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Five Thoughts as I Enter My Third Month of Quarantine

RPL closed all branches and sent staff home on March 18 which means we’re now into our third month of quarantine. (“Quarantine” is a bit misleading since I’ve obviously not been 100% locked at home during the past three months – trips to grocery stores, restaurants for pick-up, the “occasional” liquor store.  Plus Shea’s going […]

Posted 20 May 2020 § Humour § List § Photo § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Donald Trump Sings R.E.M.

This is too funny to wait for Music Monday…

Posted 13 May 2020 § Humour § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Covid Helping Us To Connect With Long Lost Friends

Shea and I have tried to do regular video chats with various friends and family throughout this pandemic but last night, we decided to do something a bit different – instead of a sustained conversation with one person or group, we decided to try “chat roulette” where we’d message random people on our Facebook friend […]

Posted 09 May 2020 § MemoryLane § Photo § SaturdaySnap § UK § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

When Can Canadian Public Libraries Reopen? @librarianshipCA

I’ll likely do a longer post with some thoughts on how libraries across North America have reacted to the COVID crisis at some point and also some personal thoughts on how/when they should reopen. But now that a few provinces have begun to include public libraries in their reopening plans (I’m looking at you, Saskatchewan!), […]

Posted 06 May 2020 § Jobs § Library § News § Politics § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Man Living Off-Grid In A Tent On An Island

If this whole COVID-thing gets *really* shitty, I can at least dream that this was an option for me as the marauding hordes stab me to death for my last sheet of toilet paper. 🙁

Posted 03 May 2020 § Humour § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – COVID Spread (January 1 – April 26)

Not sure if this is a “fun” link per se but interesting to see how the virus moved from China then quickly spread across the whole world creating our current unusual reality…

Posted 01 May 2020 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Infographic § News § UK § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

What’s The *Worst* That Could Happen In The World Due To Covid? (Revised)

Yesterday, I tried to do a post of all the worst-case scenarios for COVID-19 but I realised that I probably did too much commentary and I probably didn’t think through quite how bad this could get.  (I mean, at one point, I went on a tangent about how this might end up resulting in *improvements* […]

Posted 29 April 2020 § List § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

COVID Immunity Compared to Six Other Diseases

Some more unknowables…  

Posted 26 April 2020 § News § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – Spoiler Alert: The Test Was Negative

A few people we’ve told about our experience going for a COVID test said they appreciated having some information about what the process was like.  So we thought it might be worth posting for anyone else who is curious or ends up having to go for a test themselves. Now, because Shea works in healthcare […]

Posted 25 April 2020 § Family § MemoryLane § News § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – What Will I Remember About COVID When It’s Over?

It may or may not work but now that Scott Moe has released his plan for reopening the province, one benefit is that it makes it feel a bit more “real” that there will an end to this and the endless day of quarantine might come to an end. That got me thinking about some […]

Posted 23 April 2020 § List § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,