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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: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Grandparents at My Parents Wedding (October 1971)

Last week, I mentioned an aunt had given me a variety of old photos she’d scanned. Here’s a great one from my parents’ wedding featuring all four of my grandparents. So many thoughts and memories looking at this photo – the things my grandparents saw ranging from World Wars to Great Depressions; memories of various […]

Posted 02 June 2022 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Secular Sunday – Back when the Bible was written…

Posted 29 May 2022 § Humour § Infographic § Meme § PopCulture § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Grandpa Peet in Uniform (circa 1945?)

After missing the last couple years for obvious reasons, an aunt who visits us from Kelowna for a few weeks every spring is here now. One of her hobbies is genealogy and related, she likes to scan and catalogue old photos. She brought a thumb drive with hundreds of old family photos which means I’ll […]

Posted 26 May 2022 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

But Make Sure That Report Is Done and You Take Your Breaks As Assigned!

The Age of Extinction Is Here.  

Posted 25 May 2022 § News § Politics § Sad § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – Are Humans Hardwired To Believe in Religions?

A response to a question about “Will Religion Ever Disappear?” in an atheist sub on Reddit explains why humans are hardwired to believe in religion in the first place.

Posted 08 May 2022 § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

A Moment With Margaret Atwood: Three Inspirations for “The Handmaid’s Tale”

“I did not put anything into the book that had not happened [to women] at some time or in some place in history or was not happening when I was writing the book.  So it was all reality-based and one reason I did that is I did not want to hear ‘You’ve got a warped, […]

Posted 04 May 2022 § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “The last goal he ever scored/Won the Leafs the Cup/They didn’t win another till 1962/The year he was discovered”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkYoGf0pN9o   “50 Mission Cap” – The Tragically Hip

Posted 02 May 2022 § Canada § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “They put you in a pinewood box/And cover you up with dirt and rocks/It all goes well for about a week/And then, your coffin begins to leak”

I think I first heard this done by the Pogues but this song has been around since WWI, popular with both soldiers and children! Uhm, Happy Easter? “The Hearse Song” – Rusty Cage

Posted 18 April 2022 § Humour § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,