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first day back to work went all right

I have one of the rare library jobs where I’m completely unique and after my unexpected wrist hiatus, some co-workers have discovered they have no idea exactly what all I do there beyond what I was hired to do. But … Continue reading

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update: better cast, still broken

slows me down typing up new stuff. Today was some agony as i went to wrist doc for more xrays and a checkup and the cast dude was unimpressed by ER doc’s casting methods. He then took out his annoyance … Continue reading

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update: wrist still broken

Was out of house by 8:40 yesterday to visit medi clinic for a sick note and bused to work to drop it off, getting there at 11:30. Chatted with staff and helped my helper with a few things, then missed … Continue reading

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Music is good for the soul…

The Hubs surprised me with a Strumstick for my birthday this year. We’d gone into Long & McQuade’s to get the Young One a ukulele for his grade 4 year at school. This was tucked in the corner by the … Continue reading

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Yeah, I haven’t written in a while..

Hibernation mode engaged. I still wake up at 5:30 or so every morning but now that it’s dark until nearly 9am, I have less desire to be up and cogitating. I’m so lazy right now. The blog is still of … Continue reading

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Dear Saskatoon city and Transit: please make up and be friends again…

Or, if not friends, at least find a workable compromise and get the buses running again. I’m glad we forked out for a better car this year. I can’t imagine trying to do all this running around from job to … Continue reading

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Don’t have time to write this morning

At least, not to the extent I like. Unrelated, but stressing me out already: Saskatoon Transit and the City are having a bit of a fight right now and no buses are running. We only have one car and the … Continue reading

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Georgia teen recorded his family’s “pray the gay away” attempts

This is a hard video to listen to and the comments below it are awful and kind of sad. I quote one: The kid is so disrespectful almost to the point where it is more vile than the parents’ actions. … Continue reading

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Recipe for a Saturday

Ingredients 1 day drizzle (or double this for Sunday leftovers) 1 energetic kid 1 inventive mother figure First, divide the day into randomly shaped segments and take turns filling them with ideas. Warning: do not let child think he can … Continue reading

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People still find this, eh?

I haven’t checked my stats in…what month is this? Nine months, actually. Was just at a Freethinker Banned Book night this week and a couple of the guys asked why I wasn’t doing my blog anymore and I admit to … Continue reading

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