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Monthly Archives October 2017

YouTube Policy Changes – Censorship or Just Good Business Practice?

I think I’ve mentioned before that one of my highest marks in library school was, ironically, for the one class I took within our faculty but outside our department – a “History of Information” course that was offered through the journalism school. My final presentation in that class was about the future of online video […]

Music Monday – “Yeah, the lord is my refuge and fortress/My God with whom I trust/But I’ll never know why the wicked/Gets to prey on the best of us”

Hard to believe it’s only been a week since the worst mass shooting in modern US history. So many stories, speculations and even songs coming out over the past week. Here’s a new one from Eric Church, the Friday night headliner at the Harvest 91 Festival who had actually jumped into the crowd during his set […]

¶ Posted 09 October 2017 § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § Sad § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, music, unitedstates

Alex Ovechkin On Pace for 287 Goals, 0 Assists This Season

After a hat trick in his first game and four goals in his second game (two hat tricks in the first two games hasn’t been done in the NHL for 100 years!)… …Alexander Ovechkin is on pace to score 287 goals this season. (I hope I’ve got him in my hockey pool!)

¶ Posted 08 October 2017 § Canada § Sports ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – Martha Stewart?

Shea’s channeling her inner Martha Stewart for a Thanksgiving center piece this year (though the fact that our plates appear to be stolen from a 1970’s Chinese restaurant sort of cancels the effect!) 😉

¶ Posted 07 October 2017 § Humour § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday

Friday Fun Link – All The People Who Are Not Jagmeet Singh

Because all brown people look the same to white people (even CBC reporters who should know better!), the good people at Vice have put together a guide to all the people who are not Jagmeet Singh.

¶ Posted 06 October 2017 § FridayFunLink § Humour § News § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, ontario

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – First Branch Staff Meeting (October 2013)

This photo of my first staff meeting after coming to Regent Place branch is from only a few years ago but it’s pretty amazing that only three of the eleven (four of twelve if you count me on the other side of the camera) still work at the branch. Four have retired, one went to […]

¶ Posted 05 October 2017 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

The NHL Season Begins Tonight! (Moves Like Jagr)

He wasn’t in the lineup for the Flames opening night loss to the Oilers (well, to Connor McDavid who had a hat trick in a 3-0 victory). But I’m pretty excited to see Jaromir Jagr in a Flames jersey! Watch this first if you don’t know why I’m excited… Then watch this to have a […]

¶ Posted 04 October 2017 § Canada § Humour § Sports ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: economics, hockey

New Trump Poll Out Today

¶ Posted 03 October 2017 § Humour § Infographic § Meme § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, unitedstates

Music Monday – “Me and monkey/Like Butch and the Sundance Kid Trying to understand/Why he did what he did/Why he did what he did”

The worst mass shooting in recent US history (so far) happened yesterday and I don’t even know what to say anymore. Should I talk about gun control? Mental health & personality disorders? Gun control? Media narratives? Gun control? Deja vu? Gun control? Disinformation? Gun control? Or should I just throw up my hands at the futility of trying to say […]

¶ Posted 02 October 2017 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, unitedstates

10 Things That Excite Me About @thejagmeetsingh Winning #ndpldr (and 5 That Make Me Nervous)

If everything Jagmeet Singh’s team said about how many new members they’d signed up, how much support they were getting in vote rich Ontario and BC, how young people were rallying around their candidate, and their fundraising totals, turned out to be true, it seemed like Jagmeet Singh would have a really good chance at […]