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Music Monday – “Some other way/There’s got to be another way/We all are scientists who will not be afraid/I’m not saying that there’s no hope for this/And you have tried to change my mind But we all know, our system’s broken/And I, I’ll never vote again”

I’ve had this blog since 2006 but perhaps surprisingly, I’ve never really acknowledged Leap Years even though I’ve been blogging for two of them in 2008 and 2012. So let’s continue that trend by ignoring February 29, 2016 completely in favour of a song inspired by tomorrow’s Super Tuesday vote in the United States… “Vote” […]

¶ Posted 29 February 2016 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, unitedstates

Can You Find the Oscar Statue In This Picture?

¶ Posted 28 February 2016 § PopCulture § Randomness § United States ‡ Comments (0) °

FTRW 2016 – Day Seven – Saturday Snap – Freedom to Read in Cuba?

Below are a couple photos I took in Havana during our 2011 trip to Cuba. This was a street vendor stall selling books (which is good!) but most here (and in our hotel’s gift shop or anywhere else we found books) were heavily propagandistic (bad!). Cuba isn’t commercialized with billboards selling blue jeans and soda but in its […]

¶ Posted 27 February 2016 § Canada § Censorship § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, book, education, freedomtoreadweek, history, language, saskatchewan

FTRW 2016 – Day Six – Friday Fun Link – A Wide & Varied Selection of Some of the Most Offensive Jokes Ever

Watch this… Then take your pick of these… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FLGEr1zJYo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS2THqZemoc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcmayuHwK0c Did any of the jokes above offend you? If so, watch this (ffwd to 3:20 if the link doesn’t start at the right place for you)… Still offended? Watch this one too…

¶ Posted 26 February 2016 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Humour § Library § List § PopCulture § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: freedomtoreadweek, language

FTRW 2016 – Day Five – Throwback Thursday – #tbt – My #FTRW Interview on “Book Chick” Radio Show, CJTR, #yqr (Feb 2007)

I posted when this interview was being aired live for those wanting to tune in but I’ve never posted the archival copy of this interview as far as I can remember. It was a really fun interview with one of my former Sask Publishers Group colleagues and I got say “nut sack” on the radio – […]

¶ Posted 25 February 2016 § Censorship § Humour § Internet § Library § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, freedomtoreadweek, history, language, saskatchewan

FTRW 2016 – Day Four – Obama’s Nominee for Librarian of Congress Kicks Ass!

I feel like this year’s Freedom to Read Week series is a bit more toned down than the usual controversial swear-fest I enjoy creating each year. But there are things that happen on a less provocative level that have impacts on librarianship, censorship and access to information even if they don’t get an “R” rated […]

¶ Posted 24 February 2016 § Censorship § Internet § Jobs § Library § News § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: copyright, education, freedomtoreadweek, history, unitedstates

FTRW 2016 – Day Three – Political Censorship Ad

Watching the Democratic Presidential Town Hall so thought I’d post this (in)appropriate ad I came across on Reddit. To tie it back to censorship in a more serious fashion, it’s more important to remember that in various sectors but especially in politics, censorship isn’t just about the outright suppression of ideas – it also happens […]

¶ Posted 23 February 2016 § Censorship § Humour § Internet § Library § News § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: freedomtoreadweek, history, language, unitedstates

#FTRW 2016 – Day Two – Music Monday – Most Controversial Music Videos of All-Time

Take your pick. Here’s #1 on the list which was pretty controversial (by design) at the time back in 1989 but seems relatively tame now…

¶ Posted 22 February 2016 § Canada § Censorship § Library § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: freedomtoreadweek, language, music, unitedstates

FTRW 2016 – Day One – Violent Video Games

It’s the most wonderful time of the (fucking) year! Yes, it’s Freedom to Read Week again, a holiday celebrated by librarians, writers, book lovers, artists, filmmakers and anyone else interested in the issue of censorship and free expression. As usual, I’m planning to do a week of posts on different topics to do with […]