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Music Monday – “We watched our friends grow up together/And we saw them as they fell/Some of them fell into Heaven/Some of them fell into Hell” (RIP Shane MacGowan: 1957-2023)

RIP to the only performer that ever scared the shit out of me when he appeared on SNL in the early to mid 1990’s.  And what a performer he was! “A Rainy Night in Soho” – The Pogues And at this time of year, I have to mention the greatest Christmas song of all-time… “Fairytale […]

Posted 04 December 2023 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – How Tarantino Uses Violence

Posted 01 December 2023 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Performance Punishment

This ties into the post I did last week about Rock Stars, Rock Steadies, and Rock Bottoms.  As a leader, important to regularly assess if you’re punishing your rock stars for being so good at their job (and maybe ask colleagues too as we all have our blind spots.)

Posted 29 November 2023 § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Traffic Circles With Stop Lights! Urine! Men Kissing Grandmothers! Sweatpants With Good Shoes!

If you know, you know.  E=NG!

Posted 24 November 2023 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Rock Stars, Rock Steadies, and Rock Bottoms

I was recently out for supper with a bunch of friends including one high level manager who oversees a Canada-wide IT team for a large corporation. It was interesting to compare notes about our workplaces. He said he is all about high performers and strongly believes in performance management, expecting high results but also rewarding […]

Posted 22 November 2023 § Jobs § Library § List § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged:

Things That Are Societal “Constructs”

Been thinking about this a bit lately in a variety of ways – the “controversy” over gender fluidity/Drag Queen storytimes/”grooming”, the notion of what constitutes “professionalism” as I wear jeans and a t-shirt to work every day while having the most rat-nesty beard this side of Santa Claus, and then the above thought I saw […]

Posted 21 November 2023 § Jobs § List § News § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Overt vs. Covert

This isn’t really advice I was given by someone but more of a personal observation I’ve made after seeing it repeatedly over the years.  Whenever there is something decided, especially when its some sort of major decision, there’s usually an overt reason people give for the decision but also a covert reason they may or […]

Posted 15 November 2023 § Jobs § Library § List § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Don’t get any big ideas/They’re not gonna happen”

“Nude” – Radiohead

Posted 13 November 2023 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Secular Sunday – Sunday Payday!

Posted 12 November 2023 § Humour § Politics § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

This Actually Happened on Live TV

Posted 31 October 2023 § Censorship § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: