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Some Random Thoughts on /gasp/ PORN! at @officialRPL #yqr

(I don’t usually do disclaimers on my posts but since I work for Regina Public Library and this is a controversial topic for a lot of people, I’ll start off by mentioning that what follows are my personal opinions only and do not reflect those of RPL or anyone else who works at RPL…although given […]

Posted 17 June 2015 § Censorship § Internet § Library § LibrarySchool § List § MemoryLane § News § Saskatchewan § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Secular Sunday – At What Point Does This Become Blasphemous?

Posted 24 May 2015 § Humour § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Equality vs. Equity

An important thing to keep in mind as you move through this world…

Posted 07 April 2015 § Infographic § Library § Meme § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

How Secular Parenting Stacks Up

Pretty well actually… I could basically cut & paste the whole article as it’s all relevant but here are a few of my favourite sections… The results of such secular child-rearing are encouraging. Studies have found that secular teenagers are far less likely to care what the “cool kids” think, or express a need to […]

Posted 25 January 2015 § Family § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

#JeSuisCharlie (And Some Tangents About Language, The Nature of Offense and the Unintended Consequences of Trigger Warnings)

Trigger Warning: This essay contains ideas you might not agree with. You’ve probably heard about the terrorist criminal attack today in Paris that targeted journalists and cartoonists with a satirical newspaper, Charlie Hebdo. Instead of trying to write an essay to capture my thoughts (since The Onion did a pretty good job on that front already), I’ll […]

Posted 07 January 2015 § Censorship § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , ,

The True Meaning of Christmas That Everyone Forgets

Someone on my Facebook posted a rather profound article about how the arguments between “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Holidays” are misguided. The article points out the fact that our Christmas traditions have well-documented roots back to a pagan time, long ago, when people came together for a festival during the longest night of the year […]

Posted 25 December 2014 § Family § MemoryLane § Sad § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Myers-Briggs and Other Personality Tests as Junk Science

I’ve posted about the Myers-Briggs test on this blog before and I’ve referenced it occasionally when talking about my own personality or the personality of others. But the more I read about Myers-Briggs and other similar personality tests, the more I’ve come around to thinking of them like I think of handwriting analysis – a fun parlour […]

Posted 05 November 2014 § Humour § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

An Illustrated Talk With Maurice Sendak

Posted 26 October 2014 § Library § PopCulture § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Take me to church/I’ll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies/I’ll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife “

Saw this guy on Saturday Night Live last week and he blew me away. At first, a song called “Take Me To Church” with a refrain of “Amen, amen” throughout might seem like a typical religious song. But listen to the lyrics a little closer (or just read the excerpt from the chorus I used […]

Posted 20 October 2014 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

“Do You Believe In God?” – Neil deGrasse Tyson

Good stuff… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS_vHybFhTY

Posted 15 October 2014 § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: