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Tragedy Fatigue

Other than both happening in Canada, both being unexpected, and both resulting in large losses of life, there aren’t many similarities between the tragedy in Humboldt earlier this month and the one in Toronto last night. But the fact that both happened only a couple weeks apart when it feels like events of this type […]

¶ Posted 24 April 2018 § Canada § Meme § News § PopCulture § Sad § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: hockey

Friday Fun Link – Reefer Madness (1936)

Happy 4:20! What has the world come to?

¶ Posted 20 April 2018 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education, health, unitedstates

“I’m not unusual in Canada for how much hockey has meant to me my whole life.”

I put this on Facebook before the Humboldt Broncos Vigil tonight (and after some time has passed, I may share some other thoughts on that) but wanted to capture it here too since Facebook sucks. 😉 I’m not unusual in Canada for how much hockey has meant to me my whole life. I was never […]

¶ Posted 08 April 2018 § Canada § Meme § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Sports ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: facebook, health, hockey, music, saskatchewan, television

Saturday Snap – How Can The Library Help In A Time of Tragedy? #humboldtbroncos #humboldtstrong

In tragedies, most people know their roles… First responders race to the scene to face whatever awfulness awaits them. Doctors, nurses and other medical personnel use their skills to do whatever they can to heal the injured. Journalists try to capture, not only the story but the range of emotions that they and their audience is […]

¶ Posted 07 April 2018 § Canada § Jobs § Library § News § Saskatchewan § Sports § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: book, hockey, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – Bad Friday?

¶ Posted 30 March 2018 § FridayFunLink § Humour ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism

Friday Fun Link – This Is My Favourite Photo of Mark Messier

After years without quite making it to the ultimate victory, in 1984, only one year after Wayne Gretzky was made his Captain, Mark Messier was drinking from the Stanley Cup. Some other fun facts about Gretzky, Messier and their intertwined destinies: * Messier had 37 points in his first season in the NHL and Gretzky had […]

¶ Posted 23 February 2018 § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § Randomness § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: hockey

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “We’ve Woken Up This Party!” @ryanmeili 2013 Video #skndpldr #skpoli

This is a video I made in the lead-up to the 2013 Sask NDP Leadership Vote. And honestly, do I detect an echo? So many of the things that Ryan led in during in the last leadership race are areas where he’s once again leading in – fundraising, “fun”raising, engaging members, online engagement, etc. etc. etc. […]

¶ Posted 22 February 2018 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: health, language, saskatchewan

100 Reasons I’m Supporting @ryanmeili for #skndpldr #skpoli

There’s half a dozen reasons I support Ryan in a single photo: 1) he’s now an MLA, 2) he spends a lot of time in the Legislative Library researching and reading, 3) he’s (probably) the only current MLA who has a book in that same library, 4) so many people I knew in that room […]

¶ Posted 18 February 2018 § List § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education, health

Music Monday – “In the courtroom of honor, the judge pounded his gavel/To show that all’s equal and that the courts are on the level/And that the strings in the books ain’t pulled and persuaded/And that even the nobles get properly handled/Once that the cops have chased after and caught ’em/And that the ladder of law has no top and no bottom”

This is a song about a farmer who was convicted of manslaughter after accidentally killing someone. “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” – Bob Dylan