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Wisdom Wednesday – Glass Balls vs. Plastic Balls

A co-worker who said she was worried about me and the impact of the various stresses in my life right now related the glass balls and plastic balls theory. I’d heard it before but always good to have a reminder about what’s truly important in life. @theultimatemomchallenge Replying to @Dr Almas I think the main […]

¶ Posted 20 November 2024 § Family § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, health, language

There Is A Constant Battle Within Public Libraries Between Our Core Values of Belief In Freedom of Expression and Belief in Diversity/Inclusion

Posted without further comment. (Er, other than to say you can fast forward to the end to see the conflict of those values in action…) (h/t to concerned community member who sent this to me. It’s actually senior RPL managers speaking off-camera at the end, not RPL security guards.)

¶ Posted 22 October 2024 § Canada § Censorship § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § News § Politics § Sad § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, history, language

Wisdom Wednesday – I Think One of the Worst Feelings Is…

@go_hiking_ That is definitely one of the worst feelings ? #waterfall #waterfalls #hikingoftiktok #hikers #hikingadventures #hiking #ithaca ? original sound – Farbsy

¶ Posted 05 June 2024 § Humour § Jobs § Meme § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: camping, language

Saturday Snap – If This Isn’t Nice, I Don’t Know What Is

Vonnegut was the master and, along with George Carlin and John Lennon, one of the people who’s probably influenced my worldview the most… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn6ru7FaQn

¶ Posted 27 January 2024 § Charlie Echo § Family § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education

Secular Sunday – Young Earth Creationism

¶ Posted 08 October 2023 § Humour § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, language, science

Wisdom Wednesday – “What Are You Doing To Solve The Problem of the Person Standing in Front of You”

I’ve been trying to write a post summarizing some of the various tips, pieces of advice, koans of wisdom that I’ve collected over the years – mostly from my time in libraries but from other workplaces, reading of books articles and just talking to knowledgeable people I respect. As that post grew and grew, I […]

¶ Posted 21 June 2023 § Library § MemoryLane § Wisdom § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: orgdevl

A 41 Year Old Addict Says Good-Bye (And Shares His Observations and Regrets)

The amount of stress I’m seeing in the world right now is overwhelming. People I know from Ukraine and Iran worried about home. People navigating our Covid-filled world whether they’ve never tested positive or tested positive multiple times. Parents trying to find needed badly needed medicine for their kids while teachers face half empty classrooms. […]