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The Legend of How Gilbert Gottfried Turned a 9/11 Joke Into “The Aristocrats”

More than an uniquely annoying voice, Gilbert Gottfried was a comedian’s comedian and a comedy legend. RIP. Around two weeks after the attacks, one of the first big comedy events held in New York City was the Friar’s Club Roast of Hugh Hefner. Throughout the night, as funny as it was, there was also an […]

¶ Posted 12 April 2022 § Humour § Jobs § Meme § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Sad § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, television

How Non-Librarians Imagine A Librarian’s Typical Work Day

From McSweeney’s…

¶ Posted 16 February 2022 § Humour § Jobs § Library § List § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, freedomtoreadweek

Friday Fun Link – Sweardle (A Wordle Parody Site)

In light of the Wordle craze, this site feels inevitable.

¶ Posted 21 January 2022 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Internet § Meme § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language

Secular Sunday – To Avoid Controversy, Starbucks Should Put Bible Quotes On Their Holiday Cups

¶ Posted 05 December 2021 § Humour § SecularSunday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, language, xmas

Secular Sunday – Secular Atheist Train Conductor Wins Wrongful Dismissal Claim After Being Fired For Social Media Post

I’ve been thinking about writing a longer post with some thought about how people’s personal social media (and blog?!?) posts are increasingly having repercussions on their work life. This was especially relevant after the Sask Health Association sent out some fairly chilling messages to staff who were posting thoughts/opinions/information about Covid a few months ago. […]

¶ Posted 28 November 2021 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § News § Politics § SecularSunday § UK § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language

Friday Fun Link – Ram Ranch (NSFW)

I’m not sure what I’ve been listening to or what I’ve done wrong in my life generally but had to chuckle when this song I never heard before came up on the “Shuffle” play mode of my streaming service driving home from work the other day. Good thing the person beside me at the red […]

¶ Posted 24 September 2021 § FridayFunLink § Humour § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: freedomtoreadweek, music

Friday Fun Link – Fair Dealing Decision Tool (Maybe?)

Somebody sent this tool around at work so I thought I’d post it here (though if you know how I feel about copyright, you’ll know that I’m also not the best person to ask about whether something falls under copyright or not as I have a *very* generous understanding of what constitutes “fair dealing”!) 🙂

¶ Posted 11 June 2021 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Internet § Library § LibrarySchool § PopCulture § Technology § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, language

Freedom To Read Week 2021 – #FTRW – Day Seven – Saturday Snap – My 2021 Library #FTRW Display

I always enjoy trying to come up with something creative for a FTRW display at my library and this year was no different. Going back to what I said earlier in the week (in a post that had a display we did just as Covid was starting to turn towards pandemic status in early […]

¶ Posted 27 February 2021 § News § Politics § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, freedomtoreadweek, language

Freedom To Read Week 2021 – Day Six – Friday Fun Link – How Different Would E.T. Be In The 21st Century? #ftrw

Shea and I have been showing the kids a lot of our favourite movies from when we were growing up – “Dirty Dancing” to “Adventures in Babysitting” to “Airplane!” – movies that both of us remember being allowed to watch by our parents at relatively young ages with no censorship or restrictions (*maybe* I’d […]

¶ Posted 26 February 2021 § Canada § Family § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § News § Pace § PopCulture § Sad § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, freedomtoreadweek, history, movies, parents, saskatchewan

Freedom To Read Week 2021 – Day Five – Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Calgary #FTRW Committee Council Presentation (February 2004)

Through my work with the Writers Guild of Alberta, I became involved with the Calgary Freedom to Read Week Committee. I can’t find it online now but my memory is that this committee of writers, librarians, publishers and social activists was formed after some MLA held up some book in the Alberta Legislature to denounce […]