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Wisdom Wednesday – Very Good Media Communications From Union Leader During Postal Strike

Has strong command of the facts Knows the history of long-ago negotiations that influence this round of bargaining Clarifies that everything that Canada Postal workers have which others without might see as “too generous” or “too much” is because all of these things were ultimately agreed to by management and/or changes in labour legislation. And […]

Posted 11 December 2024 § Jobs § Library § News § Politics § Video § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Wisdom Wednesday – The Killing of United Healthcare’s MBA CEO

I’ve been reading a lot about the early Wednesday morning murder of the CEO of United Healthcare who was killed while walking into a shareholder’s meeting at a New York City hotel. Although things are still fresh, details aren’t fully known and, as I type this, the killer is still at large, it would appear […]

Posted 04 December 2024 § Jobs § News § Politics § Randomness § United States § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – Buy A Bible…

Posted 01 December 2024 § Politics § SecularSunday § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Hiding Anne Frank in Trump’s America?

Posted 17 November 2024 § Politics § Sad § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Prom Grand March (May 1991)

So I joined the Prom Planning Committee for Pace’s graduating class. Kids today are much more environmentally conscious but in 1991 when I graduated, I do believe high school proms was a Top 10 contributor to the hole in the ozone layer!

Posted 14 November 2024 § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “The winds have blown over the ocean/The winds have blown over the sea/The winds have blown over the ocean/And brought back my Bonnie to me”

“My Bonnie” – John McDermott (Fun Fact – we don’t get many celebrity sightings in Regina but I saw John McDermott in the lobby of the Hotel Sask in Regina one year around Christmas when he was in town for a concert!)

Posted 11 November 2024 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

How It Feels Watching The US Election As A Canadian

https://t.co/bGcNyau4QN pic.twitter.com/gWIaJT1I0J — Clover (@grunchyy_) November 5, 2024

Posted 05 November 2024 § Canada § Humour § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “It’s been too hard livin’/But I’m afraid to die?/Cause I don’t know what’s up there/Beyond the sky

It’s election season and though I’m posting this on Wednesday night instead of Monday like I’d hoped (kinda busy day!) so I know the results of the provincial election, the NDP’s changing fortunes have been on my mind (not to mention various other elections in other provinces, municipally and of course the massive US election […]

Posted 28 October 2024 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Secular Sunday – Why Churches Don’t Pay Taxes

Posted 27 October 2024 § Meme § Politics § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

There Is A Constant Battle Within Public Libraries Between Our Core Values of Belief In Freedom of Expression and Belief in Diversity/Inclusion

Posted without further comment.  (Er, other than to say you can fast forward to the end to see the conflict of those values in action…) (h/t to concerned community member who sent this to me.  It’s actually senior RPL managers speaking off-camera at the end, not RPL security guards.)

Posted 22 October 2024 § Canada § Censorship § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § News § Politics § Sad § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,