Monthly Archives September 2009

The Grassroots Are Green (Hopefully!)

A couple of the other bloggers who supported Ryan Meili during the Saskatchewan NDP leadership race have issued challenges to their readers to donate to the Ryan Meili campaign to help pay off the last remaining debt that helped Dr. Meili finish a strong second place to eventual winner, Dwain Lingenfelter.  Accidental Deliberations suggested variations […]

Happy Work-iversary!

Today is the one year anniversary of my starting at RPL (an occasion so auspicious, I commemorated it by posting a link to an album of mellowed-out cover versions of the Footloose soundtrack on this day one year ago!).  Still, this last year has gone in a flash and it's hard to believe it's been […]

Music Monday – "You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane/All they will call you will be deportees"

*I'm backdating a few posts to this past weekend to keep up the illusion that I never leave the front of my computer for such things as camping and otherwise spending quality time with my family.*“Happy Labour Day” isn't the right phrase when a song like this is still way too relevant in today's world…

The Deal With Disability

*I'm backdating a few posts to this past weekend to keep up the illusion that I never leave the front of my computer for such things as camping and otherwise spending quality time with my family.*The Deal With Disability's “About Me” page sums up the purpose of this eye-opening site very nicely…“Hey, I’m Eva. I’m […]

Design Your Own Cover For The New Douglas Coupland Book (Which Is A "Generation X" Sequel)

*I'm backdating a few posts to this past weekend to keep up the illusion that I never leave the front of my computer for such things as camping and otherwise spending quality time with my family.*CustomizedCoupland is an opportunity for you to design your own cover for his new book – for a price of […]

Friday Late Link – What The Internet Knows About You (September 4, 2009)

*I'm backdating a few posts to keep up the illusion that I never leave the front of my computer for such things as camping and otherwise spending quality time with my family.*WhatTheInternetKnowsAboutYou.com uses an unintentional security hole that exists in most browsers – the ability to see which links you've clicked in the past to […]

Fine Free Day Made Simple (Now, With More Ninjas)

The most excellent Common Craft videos on YouTube provided inspiration for this cool video from the Edmonton Public Library about their “Fine Free Day” promotion…(Thanks to Beth L. for the tip!)

And Now I Shall Bore You With Some Family Photos…

…although these are quite a bit better quality than usual since we got a real photographer to take them as opposed to me whipping out the iPhone and going “Hold it!” anytime Pace does something cute.  (Funny story – we were at Central last Saturday and one of the pages saw Pace run by.  Then […]

Happy Doughnut Day!

After years of planning and preparation, today was a pretty momentous day for Regina Public Library.  Having recently completed a major Program and Services Review which looked at all aspects of the organization – staffing, programming, facilities – today was the official implementation day for one of the key components of the new structure – […]

Music Monday – "Lately, I've been thinking about everything/Something leaves me stranded in between"