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Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 6 – Are Religions Unfair To Women?

It’s a long documentary so let’s just say the short answer (at least in my view) is: yes! Given what day it is today, I can’t help but think about the fourteen female engineering students killed twenty-four years ago today. They weren’t murdered for religious reasons. But as part of my thoughts on this sad day […]

Posted 06 December 2013 § Canada § MemoryLane § Sasha § Video § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 5 – Out of Nearly 40,000 Denomination of Christianity You Picked The “Right” One (You Should Try The Lottery Next)

Not sure how accurate the claim of 38,000 denominations of Christianity is but whether you’re talking about 40, 400, 4000 or 40,000 denominations, the point remains the same. (And that doesn’t even take into account other religions, major and minor, over the years.)

Posted 05 December 2013 § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , ,

Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 4 – “If you can’t determine right from wrong, you lack empathy, not religion.”

Posted 04 December 2013 § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 3 – “Take The Risk of Thinking For Yourself…”

Christopher Hitchens is one of the patron saints of atheists.  (Er, there’s probably a better way to describe him!) 😉

Posted 03 December 2013 § UK § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

How To Not Give A Fuck

An illustrated guide to not giving a fuck…

Posted 13 November 2013 § Censorship § Humour § List § Meme § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “You that never done nothin’/But build to destroy/You play with my world/Like it’s your little toy”

Red poppy or white poppy, hero or victim, holiday or not, the only thing that’s clear is that Remembrance Day means different things to different people and, as with my defence of Justin Trudeau, I feel like shouting “Nobody has the right to say how others should or shouldn’t interpret/celebrate/commemorate Remembrance Day!” Well, except me. […]

Posted 11 November 2013 § Canada § Censorship § MusicMonday § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

“Remember, Remember the Fifth of November” (This Isn’t A Movie Anymore; It’s A Warning)

Do you know the connection between Guy Fawkes, the movie “V for Vendetta” and the Anonymous movement?  Or that today, was the Million Mask March at locations around the world? If you do, you probably also understand why a variety of worldwide movements and groups – from Anonymous to Occupy to WikiLeaks among others – are […]

Posted 05 November 2013 § Meme § Politics § PopCulture § UK § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Music Monday – “The memories we are amassing/Will stand as testament that somehow/We bent minds around the concept/That we see others within ourselves/That self-knowledge can be found on bookshelves”

This is really good… “Remember How We Forgot” – Shane Koyczan and Hannah Epperson

Posted 28 October 2013 § Humour § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – A Great Convocation Speech by Tim Minchin

God, I love Tim Minchin!  (Er, never mind that I said that given the topic of this post!) 😉 This convocation speech is especially great…        

Posted 04 October 2013 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Politics § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

My New Job (and Some Thoughts on “Parting Wisdom”)

I’ve known for a couple weeks but since I now have a start date, I thought I’d officially announce that I have a new position at RPL.  As of September 3, I’ll be the new branch head at Regina Public Library’s Regent Place Branch. This is exciting for a number of reasons… Regent is the […]

Posted 07 August 2013 § Library § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: