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Monthly Archives August 2010

Library Meeting Rooms: Exempt From Library Values?

If you’ve read my blog for any length of time, it’s probably pretty clear that I’m not a big fan of religion (having an atheist theme for my annual Christmas post is a pretty big clue!) But as someone who feels just as strongly about the importance of core library values and especially providing access […]

Posted 31 August 2010 § Library ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “La-la-la, la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la”

A great Sask-a-zydeco song – Happy Song by Crooked Creek – which is sort of the theme song for one of the best hippie fests around (or at least I think it was when I used to go to this festival every year.  Things are a bit hazy! ;-)) While you’re on that requisite ugly […]

Posted 30 August 2010 § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saccharine Sunday – 90 Days With AIDS

“A woman with AIDS is filmed briefly, every day, for 90 days, and the changes she undergoes are dramatic. The very end may make you weep, but perhaps not for the reasons you expect.” Aids PSA Topsy from Human Music & Sound Design on Vimeo. (via MetaFilter)

Posted 29 August 2010 § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Where’s My Cake?

One from the archives.  A cute shot of Pace on his first birthday where he seems to be saying “Where’s my cake?”

Posted 28 August 2010 § Family § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Load “$”,8, 1

Commodore is apparently releasing a new computer with modern specs but featuring the old-style casings. As the C64 was the first computer I worked on *way* back in grade six, I think I may just have to put in a request to Santa Claus! Here’s a really quick nerd test – do the following two […]

Posted 27 August 2010 § FridayFunLink § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

“Daddy, Do You Have A Penis In Your Mouth?”

Now, there are numerous phrases you hope you never hear your child say.  Things like: “Fly, kitty, fly!”  or “Daddy, I made a swimming pool in the hallway.”  (Both of which I’ve heard by the way.) But Pace might as well stop talking forever because yesterday’s comment is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard him […]

Posted 26 August 2010 § Family ‡ Comments (4) °

Tips for New Managers/Tips for Executive Assistants

Here are two recent AskMetaFilter threads that are somewhat related and have some great suggestions – Tips for New Managers and Tips for Executive Assistants.

Posted 25 August 2010 § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

10 Promises To Myself

I’ve been thinking about this post for awhile but a few different things have brought it to the forefront. Soon after starting this blog, I got permission to reprint a list called “10 Things I Wish *They* Had Told Me When I Started Out In Librarianship” by Wendy Newman and this idea is sort of […]

Posted 24 August 2010 § Library § Work ‡ Comments (1) °

Music Monday – “I made it down the coast in seventeen hours/Pickin’ me a bouquet of dogwood flowers/And I’m a-hopin’ for Raleigh/I can see my baby tonight.”

Posted 23 August 2010 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) °

2010 Blog Survey

I did a survey the first couple years I had this blog to see what readers liked (and didn’t like) as well as what improvements I could make. I didn’t bother to do the survey last year since I realised that the answers hadn’t changed significantly from year to year (people heavily preferred posts about […]

Posted 22 August 2010 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °