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Some Recent Covid Tweets

One of the biggest stumbling blocks to overcoming Covid is people who act like Covid is already over… When COVID started I thought the best thing to do was to learn all I could about what it was and how to avoid it. I thought that the people I cared about would want this information […]

¶ Posted 12 October 2022 § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, education, health, science

Music Monday – “Everybody had a hard year/Everybody had a good time/Everybody had a wet dream/Everybody saw the sunshine”

“I’ve Got A Feeling” – Paul McCartney & John Lennon

¶ Posted 10 October 2022 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: beatles, cool, music

Saturday Snap – Regina Public Library Central Library

¶ Posted 01 October 2022 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education, saskatchewan

DART Impact Video

Follow up to a post from last week… Same video as before of ATLAS observing the DART impact, but tracked sidereally (with the stars). Each frame is about 40 seconds, and the entire sequence is about two hours. pic.twitter.com/p7Sgvfu2CK — ATLAS Project (@fallingstarIfA) September 27, 2022

¶ Posted 27 September 2022 § News § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: science

Music Monday – “God save the queen/’Cause tourists are money/And our figurehead/Is not what she seems” (aka Decorum and The Queen’s Death)

There are lots of interesting angles to the Queen’s death – cultural, historical, sociological, religious, etc. etc. – but one that fascinates me is this notion of “decorum”… https://www.twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/1567987415704379393 There’s a parallel to gun violence in the States where politicians will quickly say “It’s not the time” to talk about gun violence…right after a mass […]

¶ Posted 19 September 2022 § Jobs § MusicMonday § News § Politics § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education

Secular Sunday – The Bible Reviewed

¶ Posted 18 September 2022 § Humour § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book

Friday Fun Link – 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony

With so much focus on the UK and the meaning of the Queen’s death, I’m reminded of the amazing opening ceremony from the 2012 Olympics in London which captured so many unique aspects of British life and culture (while also being a real thumb to the nose to the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony!)

¶ Posted 16 September 2022 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education, movies, music

Music Monday – “And yes, I let you use me from the day that we first met/But I’m not done yet/Falling for you, fool’s gold”

“Elizabeth My Dear & Fool’s Gold” – The Stone Roses

¶ Posted 12 September 2022 § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: music

Secular Sunday – The Longer Lasting Harm of 9/11?

9/11 was caused by religious extremism but an ever-longer lasting harm of this attack is the culture of conspiracy theories that sprang up around the attacks which continues to affect our society in ways ranging from vaccine hesitancy to lack of faith in government to the idea that mass shootings are actually false-flag operations are […]