Year: 2007

Can You Memorize These 100 SKU Codes By Friday?

Is there any job you start where you don't get overwhelmed with information the first day?  When I started working at a gas station at 14 or 15,

Dear Hockey Gods – By Flashpoint

I don't hate the shootout as much as some people do.  I  actually have a much bigger problem with a scoring system that allows for some games to

Your Next NDP Candidate in the Souris-Moose Mountain Constituency Is…

A couple months ago, I wrote about how I attended the local NDP association's AGM with Shea's uncle who's big with the NDP (he ran in the 2000

And Now I Am A Librarian!

Well, after four interviews, three months of waiting, two offers, and one really big decision, I have officially accepted an 18-month full-time temporary contract with Southeast Regional Library

Friday Fun Link – Stupid Management Tricks at Circuit City (March 30, 2007)

There’s nothing fun about this week’s post but it’ll likely get your blood boiling. A recent MetaFilter post explained how Circuit City was losing too much money so

A Response to Rory Litwin Re: Librarian Stereotypes

A librarian at LPL named Kevin Moore started a Facebook group called “No, I don't look like a librarian” and a few people uploaded humourous pictures of themselves

Why You're Not Getting Anything Done…

Here's something for everbody back at FIMS as the semester comes to a close… (via Reddit)

Tommy Douglas on Librarians

One of the books I've got on the go right now is an oral history of Tommy Douglas called “Touched By Tommy: Stories of Hope and Humour About

Canadians Still Reading

See below for some happy-making stats from a recently released survey.   Two questions occur though – how do they correct for the people who over-represent their reading habits? 

Summer 2007 – My Course Picks

The remainder of my cohort who are still at FIMS are trading info on our Yahoo! group about the courses that might be interesting/useful/fun for summer term and

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