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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: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Trump Is A Weak Little Baby Bitch

I wrote this cause it’s what I always wanted to say about Trump pretending to be a tough guy.  But we got the amazing @DaveBautista to say it SO much better.  Thanks Dave.  #TrumpIsAWeakLittleBabyBitch pic.twitter.com/Mo4ZMpOPVH — Jesse Joyce (@jessejoyce) October 17, 2024  

Posted 18 October 2024 § FridayFunLink § Humour § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “I don’t mind the strain of a hurricane, it comes around every June/The high black water, the devil’s daughter/She’s hard, and she’s cold and she’s mean/But nobody taught her, it takes a lot of water/To wash away New Orleans”

“Hurricane” Castellos (Levon Helm cover)

Posted 14 October 2024 § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – A Deep Insight Into GenX Thinking

@jasonkpargin The new book is out in a month: I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom ? Quirky Suspenseful Indie-Comedy(1115050) – Kenji Ueda

Posted 02 October 2024 § Censorship § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Sask Election Is Off and Running – What Are The Main Issues?

How to get rid of Scott Moe and the corrupt, tired, dangerous Sask Party is my main issue! Well, the Saskatchewan election is off and running (oh, bad pun). There are a lot of good takes out there, but it is worth breaking down what are some of the more salient issues as the campaign […]

Posted 01 October 2024 § News § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “We took their land, dilute their nations/Force them on to reservations/Corporate interest won’t stop there/Take the trees and leave this homeland bare, oh no”

“Homelands” – Jack’s Rake (Spirit of the West cover) Original:  

Posted 30 September 2024 § Canada § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,