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Friday Fun Link – ChronoPhoto

ChronoPhoto is a game Pace showed up where you get points for guessing what year a photo is from as quickly as possible based on the style of the photo and what is portrayed in the image…

¶ Posted 02 February 2024 § FridayFunLink § Pace § Photo ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Family Literacy Day at the Library (January 2015)

¶ Posted 01 February 2024 § Library § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, language

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Holy Sheet! (December 2015)

Our daughter picked up some interesting language when she was young that she put into use while touching the Christmas tree…

¶ Posted 25 January 2024 § Family § Humour § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, language

Wisdom Wednesday – Other People’s Strengths Are A Complement, Not A Threat

My first boss in libraries told me how important it was to have a team that had varied backgrounds and skill sets. “Everybody thinks it would be better to have a bunch of underlings who were just like them but that’s the worst thing you could have.” (Of course there was some irony that two […]

¶ Posted 24 January 2024 § Jobs § Library § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: orgdevl

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Vegas Baby! (March 2009)

¶ Posted 18 January 2024 § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, travel

10 Mawkish (But True) Things People Say About Libraries #yqr @epldotca

Went to a great presentation by Edmonton Public Library CEO, Pilar Martinez and City of Edmonton Architect, Carol Belanger (Edmonton being the only city in Canada to have this position apparently) about their experiences building various branches around Edmonton, new and renovated, including the massively renovated Central library. They also talked about value of public […]

¶ Posted 16 January 2024 § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, language

Music Monday – “It’s cold out there/But it’s warm in bed/They can dance/We’ll stay home instead”

“Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go!” – Wham!

¶ Posted 15 January 2024 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music

My Night…

¶ Posted 09 January 2024 § Humour § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Hyatt Ziva (March 2019)

We had hoped to book Hyatt Ziva (our favourite resort we’ve ever stayed at) for this year’s trip but couldn’t make it work since this year’s trip is going to be not just my immediate family but my parents and my sister and her family and there weren’t enough rooms left to accommodate us all […]