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Monthly Archives September 2013

Music Monday – Andino Suns – “Cantando el Pajaro”

One of the many highlights of the 2012 version of the Ryan Meili NDP Leadership campaign was an amazingly fun event that featured a great local Moose Jaw band by way of South America, Andino Suns. If I was a bit more linguistically adept, I’d try to catch a few lyrics from this song to […]

Posted 30 September 2013 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Politics § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: ,

Broken Bad

Posted 29 September 2013 § Infographic § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – In Which I Let Pace Pick This Week’s Pics

(I may not do this again!) 😉

Posted 28 September 2013 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Librarian Shaming

We all have our dirty, embarrassing secrets. Dracut Librarians are no exception. Here are a few of their dirty librarian secrets [2013-10-03: and the inevitable Tumblr now allows you to submit your own Library Shames.]

Posted 27 September 2013 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Library ‡ Comments (0) °

11 Ways To Piss Off A Canadian

How aboot make a viral video where the “American” looks more like a Canadian stereotype than the guy playing the Canadian? 😉

Posted 26 September 2013 § Canada § Humour § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Some Random Thoughts on the Regina Waste Water Treatment Plant Referendum

I decided not to use the #yqr and #wwtp hash tags in my post title as I’m mostly writing this one for my own reflection and as a place to collect my thoughts after a tough loss by the “Yes” side tonight (it ended up being 57% – 43%) rather than adding to what I […]

Posted 25 September 2013 § Politics § Saskatchewan § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Muffled Voices: Five Famous Authors of Banned Books

  This week is Banned Books Week in the US (as opposed to last week of February in Canada for some reason.)  Oh well – I’ll happily celebrate any week that celebrates banned books and pass along great articles profiling authors who’ve been banned. In 2008, when Phillip Pullman learned his novel, The Golden Compass, […]

Posted 24 September 2013 § Censorship § Library § PopCulture § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “Stay with me through September/The nights are getting cold/Old Man Winter gonna be here soon/And the cattle still ain’t sold”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru1sX8slL-w “September” – Corb Lund

Posted 23 September 2013 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Why I’m Voting “Yes” in the #yqr #wwtp Referendum (And No, It’s Not For The Reasons You Might Expect)

  Like the title says, I’m voting “Yes” in the Regina Waste Water Treatment Plant Referendum. But it’s not for the reason you might expect… I think I’ve mentioned in passing on this blog that I sometimes regret getting more heavily involved in party politics, first by joining Ryan Meili’s 2009 Sask NDP Leadership bid […]

Posted 22 September 2013 § Canada § Jobs § Pace § Photo § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Saturday Snap – Pace’s Grade One Class Names

It’s interesting to see the trends in kid’s names via the “Name Board” in Pace’s Grade One classroom. Lots of “A” names, “K” names, “M” names; lots of “aid” sounds (Braydon, Jaden, Kayden); a few classic names (Ava, Gwendolyn, Paige). Anything else jump out?

Posted 21 September 2013 § Pace § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,