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Monthly Archives October 2008

The Daily Show's Secret Weapon

A profile of the man who finds the inconsistencies that help The Daily Show have so much credibility in so many people's eyes, especially compared to the “what's new now, 24-hour non-stop sensationalism and controversy focus” of the mainstream media.  He's not a librarian but he may as well be:“Chodikoff doesn’t use Google to turn […]

Posted 20 October 2008 § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Pace in the Pumpkin Patch

Posted 19 October 2008 § Main Page § Pace § Photo ‡ Comments (2) °

Friday Fun Link – Books You Probably Shouldn't Buy Your Kids This Christmas (Oct 17, 2008)

And you thought there were a lot of book challenges around the world already!  Funny stuff…

Posted 18 October 2008 § Baby § Humour § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Librarians Who Have Worked For Southeast Regional Library

I saw the following in the latest CLA e-newsletter…“Retirement: The Sault Ste. Marie Public Library Board announces that Wilhelm Eisenbichler, Director of Public Libraries since 1993, will retire at the end of 2008. An effective administrator, Eisenbichler brought sound business principles and strong fiscal management into library operations.  He is also credited for developing new […]

Posted 18 October 2008 § Library § Main Page § Work ‡ Comments (6) °

Maybe Pace Isn't Such A Radical Name After All

I'll give you the punchline – “the dash don't be silent” – and I bet you'll still have to read this a couple times to get it! (For bonus fun, make sure to read the comments.  “Actually, it's a hyphen so…”) 

Posted 17 October 2008 § Humour § Main Page § Pace ‡ Comments (0) °

Facebook Weirdness

See if you can follow this…Shea's cousin posted a comment on a photo that someone he knows uploaded to Facebook.    Shea was able to view this photo and the comments that had been made about it even though she is not Facebook friends with the person that originally posted the photo.  (This is a […]

Posted 16 October 2008 § Internet § Main Page § Shea ‡ Comments (5) ° Tagged: ,

National Do Not Call Registry

Not sure if you've seen this or not but Canada finally has a national do-not-call registry and it's dead easy to sign up.  Half watching election results and not really sure why we're having this election – is anything going to be significantly different than what we had before?  Doesn't really look like it at […]

Posted 15 October 2008 § Canada § Main Page § Politics ‡ Comments (2) °

Five Ways Barack Obama Can Ensure That He Wins The US Presidential Election

After the recent meltdown in the US economy, Barack Obama has opened a wider lead over John McCain than at any point in the campaign and looks all but sure to win on November 4.  Still, you can't count out the Republicans and who knows what may happen over the final few weeks of the […]

Posted 14 October 2008 § List § Main Page § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) °

First Snow of the Year

I'm glad we did turkey yesterday as we were able to drive back into Regina today just in time to beat a big snowstorm that hit this afternoon.We took Pace out for a walk in the snow just now but he was *not* impressed – not sure if it's new winter boots (which he hated […]

Posted 12 October 2008 § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Strategic Voting to Stop A Conservative Majority

In a break from Sarah Failin' posts, here's something on the Canadian Election.  This site has been designed to help people who are considering voting strategically to help prevent the Conservatives from gaining a majority government on October 14.  (Where's proportional representation when you need it?  We'd have a different political landscape if some form […]

Posted 11 October 2008 § Main Page § Politics ‡ Comments (0) °