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In Flanders Fields

Posted 11 November 2020 § Canada § Family § MemoryLane § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Bernie Called It

Pretty much word-for-word… https://twitter.com/onikasgivenchy/status/1323857811734933504 (via)

Posted 04 November 2020 § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “2020, 24 hours to go/I Wanna Be Sedated”

I saw this clever play on words from the lyrics of a Ramones song on Twitter and had to steal it for today’s Music Monday post with 2020 being the craziest year in a century and twenty-fours until we’re watching election returns in the United States… “I Wanna Be Sedated” – The Ramones

Posted 02 November 2020 § Humour § MusicMonday § News § Politics § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Art and Music In Relation To Space and Time

This quote is pretty profound…

Posted 28 October 2020 § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – This App Guesses Your Myers-Briggs Type Based On Your Reddit Posting History

I’m usually ENFP whenever I take the Myers-Briggs test and this app thinks I’m INTP so half right?

Posted 16 October 2020 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Secular Sunday – Judgement Is Executed on Covid By Evangelical Leaders

This’ll show Covid! (Fun challenge – pretend you know nothing about this video and watch with the sound off then see if this guy seems at all healthy or well-balanced.)  

Posted 11 October 2020 § Humour § Jobs § News § PopCulture § SecularSunday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

My Thoughts On Some Controversial Library Opinions

There was a good Twitter thread recently which posed a simple question: “What’s your controversial library opinion?” I thought it might be interesting to record some of my responses to these opinions whether I agreed or disagree (if this isn’t clear, all the bolded opinions below were submitted by Twitbrarians and the plain text under […]

Posted 07 October 2020 § Censorship § Humour § Internet § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § List § MemoryLane § Politics § Technology § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – Divided Family?

‘Tis the time of year when lawn signs spring from the ground for the provincial, municipal and school board elections (why are school boards elected but not library boards?  Topic for a different post I think!) Anyhew, had a chuckle when a neighbour noticed our signs – one clearly for the NDP but the municipal […]

Posted 03 October 2020 § Family § Humour § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “I got 500 dollars in cash in case they don’t take AMEX/She wanted to see me so now I’m headed to/The Annex Sorority house, she snuck me in, she tried to/Keep quiet, couldn’t hold it in”

Pretty cool that a U of R grad has hit the top of the BBC Asian music charts and gone viral on TikTok with this song… “Young Shahrukh” – Tesher

Posted 28 September 2020 § Canada § Internet § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

The Alt-Right Playbook: You Go High, We Go Low

This video has some good insights into modern politics and especially in light of current battles over seating Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader-Ginsburg’s replacement.  It looks specifically at some of the reasons why liberals struggle against conservatives who are less likely to be bound to rules and precedent in their pursuit of power.  

Posted 22 September 2020 § News § Politics § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,