I came across this site from 2003 where the BBC Radio 2 sponsored a contest to pick the UK's 200 best loved novels. Lots of familiar names on the Top 21 and I wonder if this contest was the origin of the “Canada Reads”-type events that have proliferated where one community/region/nation chooses a single book […]
Recently rediscovered the album, “Flaming Pie”, one of my favourite McCartney solo efforts. This song is a number of keepers on the album and the video's great too. Interesting Jason-specific trivia – the death of Linda McCartney in 1998 is probably still one of the saddest celebrity deaths I can recall. The fact that the […]
Banned Book Week which is held during the last week of September is the US equivalent of Canada's Freedom to Read Week which is held during the last week of February.Here's a post on MetaFilter about Banned Book Week including a really cool Google maps mash-up of book challenges across the US since 2007.
Anticipating the appearance of the Backyardigans this afternoon as Pace had a water-themed day – swimming lessons in the morning, “Under the Sea” Backyardigans show then watch a bit of “Finding Nemo” on TV when we get home….
iNudge is a pretty fun web-based music making program. Or to put it another way, WELCOME TO MY RAVE!!!
The Reddit title for this video pretty much sums it up…uhm, anybody wanna come to a Win7 party at my house on uhm, how about February 30th?
I told this one on Facebook but I don't think I put it on the blog. A few nights ago Pace was throwing toys so I gave him a time-out in his room. Then we hear his little voice: “Mom – backpack!” Shea goes in to see what he means and gives him the backpack […]
2009 is apparently the 250th birthday of Robbie Burns, a fact I only discovered while searching for clips from one of my favourite Saskatchewan singer-songwriters, Eileen Laverty. I'm way past Robbie Burns Day but I'll still post it here…such a beautiful song…three days in a row with content to bring a tear to your eye!
Reading MetaFilter tonight, I came across Gives Me Hope, a site that provides all kinds of “something in my eye” anecdotes like the one I related from Noah Evanchuk yesterday. Here's the post from Metafilter: “GivesMeHope (RSS), a site for those “completely exhausted by the negativity of the mainstream media.” Modeled after their polar opposite, […]
It's not something I spend a great deal of time thinking about but I do feel fortunate that I belong to a profession that's consistently ranked as one of the most valued in society (librarians and firefighters usually battle for the “most important public service” title when citizens in various cities are surveyed each year.) […]
