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@ryanmeili Music Monday – “We had a lot of fun/We had a lot of money”

As I continue the transition from a blog that was “all politics, all the time” for much of the last six months to one that’s back to being a bit more balanced between the posts about libraries, technology, family and yes, still the occasional political post, I thought I’d start by resurrecting one of my […]

¶ Posted 11 March 2013 § MusicMonday § Politics § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, music, saskatchewan

Some Final Thoughts on #skndpldr

Well, by now, you’ve probably heard that Cam Broten beat Ryan Meili on the second ballot at the Saskatchewan NDP Leadership convention this weekend to become the party’s new leader. It was incredibly close – Broten won by 44 votes out of 8284 cast – meaning the margin of victory was 50.3% to 49.7%. (I […]

¶ Posted 10 March 2013 § MemoryLane § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: saskatchewan

#itshere #excited #cantsleep #goodluckall #skndpldr

¶ Posted 09 March 2013 § MemoryLane § Photo § Politics § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, history, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – Beards Keep You Young, Healthy & Handsome Says Science #skndpldr

As we head into the first day of the Sask NDP Leadership Convention, I thought I’d post a fun article (h/t to GG) on behalf of the members of Team Meili, most of whom who are of the Y chromosome persuasion, will be sporting beards of varying degrees of length and lushness this weekend. Very […]

¶ Posted 08 March 2013 § Humour § Meme § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, health, science

Dr. @ryanMeili is Putting the “Hospital” in “Hospitality” at the #skndpldr Convention ;-)

For some reason, the campaign didn’t want to use that “putting the hospital in “hospitality” line” for their invitations and instead went with something classy and dignified as befitting the next leader of the Saskatchewan NDP. Can you imagine? Anyhow, if you’re in Saskatoon for convention, why not stop by Ryan’s hospitality suite (and those […]

¶ Posted 07 March 2013 § Humour § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, language, music, saskatchewan

#RIPStompinTom – Thanks For Being The Soundtrack To My First-Ever YouTube Video

Stompin’ Tom Connors died today. Shea and I had the privilege of seeing him at the Calgary Folk Fest and is usually the case for old vets like him (see Dolly Parton at Craven or any number of “vets” who’ve come to Regina Folk Fest), he came out and stole the show. How fitting that […]

¶ Posted 06 March 2013 § Canada § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

.@ryanmeili Endorsed For #skndpldr By Well-known Member of Green Party ;-)

No word on who Chewy is supporting…

¶ Posted 05 March 2013 § Humour § Meme § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) °

@ryanMeili Monday – One Last #skndpldr Stop? Unity, Saskatchewan

Hard to believe it’s less than a week until the Leadership Convention! I was chatting with someone over the weekend about how the party might build unity once the race is over, no matter who wins. He made a pretty profound observation: It has nothing to do with how “positive” you were or how aggressive […]

¶ Posted 04 March 2013 § Humour § MemoryLane § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

FTRW 2013 – Bonus Post – #ftrweek – 10 Most Shocking Documentaries of All-Time

Every year, Freedom to Read Week comes to an end and I feel like I have so many posts I could do left in the hopper. I thought about doing a link dump of all the things I’ve collected but instead, I’ll just post one last one… Top 10 Shocking Documentaries of All-Time

¶ Posted 03 March 2013 § Censorship § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: freedomtoreadweek

FTRW 2013 – Day 7 – RPL Film Theatre #ftrweek Line-up

One of the great things about working at Regina Public Library is that we have a couple very unique elements compared to most other public libraries in Canada – we have an in-house, fully operational art gallery and we also have a single screen art house theatre. As far as I know, this was the […]