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Comment on Sometimes The Hardest Thing To Do As A Parent… by HeadTale

HeadTale — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:21:21 +0000

I need to re-read “Under Pressure: Rescuing Childhood from the Culture of Hyper-Parenting” by Carl Honore. It was one of the best books I read soon after Pace was born.

Comment on Sometimes The Hardest Thing To Do As A Parent… by Kathleen

Kathleen — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:31:20 +0000

As a new parent, I’ve been finding myself thinking about this a lot. My main concern is how to be the laid back parent among high-strung helicopter parents without having child services called on me…

Of course I want my kid to be safe, but in 99% of everyday playground events nobody is losing an eye.

Comment on This Blog Post Has Momentum! #skndpldr by Head Tale - “One Prominent NDP Blogger Recently Wrote…”

Head Tale - “One Prominent NDP Blogger Recently Wrote…” — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 05:25:44 +0000

[...] from the Broten campaign (other than a few fundraising appeals including a recent one that urged a donation to help keep up the momentum – grrr!) is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me [...]

Comment on Let The Healing Begin? by Head Tale - “One Prominent NDP Blogger Recently Wrote…”

Head Tale - “One Prominent NDP Blogger Recently Wrote…” — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 05:13:20 +0000

[...] one of my blog posts used in this way has some parallels to when I blogged about a physical altercation that Dwain Lingenfelter had with an NDP member soon after winning the Leadership in 2009 which got referenced by John Gormley on his radio [...]

Comment on What Is Politics About? (and Two Things I Want From The Sask NDP’s New Leader) by Head Tale - “One Prominent NDP Blogger Recently Wrote…”

Head Tale - “One Prominent NDP Blogger Recently Wrote…” — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 05:09:12 +0000

[...] Although they don’t specify who the “prominent NDP blogger” in question is (and out of the three or so bloggers who regularly write about the NDP in Saskatchewan, I’m probably number four on the list of prominence!), I’m pretty sure this guy is referring to this post I wrote a month after the Leadership convention. [...]

Comment on Random Thoughts on 2013 #tedxregina #yqr (and My Hypothetical TED Talk Topics) by HeadTale

HeadTale — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:45:05 +0000

Thanks for clarifying – I was going from memory on exactly how you phrased it so knew I’d probably garbled it a bit.

Anyhow, I think that’s very true that there’s power in admitting you don’t know everything about whatever subject is in front of you and librarians are indeed (usually) very good at this.

Is it too early to say I’m already excited for TEDxRegina 2014?

Comment on Suggestion For A New Statutory Holiday by Head Tale - Random Thoughts on 2013 #tedxregina #yqr (and My Hypothetical TED Talk Topics)

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:40:17 +0000

[...] leave benefits to a new one-stop-shop-for-your-digital-life (er, not counting Google) to an idea to make people’s birthdays into a new stat holiday, I’d love to give it a [...]

Comment on Random Thoughts on 2013 #tedxregina #yqr (and My Hypothetical TED Talk Topics) by Ryan Deschamps

Ryan Deschamps — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:22:54 +0000

Hi Jason – I think where I wanted to go with that (and probably could have been clearer) is that librarians know the power of not-knowing things. It’s not just being a generalist, it’s more about the willingness to learn about something with others and/or helping people live with the idea of not knowing stuff (and using connections to find out). Not knowing what a library is for (-ish) was key to the success of the consultation process – the public became the experts, and the architects and service people all had to respond to those needs.

Comment on Omni.com (and Some Thoughts on My Current Digital Life) by Head Tale - Random Thoughts on 2013 #tedxregina #yqr (and My Hypothetical TED Talk Topics)

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 03:26:02 +0000

[...] who’s used this blog to propose everything from a way to improve maternity leave benefits to a new one-stop-shop-for-your-digital-life (er, instead of Google) to an idea to make people’s birthdays into a new stat holiday, [...]

Comment on Some Random Thoughts on TedXRegina by Head Tale - Random Thoughts on 2013 #tedxregina #yqr (and My Hypothetical TED Talk Topics)

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 03:25:47 +0000

[...] Went to TEDxRegina yesterday and honestly, my thoughts on the afternoon, with a couple exceptions, are pretty much the same as my thoughts on the inaugural one in 2012. [...]