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Monthly Archives October 2013

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Posted 31 October 2013 § Baby § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Myers-Briggs Results as Cultural Touchstones

Which of the 16 Myers-Briggs Personality Type are you?  (I usually test as ENFP as I did when I just re-did the test right now.) Below are some graphics to help map your personality type to well-known pop culture figures… Marvel Universe…   Star Wars… Harry Potter… Animal Kingdom… Other male pop culture figures: …and […]

Posted 30 October 2013 § Humour § Infographic § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

I Know We Get To See Hedley At The Grey Cup in Regina…

…but I’d much prefer a half-time show like this one: Here’s a Today show report on how they do it (hint: there’s (even) an app for that!) (Oh, and full credit to my lovely and way-more-witty-than-I-am wife for that Hedley joke in the title of this post!)

Posted 29 October 2013 § Canada § Sports § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “The memories we are amassing/Will stand as testament that somehow/We bent minds around the concept/That we see others within ourselves/That self-knowledge can be found on bookshelves”

This is really good… “Remember How We Forgot” – Shane Koyczan and Hannah Epperson

Posted 28 October 2013 § Humour § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

RIP Lou Reed (And A List of My Top Five Concerts – Which Doesn’t Include The Lou Reed Show I Saw in Toronto Unfortunately)

The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band. – Brian Eno Growing up and living most of my life on the bald Saskatchewan prairie, my opportunities to see certified rock legends have been extremely limited. Luckily, in June 2000, I was in Toronto for a publishing […]

Posted 27 October 2013 § List § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – Finally Time To Call The Tooth Fairy!

What’s the going rate for teeth these days?  I think I used to get a quarter per tooth but there’s probably been some inflation since then! 😉

Posted 26 October 2013 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Creative Mom Stages Her Toddler’s Dreams While The Child Sleeps

Amazing.  Inventive.  Magical. (On the other hand, if I tried something like this with Sasha, it would turn out like a collapsed swan-towel at a two star Mexican resort!) 😉

Posted 25 October 2013 § Baby § FridayFunLink § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Five Memorable Moments at @officialRPL as I Receive My Five Year Pin

So tomorrow is RPL’s annual staff conference and I’ll be receiving my five year pin which officially marks this as the job I’ve held the longest in my adult life since convocating with an undergrad degree in 1996 (although to be fair, I’ve been in four different positions over five years so I’m keeping up my […]

Posted 24 October 2013 § Library § LibrarySchool § List § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Brother and Sister Reading

Posted 23 October 2013 § Pace § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Itinerary of a Day Off

As part of my new job as Regent Place Branch Head, I now work a few evenings and weekend shifts each month which means at least once a month my “weekend” is on Monday and Tuesday. This can be a big advantage sometimes when Pace is in school and I can get to appointments I […]

Posted 22 October 2013 § Pace § Photo § Randomness § Sasha § Shea § Work ‡ Comments (0) °