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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: parents, travel

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: health, science, weather

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: atheism, education

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: book, education, health, language

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”

“50 Mission Cap” – The Tragically Hip

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

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: holiday, music

Secular Sunday – Colonizer Jesus

Happy Easter! I’m gonna say it: Sunday is two days after Friday, not three. Christians really fucked that one up — pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) April 17, 2022

¶ Posted 17 April 2022 § Infographic § Politics § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism

Saturday Snap – Syrian Refugee Fundraiser

People displaced from Ukraine are (rightly) getting a lot of attention right now. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t other groups that are suffering around the world. Shea and I were happy to attend this event earlier this week (though disappointed to not win one of the amazing looking cakes in the Silent Auction!) [Edit: […]

¶ Posted 09 April 2022 § News § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: food

Music Monday – “Now the only thing a gamblin’ man ever needs/Is a suitcase, Lord, and a trunk/And the only time a fool like him is satisfied/Is when he’s all stone cold drunk”

Joni Mitchell won a Grammy last night for her “Archives Volume 1” album which features some long-lost masters from her first-ever recording session when she was 19 and a local DJ offered to help her make a demo tape at a local radio studio in Saskatoon. Pretty cool story! “House of the Rising Sun” – […]