Year: 2013

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

FTRW 2013 – Day 6 – #ftrweek – I’m Going To Hell For This

/r/ImGoingToHellForThis is a sub-Reddit dedicated to “Tasteless “politically incorrect” dark, offensive, & twisted humor of all types is welcome here. Absolutely NOTHING & NOBODY is sacred, taboo, or

FTRW 2013 – Day 5 – #ftrweek – Tom Flanagan and the Limits of Freedom of Expression #cndpoli

Yesterday, I said that during Freedom to Read Week, often everything starts to look like a Freedom of Expression issue. I didn’t mention another aspect of this in

FTRW 2013 – Day 4 – #ftrweek – Unintended FTRW Experiences (aka “Boobs, Walls & Thieves”)

During past Freedom to Read weeks, I’ve noticed that everything starts to look like a Freedom of Expression issue. (That’s probably a good thing that we should keep

FTRW 2013 – Day 3 – #ftrweek – “If this mother-fucking stupid fucking song/Offended you/With its filthy fucking language/And fucking disrespect”

Every year during FTRW, I usually like to post one (potentially) offensive song (eg. a song with lots of swearing or controversial lyrics or whatever) because it makes

FTRW 2013 – Day 2 – #ftrweek – Freedom of Expression, Censorship & #skndpldr

Given the hash tags I’m using for this post, I suspect there are going to be a couple different audiences for this post – those who are interested

FTRW 2013 – Day 1 – #ftrweek – A Word (or Seven) From the Master

As I have on this blog every year since 2007, I’m planning a week-long series of posts relating to the unofficial Haunakah (er, or week-long holiday of your

Saturday Snap – Princess Kate Is On Her Way!

Had a busy day as Shea’s and my parents were in to spend a day doing various things to help us get ready for the arrival of “Princess

Friday Fun Link – 16 Great Library Scenes in Film

I finally realized why I like “The Breakfast Club” so much – the whole movie is set in a library! 😉

(Pre) FTRW 2013 – On Offensive Words

Freedom to Read Week starts next week but since a couple of my colleagues my colleagues were on CTV Morning Live today promoting RPL’s various offerings (including a

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