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Friday Fun Link – Top Five Experiments In Space

I recently read Scott Kelly’s “Endurance” which is a combination of a traditional autobiography along with with a travelogue about his record-breaking year-long experience in space. This book

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Stop Thief! Board Game (1979)

Came across an ad for this board game on a local buy/sell board. They wanted $75 (!) for this “classic” game so obviously not going to be picking

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “We are closing for at least two weeks, maybe more” (March 16, 2020)

This was the sign one of my staff hastily wrote during the frantic last day my library was open to the public (which ironically, I suspect was one

50 Memories of Covid Quarantine

I’ve been fortunate to be able to work from home since March 18 but as I take another big step and prepare to head to my first full

Happy Canada Day!

I know I’ve posted this before, possibly on a previous Canada Day, but Mike Plume just posted an updated version so here it is again… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te0gI22txmM  

Secular Sunday – Church Donations Have Plunged Due to Coronavirus. Some Might Not Survive.

I’m an atheist but I acknowledge the massive role the church has played in various major aspects of society for thousands of years – from being host to

The Tragic Saga of Officer Stacey McMuffin

There’s been a huge amount of attention to police budgets and police brutality recently. It’s been so overwhelming that a 15-year veteran of a Georgia county police force

The Economic Impacts of Covid-19

This is a British article but many of the findings are going to apply for countries around the world – from increased unemployment to reduced airline traffic to

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