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Monthly Archives July 2008

Jason's 360 Review

One of the tools that HR departments use these days is the 360 Review where, instead of the traditional performance review by your superior, feedback about your performance is solicited from everyone you work with – colleagues, co-workers, people you supervise, etc.  We don't do 360 reviews at Southeast Regional Library but after talking to […]

Posted 09 July 2008 § Jobs § Library § Main Page § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Evolution Proven in Lab

This story's a month old now but I'm not sure how many people saw it – a scientist who studied bacteria for 44 000 generations (since 1988) has observed the bacteria mutating and after 33 000 generations, one of these mutations led to them evolving a new way to eat.  Out of the blue, their […]

Posted 08 July 2008 § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

I Scream, You Scream…

…We All Scream For Ice Cream!  It was a very eventful weekend for Pace – hitting the beach, encounters with local celebrities, visiting Wolseley – a nearby town that has a lake in the middle of it, watching mud derbies, taking his first ride on a tube behind a boat and more.  Shea has her […]

Posted 07 July 2008 § Baby § Main Page § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) °

The Sintalulta Mud Derby

Fifteen years ago, I would've been one of the teenagers  driving through the mud or wrestling in it.  Now I'm (mostly) happy to be a spectator to the insanity that is a small town mud derby.  Here's a small sample… 

Posted 06 July 2008 § Main Page § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – The WTF World of Wikipedia

A pretty revealing list comparing word counts for various topics on Wikipedia:Call of Duty WWII Video Game (13 069 words) vs. World War II (11 884 words) Pokemon (5 721) vs. Poker (1 857 words) Superman (10 641) vs. Human (10 385)…and wait until you see the final result – God vs. Knuckles (of Sonic […]

Posted 04 July 2008 § FridayFunLink § Humour § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

You Know You Work in a Rural Library When…

One of the smaller jobs I do in my position of Branch Supervisor is review the local library board minutes that are sent in by each of our 47 branches after every one of their meetings (which can be anywhere from 4-12 times per year depending on the size of the branch.)  I have to […]

Posted 03 July 2008 § Humour § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (2) °

Cycle Sandwich

Friends of our have moved to Halifax for school and are keeping a blog to keep the folks back home updated on happenings in their life down east.  This recent entry was particularly hilarious as was the following clip:

Posted 03 July 2008 § Humour § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

10 Reasons Saskatchewan Is The Most Canadian of Provinces

A few years back, Canada ranked #1 in a UN survey of the best countries in the world to live in.  That same year, a similar study ranked Saskatchewan as the best province in Canada to live in.  So in honour of Canada Day (and with that sentiment in mind), I present the following list.Of […]

Posted 02 July 2008 § List § Main Page § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (1) °

Link to Another Blog That Allows Its Users To Post Libelous Comments – Get Sued Yourself!

When Jessamyn West was here for SLA, this topic came up at the after-event gathering.  I meant to post something about it at that time when the story was still somewhat fresh but never got to it, being as busy as I was with much more important matters like cute baby pictures and Flash-based Friday […]

Posted 01 July 2008 § Blog § Censorship § Internet § Main Page § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) °