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Monthly Archives May 2011

Winnipeg’s Important Role In My Own NHL Fandom (And Kanye West Weighs In On the Big News)

It wasn’t a surprise but it was nice to have it made official today – the Atlanta Thrashers have been purchased by True North Sports and will be moved to Winnipeg next season – though it’s still not known if they’ll be called the Jets or something else. When St. Louis had their training camp […]

Posted 31 May 2011 § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “With enough training, your fingers are almost as good as a wrench. Hurts though…”

Behold the wonder that is former Fred Eaglesmith sideman, Washboard Hank…

Posted 30 May 2011 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Our Tentative Newfoundland Itinerary

Shea and I are off to a wedding in Newfoundland a month from now, from June 30 until July 9.  (Er, our holiday is that long – I don’t think the wedding will last ten days.  But it *is* Newfoundland so who knows?) Shea’s never been further east than Montreal and I’ve only beaten her […]

Posted 29 May 2011 § Family ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – University of Regina (As Viewed From the Sask Science Centre)

Shea’s out with a friend tonight so Pace and I got to have a Boy’s Night Out.  He wanted to go clubbing <grin> but instead, we went to see “Born to Be Wild 3D” at the Kramer Imax Theatre in the Sask Science Centre.  I snapped this pic while we were playing in their outdoor […]

Posted 28 May 2011 § Family § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – What If Library Closures Happened During Wartime?

A UK librarian has created a series of World War-style propaganda posters that are pro-library as a response to the ongoing cuts to UK libraries. (h/t to CH)

Posted 27 May 2011 § Library § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

If You’re An Atheist…

…you’ll probably get this:

Posted 26 May 2011 § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Five Not So Good Things About Librarians

Following up on yesterday’s post listing Five Good Things About Librarians, here are some generalizations about the weaknesses many librarians share… 1. Librarians are often extremely anal retentive What else would you expect from a profession which has the organization and classification of the world’s information as one of its core purposes? Part of this […]

Posted 25 May 2011 § Library § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Five Good Things About Librarians

A few generalizations about my chosen profession… 1. Librarians know a lot about a lot You’ll probably never meet a class of people who have broader range of interests than librarians. 2. Librarians live to help For most librarians, a desire to help other people is core to their existence. 3. Librarians embody democracy By […]

Posted 24 May 2011 § Library ‡ Comments (1) °

Music Monday – “Your smile is like a breath of spring/Your voice is like summer rain/And I cannot compete with you/Jolene” (Bonus: Incomplete List of Bands I’ve Seen Live)

Dolly Parton was the voice in a movie we watched this weekend (Gnomeo & Juliet – very cute!) and that somehow led to me thinking about the various concerts I’ve seen in my life (Dolly being one of the Top Five believe it or not!) Off the top of my head, here’s a very incomplete […]

Posted 23 May 2011 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (5) ° Tagged:

Sappy Sunday – Some Things Are More Important Than Hockey

The NHL playoffs continue and the final four are down to San Jose versus Vancouver and Boston versus Tampa Bay. In terms of who I think will win the Cup this year, I’m getting razzed as anti-Canadian by my Vancouver relatives but, as a Calgary Flames fan, I just can’t force myself to cheer for […]

Posted 22 May 2011 § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,