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Saturday Snap – The Risks of Doing An Election-Themed Display

I mean I’m not personally a fan of the guy but we happened to have Justin Trudeau’s autobiography in our collection so I put it on an election-themed display I did (along with a range of books about various topics and issues that are important to supporters of all parties this election season.  I also […]

Posted 19 October 2019 § Humour § Library § News § Politics § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Perhaps The Single Richest Irony of the Current Federal Election?

The most ironic (and frustrating and hypocritical) thing in this entire election is Liberal supporters who are saying a vote for Jagmeet Singh and the NDP is somehow a vote for Andrew Scheer – as if they hadn’t made electoral reform a *major* plank of their last platform (a platform that got them elected because […]

Posted 15 October 2019 § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “It’s just spend a buck to make a buck/You don’t really give a flying fuck/About the people in misery”

“Call It Democracy” – Bruce Cockburn

Posted 07 October 2019 § MusicMonday § News § Politics ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , ,

The Changing Nature of Freedom of Expression: Banning Books Is Anachronistic But Challenges Remain

Good article from The National Post about the changing nature of the debate around Freedom of Expression. What remains is that challenges still come from all sides of the political spectrum. …the bulk of work on freedom of expression is shifting from people who fruitlessly complain about books to attacks on journalists and bloggers. Also […]

Posted 02 October 2019 § Censorship § Internet § Library § LibrarySchool § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

My Daughter Could Teach The Prime Minister A Thing Or Two About Acceptable Facial Makeup!

Posted 22 September 2019 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Politics § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – The (Nightmare) When You’re Back in High School #cndpoli #elxn43

It’s referring to the high school he attended, not the private school he taught at. But the title of the prologue in a recent biography published about Justin Trudeau with his participation is pretty ironic given the recent brownface scandal that broke when a picture of Trudeau wearing makeup to look like Aladdin during an […]

Posted 21 September 2019 § News § Photo § Politics § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Jagmeet Singh: The Colour of Politics (CBC The Fifth Estate) #cndpoli #elxn43

 

Posted 20 September 2019 § FridayFunLink § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

How To Talk To Kids About Race

 

Posted 18 September 2019 § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Sasha’s Five Cutest Moments From Our “Cow Gary” trip

One of the reasons you travel with children is the opportunity to learn about and experience the world in the way they can’t from a classroom or even books. Here’s a few examples: 5.  On the way into Calgary, her brother is “helpfully” giving her a history lesson.  “A long time ago, there was a […]

Posted 21 August 2019 § Humour § List § Pace § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Banff Gondola and Sulphur Mountain Summit

It’s hard to pick a favourite part of our quick trip to Calgary – seeing the pandas at the Calgary Zoo (though gorillas and hippos will always be my favourites), driving past so many of our old haunts (even tried to buzz a neighbour whose name is still on the board at our former condo […]

Posted 20 August 2019 § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , ,