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Monthly Archives November 2009

Friday Fun Link – Library Trivia (November 6, 2009)

I helped coordinate/facilitate/organize a gathering of RPL's professional librarian staff this afternoon.  In the course of planning the un-agenda for this session, one of the ideas I came up with was to have a  series of library-related trivia questions that I could ask through-out the afternoon to keep things lively and light.  Being a Web […]

Posted 07 November 2009 § Library § Main Page § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

A Couple R.E.M. Links

The Pop Songs blog was set-up for the author to do an analysis of every song in the R.E.M. catalogue.  This led to Michael Stipe himself contacting the site and ending up answering numerous reader questions about R.E.M.'s songs and their genesis – how cool is that?MetaFilter has a thread titled “What is 'Try Not […]

Posted 06 November 2009 § Main Page § Photo § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

AskMetafilter – One of My "Favourite" Sites

AskMetaFilter has a page which lists their all-time most “Favourited” questions (warning: do not click unless you have a  LOT of time to waste!)  Interesting that the most favourited question – “What Book Is The Single Best Introduction To Your Field For The Layperson” – has nearly twice as many favourites (~1141) than the next […]

Posted 05 November 2009 § Internet § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

What Technology Most Blows Your Mind?

A fun discussion on Reddit, even with 85% of the answers being computers, cell phones or airplanes. “Reaching the Moon was certainly a highlight for our civilization, but it was a singular accomplishment. The one technological thing that most blows my mind is the one which made that lunar landing possible, is the civilization's greatest […]

Posted 04 November 2009 § Internet § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – "You coulda had a heart of gold/But I don't think you even knew you had one/I don't think you were ever told."

This song always reminds me of one of my all-time Top Ten favourite movies “Stand By Me” – a young middle class type with an artistic bent writes about hanging with the town lowlife(es).

Posted 03 November 2009 § Main Page § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Whoo-hoo, I'm A College Man!

From the “How Dumb Am I?” files:  A couple of my toes have been a greyish shade of blue since I got my cast on a couple weeks ago.  I thought it was the blue colouring from the cast wearing off or something.  Yeah, you're not supposed to get a cast wet so how could […]

Posted 01 November 2009 § Humour § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – My Halloween Costume = Weston Dressler

Although his was the right fibula which is even worse!  I've been on crutches for the past two weeks so we decided to just hit a couple local malls for trick or treating today.  That meant I could take advantage of their free wheelchairs as that's a lot easier on the arm pits then hauling […]

Posted 01 November 2009 § Library § Main Page § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) °