This weekend was probably my busiest social weekend since getting to London… Friday night, we went to Christina's party as I believe I already mentioned. The athletics of other people alluded to in the title of this post were the group of crazy buggers who played bocce ball in the dark… …while I held […]
A 26 year old guy from Montreal has managed to “trade up” from a single red paper clip to his end goal of a house which, in the final trade, ended up being in Kipling, Saskatchewan. He takes possession on July 12 and is planning “Saskatchewan's Biggest Housewarming Party” for the September long weekend with […]
Here's a sample overview of some highlights for a random week at FIMS…MondayI don't have class on Monday which means it's technically the day that I work on my independent Study project. This week, I think I worked on sleeping, playing computer games, watching Oprah and eating Cheetos. TuesdayTuesday is our management class. Because it's […]
One of the great things about doing a weekly fun link targetted at librarians is that I can basically link to anything interesting I find since it’s all information and librarians tend to be interested in…information. This week’s link is one of this type – not directly related to libraries or librarians but very cool […]
Stealing a meme from my mentee's blog:Name five things that make you insanely happy for absolutely no fathomable reason: 1. Sticky notes (and office supply stores in general)2. Walking in the rain without an umbrella3. Spicy potatoes 4. Long Greyhound bus rides5. Crossing things off my To Do list (Of course, if I think about […]
Our first Lunch Bucket speaker of the summer will be on Wednesday July 19 from 12-1pm. Jean McKay is a local author and creative writing instructor who has published in a variety of genres. Her latest book is titled “Exploded View: Observations on Reading, Writing and Life.” Come out and hear about the process an […]
This was the second slide in a presentation that Linda Schneider of the FIMS Graduate Resource Centre gave to our “Collections Development” course back in early June. She joked about using my intellectual property without permission so now I get to do the same to her! As I blog about strippers and porn and […]
How Hot Is It In Ontario Right Now?“It's hotter than a bull's balls when the summer stalls” as we say out west. (Actually we don't say this out west – I just made it up. If somebody did say this, I have a strong suspicion that a guy in a cowboy hat would beat them […]
A week ago I blogged about how, since I was half done my second semester of three, I was half-done the program. But in my head, I've always thought of June 30/July 1 (okay, July 2 as I'm getting to this post a day later than I meant to) as the “real” halfway point of […]
Just in time for all my classmates' co-op interviews, Michael Stephens has posted: Ten Rules for the New Librarians which includes some tips for interviews in the comments.And from Michael Geist's blog, a Toronto Star story about a plan to implement city-wide wireless in Toronto.
