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Coteau Books Auction – May 20, 2020 #yqr #sasked #saskedchat #yxe #sask #sk

This had been a shitty year for me, even before the COVID pandemic hit. Coteau Books, which was a long-standing literary press in Canada for nearly half a century, and which I’d served on the board of directors of for nearly a decade, entered bankruptcy protection in late February. I’ll likely do a longer post […]

Posted 12 May 2020 § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Sad § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Which Prime Minister Are You?

A fun little quiz where you answer a few questions and it’ll tell you which Canadian Prime Minister’s personality you align with the most. I’m apparently Wilfred Laurier…  

Posted 08 May 2020 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Meme § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – COVID Spread (January 1 – April 26)

Not sure if this is a “fun” link per se but interesting to see how the virus moved from China then quickly spread across the whole world creating our current unusual reality…

Posted 01 May 2020 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Infographic § News § UK § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

What’s The *Worst* That Could Happen In The World Due To Covid? (Revised)

Yesterday, I tried to do a post of all the worst-case scenarios for COVID-19 but I realised that I probably did too much commentary and I probably didn’t think through quite how bad this could get.  (I mean, at one point, I went on a tangent about how this might end up resulting in *improvements* […]

Posted 29 April 2020 § List § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

What’s The *Worst* That Could Happen In The World Due To COVID?

Early on and throughout the pandemic, there have been lots of nice “We’re in this together“, “Humans have survived worse“-type messages of positivity mixed with advice to not watch too much news, not to think too darkly, not to worry about things beyond your control. These mostly came from sincere places – trying to protect […]

Posted 28 April 2020 § List § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Comedian Talks To Her Past Self About COVID

Funny stuff…

Posted 21 April 2020 § Humour § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Oh come back love, Oh come back love/The sun and moon refuse to shine/Since I’ve gone love, gone away love/This lonely girl has had no peace of mind”

“Fare Thee Well Love” – The Rankin Family

Posted 20 April 2020 § Canada § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

The Importance of Being Able to Say “I Don’t Know”

Perhaps like no other profession on earth, librarians are dedicated to providing others with factual, accurate information across an incredibly broad range of subjects (if you’re a Dewey fan, you might think of it as us covering from 000 to 999 – basically the full range of human knowledge!) So one of the toughest things […]

Posted 19 April 2020 § Internet § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Coronavocabulary

Pretend this is one of those Facebook quizzes and put a checkmark besides any words/phrases you didn’t know (or think about regularly) *before* a month ago when the Coronavirus began to expand and grow our language… Asymptomatic Carole Fuckin’ Baskin CERB Community Spread Contact Free Delivery Contact Tracing Contagion (movie) Coronavirus COVID Covidiot Coworker (in […]

Posted 14 April 2020 § Humour § List § Meme § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – Last Pre-Quarantine Photo (and My Personal Covid Timeline/Photo Essay)

There’s a challenge on social media to post the last picture on your camera roll before you entered quarantine. I thought I’d take that challenge but go a step further to post a few photos and significant dates from my own personal COVID timeline… My Personal COVID Timeline Late November – early December 2019 COVID […]

Posted 04 April 2020 § Library § List § MemoryLane § News § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,