We have no water in the house till at least 7pm tonight! We do have 47 bottles of wine, 3 bottles of scotch and several bottles of gin. So we should be fine.

Todays music for what is likely to be an interesting day - the carpet cleaners are in all morning!

Oh dear. Crickey: https://politicalwire.com/2024/01/08/trump-thinks-magnets-dont-work-when-wet/

Morning all. Hope you have a warm day! Here's my choice of music:

This is looking like it will be a great FREE webinar: https://teachonline.ca/webinar/ai-gap-equity-access-risks-standing-still

This is fun: https://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com/2024/01/university-enrols-two-ai-students.html

In France, Gabriel Attal de Couriss (34) has been appointed Prime Minister – the youngest ever and the first openly gay Prime Minister in history. President Macaroon is hoping that this fresh, young, dynamic and effective young man can turn around his failing government.

My friend and colleague is recruiting: https://jobpostings.alberta.ca/job/Edmonton-Service-Standards-Specialist/576972217/

Today music as I get ready to teach:

Golden Globes: Barbie? What the heck happened there...?

A new walk around the world: https://open.substack.com/pub/stephenmurgatroyd/p/ding-dong-the-race-is-on

Music for a writing day:

Good morning all. Happy Monday. Thought for the day: "He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is a cemetery." - Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of Great Britain

@Lavanilla This is the source: https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4326865-science-is-littered-with-zombie-studies-heres-how-to-stop-their-spread/

Good morning all and happy Golden Globe day! Here's my choice of music for today - the all new James Ehnes CD:

I had a great Edmonton takeaway meal from the Indian restaurant Saffron (West). Super.

According to the journal Nature, 10,000 research papers were retracted in 2023 - a new record: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03974-8

Here's the link: https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4326865-science-is-littered-with-zombie-studies-heres-how-to-stop-their-spread/

Thought for the day:

Thoughts and prayers for Wayne LaPierre (74), the cantankerous head of the NRA who quit days before his NY trial for corruption. Good riddance to a truly awful man.