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Monthly Archives November 2014

Pace’s Joke

Pace shared this with us at supper tonight: “What did the number 2 say to the number 7 when he did something weird?” “I think you’re odd.” Love to hear him playing with language and also seeing his sense of humour develop!

Posted 18 November 2014 § Family § Humour § Pace § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Now when she’s talking to you/Make sure you listen close/Cause she’s gonna teach everything you’ll ever need to know Like how to mind your manners to love and laugh and dream/And she’ll put you on the path/That’ll bring you back to me”

Shea’s lifelong friend, maid of honour, and guardian to Pace and Sasha, had her third baby last night. After having two boys, we were happy to hear that a baby girl, Abby, had joined their family – not least because we can pass along a bunch of clothes and other Sasha goodies to them!  😉 […]

Posted 17 November 2014 § Baby § Family § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Sad § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

19 Unbelievably Laughable Book Fails

Some funny stuff.

Posted 16 November 2014 § Humour § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – File Under “Other”

Management is having staff at my library do a week-long “Activity Assessment” project where all staff have to record what they’re doing every five minutes of their shifts. Now if I could just figure out where “Boost Patron’s Truck” is on their report form?  😉 

Posted 15 November 2014 § FridayFunLink § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – The World’s Most Contagious MythConceptions

These are 52 wildly held beliefs that also happen to be completely wrong. How many did you think were true?  (I’ll admit that I thought about a dozen of these were true – I’m just not going to admit which ones!) 😉

Posted 14 November 2014 § FridayFunLink § Infographic § List § Meme § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – First Pic on Shea’s New iPhone 6+

Not going back very far with this one, maybe a week or so?

Posted 13 November 2014 § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) °

We Live On An Amazing Planet

Yes, we do.

Posted 12 November 2014 § Meme § Photo § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Happy Singles Day!

Originally started by Chinese university students as an anti-Valentines Day where single people were encouraged to buy themselves gifts, “Singles Day” on November 11 (11/11) has exploded in popularity over the past five years to become China’s equivalent of Black Friday with their Amazon/eBay clone, Alibaba, leading the charge. I heard about it last year […]

Posted 11 November 2014 § Internet § Meme § PopCulture § Randomness § Technology § Travel § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “And I know that by February/My thoughts on snow may be contrary/But this is now/And then is then.”

This is another annual tradition on this blog. I’m fudging a bit this year as the snow fell overnight from Monday to Tuesday but since it fits better as a Music Monday post, here’s my annual post of one of my favourite Hawksley Workman songs posted on a Tuesday but dated for Monday! 😉 “First […]

Posted 10 November 2014 § Canada § Family § Meme § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sad § Saskatchewan § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , ,

What Book Publishers Can Learn From Luxury Brands

Here’s an interesting argument from the Globe & Mail that book publishers hurt themselves right out of the gate by allowing retailers to set the terms (discounts, merchandising, etc.) by which their books – even the high-demand latest releases – are sold. It goes on to say that publishers should act like luxury good brands […]

Posted 09 November 2014 § Library § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,