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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 […]

¶ Posted 04 January 2022 § Jobs § News § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, science

Some Recent Covid-Related Tweets

One of the hardest things about the pandemic is trying to keep up with the latest news/developments/theories (and the fact these are ever-changing gives a lot of fuel to anti-vaxxers which is a different discussion.) Even as a trained librarian who’s pretty obsessively following the latest in Covid news, I’m the first to admit I […]

¶ Posted 29 December 2021 § Humour § Library § News § Politics § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, science

Saturday Snap – Libraries Distributing Rapid Tests

Not my usual “Saturday Snap” photo today but instead, a screen shot of someone on Reddit saying they had a good experience at my branch getting their booster shot and also picking up a box of rapid tests. So strange to hear stories from Ontario of people lining up at liquor stores or other weird […]

¶ Posted 18 December 2021 § Library § News § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, ontario, science

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Candy Cane Cast (November 2009)

Sometimes I forget how popular the online photo sharing site, Flickr used to be in the day (it was Instgram before Instagram, kids!) But the other day, someone “Favourited” this pic on the site and getting that notification reminded me how Flickr was my “go to” for looking at/sharing online photos for many years and […]

¶ Posted 16 December 2021 § Humour § Internet § MemoryLane § Photo § Randomness § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: hockey, holiday, xmas