello in there, hello”

“Hello In There” – Ian Noe (John Prine Cover)

¶ Posted 17 January 2022 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: music

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Get the Shot! (December 2009)

At a Christmas party one of Shea’s nursing colleagues hosted in 2009, one feature was pre-made alcohol shots in syringes. Little did we know how much “get the shot” would change in meaning a decade later! ?

¶ Posted 13 January 2022 § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, food

Friday Fun Link – Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Championships 2021

I can’t think of an event that defines America better – the introductions, the crowds, the focus on competition and over consumption (but I’m still going to tag this as “Sports”) 😉

¶ Posted 07 January 2022 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Sports § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: food, holiday, unitedstates

I’ve Heard of Different Bra Sizes But N95 is Ridiculous!

My co-worker observed that the two masks laying on my desk at work looked like a bra and she wasn’t wrong. 😉

¶ Posted 05 January 2022 § Humour § Photo § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid

Half of N95 Style Masks Fail To Meet Minimum Standards of Protection in CBC Test

It’s such a tough time to be alive. Something that seems like it should be straight forward – buying N95-style masks because you want better protection against Omicron – could have all sorts of issues with sub-standard quality, even if purchased from legitimate retailers. Or the conflicting information that’s out there – for example, if […]