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Monthly Archives November 2016

My Electoral Map Projection

I’ve got a couple fun picks (Alaska and Utah go Democrat?) but with how crazy this whole election has been, why not have one last unexpected moment? (If I was being really crazy, I’d pick Hillary to flip Texas – *that* would be something!) You can play too!

¶ Posted 08 November 2016 § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: history, unitedstates

Music Monday – “You held me down but I got up/Already brushing off the dust/You hear my voice, your hear that sound/Like thunder, gonna shake your ground”

I’m still not a huge Hillary fan for all manner of reasons but she has grown on me as the election has progressed. So, with pollsters predicting her becoming the 45th President of the United States tomorrow is somewhere between 75 – 99% inevitable, I thought I’d balance my earlier list of “10 Reasons Hillary Should […]

¶ Posted 07 November 2016 § List § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, music, unitedstates

Need A Break From Non-Stop US Election Coverage? Watch #undecided on Netflix

With only a couple days left, if you want a nice break from the non-stop US election coverage, why not check out “Undecided: The Movie” on Netflix? This hilarious mockumentary follows two “undecided voters” as they interact with various candidates and try to decide who to support. Shot with the actual US election campaign as […]

¶ Posted 06 November 2016 § Humour § News § Politics § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, movies, unitedstates

Saturday Snap – What Is “Crazy Things You Find In The Library” For $500, Alex?

¶ Posted 05 November 2016 § Humour § Library § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Virtual Reality

At RPL’s annual Staff Development Day today (okay, yesterday since I’m posting this on Saturday), they were demoing a new Virtual Reality accessory the library recently purchased. This was the Playstation 4 version, not the more well-known Oculus Rift headset that, in many ways, began the popularization of virtual reality devices for home users. It felt pretty […]

¶ Posted 04 November 2016 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Jobs § Library § Photo § Technology § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, education

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Defining HR Successes? (Oct 2011)

At the annual RPL Staff Development Day in 2011, I had to do an activity with my co-workers where we listed some of the successes of the HR Unit where I was working at the time. Of course, I’d found out a couple weeks earlier that my position as Organization Development Specialist was being eliminated […]

¶ Posted 03 November 2016 § Humour § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Conference

Chicago Cubs Win World Series!

I don’t follow baseball as closely as I used to but I always love sports stories like this – the Chicago Cubs, perennial losers who may have been cursed, finally won the World Series after 108 years in a very exciting game that went to extra innings (or so I hear – I didn’t watch […]

¶ Posted 02 November 2016 § MemoryLane § Sports § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Tonight, You Belong To Me – The Cutest Video on the Internet?

Did I ever post this before? So much cuteness – the dad singing with his daughter to keep her from being scared of fireworks, the daughter keeping thinking she hears them, her ragtime voice at the end, how the dad ducks behind her as the song ends so the camera focuses purely on his daughter […]