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Music Monday – “And yes, I let you use me from the day that we first met/But I’m not done yet/Falling for you, fool’s gold”

“Elizabeth My Dear & Fool’s Gold” – The Stone Roses

Posted 12 September 2022 § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Secular Sunday – The Longer Lasting Harm of 9/11?

9/11 was caused by religious extremism but an ever-longer lasting harm of this attack is the culture of conspiracy theories that sprang up around the attacks which continues to affect our society in ways ranging from vaccine hesitancy to lack of faith in government to the idea that mass shootings are actually false-flag operations are […]

Posted 11 September 2022 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Secular Sunday – Was Noah’s Ark Made of Wood or Iron(y)?

Posted 31 July 2022 § Humour § Meme § News § Randomness § SecularSunday § Technology § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Record Numbers Leaving German Churches

(published on DW.com found via Reddit)

Posted 03 July 2022 § News § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – But With Training Wheels?

With this bike parade happening in Weyburn, I can’t help but think that some of these kids will likely grow up to join flag-festooned convoys of a different type when they’re older… 🙂

Posted 02 July 2022 § Canada § Humour § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Happy Canada Day?

I accidentally ripped this decoration off a kid’s bike during a Bike Parade for Canada Day at Nickle Lake when my father-in-law and I were trying to work around it to help him get his chain back on. But I feel like this photo may be a metaphor for Canada in some ways too…

Posted 01 July 2022 § Canada § Family § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Supreme Injustice

Posted 26 June 2022 § News § Politics § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Throwback Thursday – Putting A Stamp On One Of My Most Memorable Library Moments (Sometime In Late 2021)

I’ve been fortunate to have all sorts of happy, sad, and memorable moments working in the library over the years. One of the most unique was helping a couple family members of Metis Leader, Harry Daniels, who fought to have his people included in the Canadian Constitution, come into the library to print a proof […]

Posted 16 June 2022 § Canada § Library § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – What’s The Oldest Religion in the World?

I mean, humans have been making up gods to worship, probably since their brains were capable of such a thing, but I believe this short clip is talking about which is the oldest of the current major world religions…

Posted 12 June 2022 § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Secular Sunday – Tampa Bay Players Refuse To Wear Gay Pride Logo On Their Uniforms Saying Their Religion Forbids It

I always chuckle as how selective (some) Christians are about which “rules” they follow and even how they decide that these rules exist in a book that was written thousands of years ago. Tampa Bay Rays players refused to wear the Gay Pride logo on their uniforms this weekend — saying their religious beliefs wouldn’t […]

Posted 05 June 2022 § Jobs § News § Politics § SecularSunday § Sports § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,