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The Real Reason Pediatricians Want You To Vaccinate Your Kids #vaccineswork

Vaccination (and anti-vaxxing) is in the news lately after recent measles outbreaks in Disneyland and across North America. Here’s a relevant article about how those who are anti-vax ultimately show they don’t trust a doctor’s education, experience and knowledge which is a *much* bigger issue in that relationship than just the question of whether a parent […]

Posted 04 February 2015 § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Regina’s Status As Fly-Over Country Confirmed #yqrcc #yqr

When I was in England on exchange in 1995, I would sometimes go to the college library and read the UK’s national papers. I still remember looking at the Travel section of The Weekend Times and seeing an ad for a “Cross-Canada Adventure”.  After landing in the maritimes, you would take a coach through Quebec and […]

Posted 27 January 2015 § Censorship § Humour § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Powerful Reddit Thread Reveals How Poor Get By In America

The Washington Post picked up a recent Reddit thread which asked what do insanely poor people buy that ordinary people know nothing about? Absolutely heartbreaking stories.

Posted 14 January 2015 § Internet § Jobs § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – 7 Top Kickstarter Projects Now Available on Amazon

Some really interesting, cool stuff here.

Posted 19 December 2014 § FridayFunLink § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Spirit of the West’s John Mann Dancing

I recently wrote about the sad news that Spirit of the West lead singer, John Mann, has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. Without being too hyperbolic, I have to say there aren’t many bands that have played as big of a role in my life as Spirit of the West – everything from the […]

Posted 21 November 2014 § Canada § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – The World’s Most Contagious MythConceptions

These are 52 wildly held beliefs that also happen to be completely wrong. How many did you think were true?  (I’ll admit that I thought about a dozen of these were true – I’m just not going to admit which ones!) 😉

Posted 14 November 2014 § FridayFunLink § Infographic § List § Meme § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

What Do Garden Fresh Carrots Have To Do With Working In A Public Library?

As part of the interview process for a Public Service Manager position at RPL, candidates are asked to do a presentation on “The Future of Public Libraries” to some of the librarians already working in the organization. I was able to attend one such presentation today and since we had a few minutes after the […]

Posted 22 October 2014 § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § Randomness § Sad § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – Breastfeeding May Prevent Viruses (But Can Still Go Viral)

Shea recently entered a contest on Facebook run by a group who are trying to raise funds to create a breast milk depot in Regina (similar services exist in larger cities such as Calgary and Vancouver.) For the contest, a bunch of local breastfeeding advocates submitted photos of themselves and their babies into one of three […]

Posted 13 September 2014 § Baby § Family § Internet § Library § Meme § Pace § Photo § Politics § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “We arrived in December and London was cold/We stayed in the bars along Charing Cross Road/We never saw nothin’ but brass taps and oak/Kept a shine on the bar with the sleeves of our coats”

Heard the very sad news today that John Mann of Spirit of the West has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimers. Like many people who were college-aged in the 1990’s, Spirit of the West was basically a soundtrack to my life back then.  When I went to England on exchange in 1995, the lyric I quoted in […]

Posted 08 September 2014 § Canada § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Sad § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged:

Sasha Smiling For A Good Cause

Shea’s entered a contest to raise funds and awareness for a breast milk drop-off location in Regina, a service our city lacks but desperately needs. To help her along, I volunteered to post a cute Sasha picture to Facebook for every 25 Likes Shea’s contest entry received. Here’s my first “Cute Incentive” picture…

Posted 07 September 2014 § Family § Humour § Meme § Photo § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,