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Monthly Archives November 2008

Ask MetaFilter Does HR

AskMetaFilter has a few interesting threads on HR.  Choice quote: “Just my two cents, but I think there are always open HR positions because HR people are batshit crazy. Take an informal survey of anyone you know who has to deal with an HR department on a regular basis, and I suspect they'll agree.”Did I […]

Posted 19 November 2008 § Main Page § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – "So if you go away/I know that I will follow"

I tried to think of the most embarrassing song I liked in high school.  This is what I came up with.  (God, I loved this song!)

Posted 17 November 2008 § Main Page § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Kathy Reid Naiman Workshops in Regina

RPL is bringing in Kathy Reid Naiman for some workshops and the most excellent local storyteller, Kevin MacKenzie is taking the opportunity of Ms. Naiman's presence in the Queen City to offer some workshops for non-library folks.  If you are involved with children as a teacher, a librarian, a daycare worker or even as a […]

Posted 17 November 2008 § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Take Environmental Responsiblity for Your Reading (And a Great Story About "The Unknownable Bottom Line")

Eco-libris is a site where you can pay to have one tree planted for every book that you've read (or bought or whatever “balance” you want to create.)  The cost is just under $1 per book – a small price to pay (er, not that I will be anytime soon but the concept has lots […]

Posted 16 November 2008 § Library § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – North Korean National Library (Nov 14, 2008)

A FIMS alumni provides an intriguing glimpse into North Korea's national library.  (via one of the FIMS-related groups on Facebook)

Posted 14 November 2008 § FridayFunLink § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

"Hey everybody – I'm a liberrian like my dad!"

Posted 14 November 2008 § Library § Main Page § Pace § Photo ‡ Comments (0) °

100 Movie Spoilers in 5 Minutes

To me a spoiler is revealing a secret or an unexpected twist.  Some of these are not spoilers (“The Ducks win”? “Meg Ryan ends up with Tom Hanks”?  No shit – haven't you ever seen a Hollywood movie before?).  But the idea's still fun.   

Posted 14 November 2008 § Main Page § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Paging "HeadTale", "Mr. HeadTale" to the Web 2.0

I came up with the moniker “Head Tale” when I had a freelance consulting company doing web site design back in the late 1990's.  I liked that the name connoted a few different things including the luck of a coin flip, telling stories, and my hometown of Indian Head.  (Okay, and I also liked that […]

Posted 13 November 2008 § Internet § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Remembering Last Remembrance Day

It's hard to believe that I've been writing this blog on a nearly daily basis for what, two and a half years now?  It's even become another resource tool in my arsenal – I often search my own blog for items and ideas that I know I've written about in the past so that I […]

Posted 11 November 2008 § Blog § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – "While There's a Lucifer To Light Your Fag/Smile Boys, That's The Style"

My grade two teacher had a local pianist come to my school regularly to teach our class a variety of traditional songs (“Snowbird” by Anne Murray was about as modern as it got!)  Most of those songs are ones I can still sing to this day and when you think of the impact that a […]

Posted 11 November 2008 § Main Page § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) °