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Monthly Archives August 2013

Saturday Snap – Farewell Outreach!

After eighteen months, I had my final shift at Regina Public Library’s Outreach Unit yesterday.  (On Tuesday, I become Branch Supervisor of our Regent Place Branch.) Although the strong emphasis on service to a marginalized community is a perfect fit for my own interests and values, I never thought this was a role I would’ve […]

Posted 31 August 2013 § Library § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – 18 National Flags Made From Each Country’s Most Representative Foods

Boo – no Canada in this list of national flags made from 18 countries’ most representative foods  – how easy would it be to make the red stripes of our flag out of back bacon and the maple leaf out of…maple syrup of course! Geez, one of the first results when you Google “Canadian flag bacon” […]

Posted 30 August 2013 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Humour § Travel § UK § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

What Will Libraries Look Like in Twenty Years?

Ended up having a conversation with someone at the library today and the question of what the library is going to look like in twenty years came up. My initial response was “That’s impossible to predict – who in 1993 would’ve predicted the rise of the e-book, DRM, Amazon, Google – and the impact all […]

Posted 29 August 2013 § Library § LibrarySchool § Politics § UK § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

This is a photo of…

…Pace showing Sasha how do to Irish dancing.

Posted 28 August 2013 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § Sasha § UK ‡ Comments (0) °

Confusing Library Branch Names

I’m back from a couple weeks off and this week will be a transition week with me splitting my time between the Outreach Unit where I’ve worked for the last 18 months and the Regent Place Branch where I’ll (officially) be the Branch Head as of next Tuesday. Sometimes it’s the small things – I […]

Posted 27 August 2013 § Humour § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “It’s our party we can do what we want/It’s our party we can say what we want.”

So everybody’s talking about the raunchy Miley Cyrus performance last night at the MTV Video Music Awards (including perhaps the weirdest MetaFilter thread ever where a discussion of whether the Miley Cyrus performance is pushing the “real” news about Syria off of front pages leads to a long parallel thread that jumps back and forth with people alternating […]

Posted 26 August 2013 § Censorship § Humour § Meme § MusicMonday § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

“The Book Thief” Movie Trailer

A great book that is “loaded with librarian appeal” is becoming a movie…

Posted 25 August 2013 § Censorship § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Go Riders Go!

After today’s win, the Riders are 7-1, their best start since 1971. Even Sasha’s on the bandwagon, courtesy of an old outfit she inherited from her brother (first of many I’m sure!)

Posted 24 August 2013 § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Sports ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – 15 Unmistakeable Outrageously Secret Signs You’re An Extrovert

With all the recent books, blog posts and articles about the care and feeding of introverts, I thought this response from an extrovert’s point of view was pretty funny (and true!)

Posted 23 August 2013 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

Camping at Crooked Lake

Spending a couple nights camping at beautiful Crooked Lake, one of the few campgrounds I know with lakeside sites. Wish I’d seen this list of camping hacks before we’d arrived!

Posted 22 August 2013 § Family § Meme § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (0) °