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Monthly Archives September 2010

The Sriracha Cookbook

I discovered Sriarcha (Rooster) hot sauce when I was first introduced to Vietnamese restaurants.  I still remember the first time I tried it – like so many folks, I suspect the “well, it looks like ketchup, maybe it tastes like ketchup?” thought process was in place.  Of course, that’s not quite true and like the […]

Posted 30 September 2010 § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

“Maybe I Can Download My Nora Roberts and Nobody’ll Know I’m Reading Her!”

Yesterday, I mentioned that we now had all 10 library regions in Saskatchewan live on the SILS system after the final remaining groups in Phase III came online.  Chinook Regional Library, based in Swift Current Saskatchewan, created a cute little YouTube video to promote this milestone for their library system:

Posted 29 September 2010 § Library § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Five Hits

I did this semi-recurring feature a couple times on my old blog but can’t remember what I called it. Five hits? Five Thoughts? Five Things? Anyhew, that’s not important. Here’s your quick hits: Hockey If you haven’t watched Battle of the Blades, you should whether you like hockey or figure skating or both or neither. […]

Posted 28 September 2010 § Family § Library § Politics § Randomness ‡ Comments (1) °

Music Monday – “Because they’re right in front of you/Because they’re telling you the truth”

Ryan Meili, runner-up to Dwain Lingenfelter in the race for the NDP Leadership Race last year and someone who was seen as a rising star within the party, announced today that he would be withdrawing from the NDP nomination race in Saskatoon-Sutherland. I’m not sure how long Ryan’s going to leave his site up so […]

Posted 27 September 2010 § MusicMonday § Politics ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged:

When Did Librarianship First Enter The Picture As An Option For Me?

We had our annual New Staff Orientation Day on Friday.  It’s a day when we get all of the staff who’ve joined RPL within the past year to come in and hear from the various managers, committee members (eg. OH&S) and others with specialized positions (eg. our Assessment Librarian) about how all of the different […]

Posted 26 September 2010 § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – Lined Up At Our Garbage, Er, Garage Sale

Posted 25 September 2010 § Family § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – “It’s A Book” by Lane Smith

Our children’s librarians have been raving about this book and passing it around the library.  I’ve got to say I agree – it’s hilarious! (And yes, I see the irony in posting the YouTube video promoting a book that shows the advantages of old tech over new tech!)

Posted 24 September 2010 § FridayFunLink § Technology § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Facebook is Down!

What does it tell you that my first instinct was to post this link on Facebook? Whether you like Facebook or not (I’m ambivalent), the Internet sure feels broken without Facebook Like buttons and Share This links everywhere!

Posted 23 September 2010 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Awesome Halloween Costume

So cool.

Posted 22 September 2010 § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Time For A New Tag

Hard to believe I’ve been on my new blog for what, a month and a half now, and haven’t yet had the opportunity to tag a post with “hockey” yet. (Cue happy smiles from the majority of my readership! :-)) But I happened to be at a meeting tonight when my iPhone made that very […]

Posted 21 September 2010 § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: