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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Happier Times at the Hospital (May 2007)

It’s amazing how the hospital can be both the location for some of the happiest moments of people’s lives (births of children, news about diseases being beaten and bones being healed) and some of the worst (a loved one doesn’t make it after an accident, grandma’s last breaths on the palliative care ward, the diagnosis […]

Posted 26 March 2020 § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Pace § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

10 Steps Society Needs To Take Before The *Next* Pandemic

Yes, the *next* mass pandemic. We dodged the bullet a few times with recent outbreaks like SARS, H1N1, Ebola, etc. But some very smart people foresaw that a devastating worldwide pandemic was inevitable due to the increasing number of viruses that were reaching humans. This is the result of a combination of humans aggressively moving […]

Posted 25 March 2020 § List § News § Politics § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Secular Sunday – What Evangelical Leaders Told Their Congregations About COVID-19

Of course my hope is that as many people as possible come out of this pandemic unharmed as possible. But I can’t help but note the rich irony that the virus is most likely to affect people who least believe in science, non-religious authorities, and who are the most susceptible to misinformation and false narratives. […]

Posted 22 March 2020 § News § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Before & After At the #YQR Corner Convenience Store

Thursday March 12, 2020… Wednesday March 18, 2020… (Apparently we can now wipe with Alphabits!?!) 😉

Posted 20 March 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Music Monday – “That’s great it starts with an outbreak/From birds and bats to airplanes/Donald Trump is not afraid”

Great rewrite! “It’s The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) – COVID-19 Remix” – R.E.M.  

Posted 16 March 2020 § Humour § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

10 Random Thoughts on CoronaVirus

As a fan of dystopian literature, it’s still shocking how quickly we’ve gotten to this point.  Within a couple months of COVID-19 appearing, we’ve shut down billion dollar sports leagues, concerts, schools, libraries and more. I’ve been thinking a lot about the differences between a panicked response, a prepared response and a proactive response and […]

Posted 15 March 2020 § List § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Saturday Snap – Scenes From Plague Week

With apologies to Daniel Dafoe, some scenes from the past few days… Busy disinfecting everything in the house… I *love* my library’s “In the News” display.  It’s been a huge hit with how timely and responsive it is and our COVID-themed display was no exception (yes, I know some of those “boost your immunity” books […]

Posted 14 March 2020 § Meme § News § Photo § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Saturday Snap – My Own Corona Virus

This was my view one week ago today. I admit that I was a bit nervous heading to the airport the next day as the Coronavirus seemed to blow up big (in news coverage if not actual cases) during out week in Mexico but our flight went ahead so, (un)fortunately, we weren’t stranded in Cancun! […]

Posted 07 March 2020 § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Paloma Sunrise

Our plane isn’t wheels up for a couple days but no reason not to do a combo paloma/tequila sunrise concoction tonight to get a head start on holidays!

Posted 21 February 2020 § FridayFunLink § Photo § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Readers Are Leaders (March 2014)

Speaking of the importance of being surrounded by books from an early age…

Posted 30 January 2020 § Baby § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,