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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…

¶ 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. […]

¶ Posted 23 November 2022 § Meme § Randomness § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, reddit

Leadership

Leadership, both as a research area and as a practical skill, encompasses the ability of an individual, group or organization to “lead”, influence or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations. – Wikipedia

¶ Posted 25 October 2022 § Jobs § Library § Meme § MemoryLane § Randomness § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, language, orgdevl

Secular Sunday – None of This Really Matters, None of It’s For Us, and We Don’t Know Why

A bit of a different take on my usual Secular Sunday posts poking fun at religion…a very serious, deep reply to a Reddit question about “What are some dark realities people are in denial about?”

¶ Posted 16 October 2022 § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, history, language

Secular Sunday – What’s The Oldest Religion in the World?

I mean, humans have been making up gods to worship, probably since their brains were capable of such a thing, but I believe this short clip is talking about which is the oldest of the current major world religions…

¶ Posted 12 June 2022 § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, education, history, travel

Secular Sunday – Argument From Poor Design

There’s a lot of reasons to not believe in God but the “Argument From Poor Design” – basically a list of reasons a perfect creator still put a bunch of useless/poorly designed parts into human beings and other animals is one of my favourites.

¶ Posted 30 January 2022 § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, health, science

New Psychology Research Indicates a Robust Predictor of Atheism in Adults

A lot of atheists pride themselves on having amazing critical thinking skills as the reason they’re atheists. Turns out being an atheist might have more to do with what your parents did (or didn’t do) in terms of religious displays than anything you did yourself! Some research has shown that less displays of faith growing […]