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Things That Are Societal “Constructs”

Been thinking about this a bit lately in a variety of ways – the “controversy” over gender fluidity/Drag Queen storytimes/”grooming”, the notion of what constitutes “professionalism” as I wear jeans and a t-shirt to work every day while having the most rat-nesty beard this side of Santa Claus, and then the above thought I saw […]

Posted 21 November 2023 § Jobs § List § News § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Wisdom Wednesday – “Leadership is about going out of your comfort zone to help others.”

I was once in an interview where I was asked about my definition of leadership.  I was in a terrible head space so I froze up then gave an answer that basically insulted everyone in the room! I’ll probably try a “redo” of that question in blog form some day as I have lots of […]

Posted 18 October 2023 § Jobs § News § Politics § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Secular Sunday – History of Israel-Palestine Conflict

Everyone has an opinion on the Israel-Palestine conflict as do I. But I’ll only share two thoughts – I feel for the people on *both* sides of this conflict and I hate that its religion underpinning the conflict (and has been for four thousand years, not one hundred which is the lens most commentary takes.)

Posted 15 October 2023 § Humour § News § Politics § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Mom’s Lifetime SUN Membership Acceptance Speech (sometime in 2013)

I was so proud of my mom getting her lifetime membership in the Sask Union of Nurses ten years ago.  Great speech and you can see where I got a lot of my personal values about supporting workers and treating others with empathy and respect.

Posted 05 October 2023 § Family § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Obituary For A Quiet Life

Perfect.

Posted 26 September 2023 § Internet § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Submarine Billionaires

Not to mention the insane wastefulness of spending $250,000 for a five-minute glimpse of the Titanic.  Imagine the good that money could’ve done otherwise.  Or contrast the media attention and “all hands on deck” search and rescue operation which was basically guaranteed to be futile while boatloads of refugees are ignored completely. Guess what?  I […]

Posted 27 June 2023 § News § Politics § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – “The most unthinking among us…who would invade our schools and libraries and homes. I personally resent it bitterly.”

Posted 11 June 2023 § Censorship § Internet § Library § News § Politics § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – The Original Drag Queen Storytime?

Posted 04 June 2023 § Humour § Library § News § Politics § PopCulture § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

If You’re Tired All The Time, It’s Not Your Fault

Fascinating article about changes in the way people sleep and why.  (As usual, capitalism and the rich are to blame.) Good sleep is a human right, dammit!

Posted 30 May 2023 § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – “I know Batman and Superman don’t exist but I have a close personal relationship with Spider-Man.”

Norwegian??Stand-Up Comedian Dag Soras?Have a nice weekend ! pic.twitter.com/48WtA7fd87 — Caring Atheist (@Caring_Atheist) April 28, 2023

Posted 21 May 2023 § Humour § Meme § PopCulture § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,