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Freedom To Read Week 2021 – Day Two – Music Monday – “Mama said, she’s my brothers daughter/And I don’t even know who’s my father/I guess she’s my cousin/But she needs some sweet lovin’ anyway” – #ftrw

I posted this song in June 2019 with only a brief reference to the controversy around the song’s contents which evoke incest and rape. But I thought it might be worth revisiting for FTRW, especially in light of the news that came out in August 2020 that the band’s bassist had subsequently been accused of […]

¶ Posted 22 February 2021 § MusicMonday § News § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: freedomtoreadweek, language, music, saskatchewan

Freedom To Read Week 2021 – Day One – Welcome Back! (And A Child Reads One of the Year’s Most Controversial Books, “Call Me Max”) #ftrw

I’m a huge Freedom of Expression guy and think Freedom to Read Week should be a highlight of every librarian’s calendar. I don’t think I managed to do it every year but ever since I was in library school in 2006 (also the year I started this blog), I’ve tried to do an annual series […]

¶ Posted 21 February 2021 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, freedomtoreadweek, health, language, science

Healthy Skepticism vs. Conspiracy Thinking – Where’s The Line?

I’ve long been an advocate for the importance of being skeptical as a generally useful approach to life. But, as the coronavirus has spread around the world over the past year, it’s also been fascinating (and alarming!) to see how often that line from genuine questioning crosses the line (and often goes completely off the cliff) […]

¶ Posted 09 December 2020 § Internet § Meme § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, health, science

Saturday Snap – Used To Be?

Had an urge to pose with this book at my library for some reason – “I Used To Be A Miserable F*ck”. 😉

¶ Posted 14 November 2020 § Humour § Library § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, language

My Thoughts On Some Controversial Library Opinions

There was a good Twitter thread recently which posed a simple question: “What’s your controversial library opinion?” I thought it might be interesting to record some of my responses to these opinions whether I agreed or disagree (if this isn’t clear, all the bolded opinions below were submitted by Twitbrarians and the plain text under […]

¶ Posted 07 October 2020 § Humour § Internet § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § List § MemoryLane § Politics § Technology § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: education, language

Music Monday – “She misses Ragweed like I do/And her mom already thinks I’m trash/Along with her second stepdad too/She’s kind of weird and a full-time goon/Yeah, but she misses Ragweed like I do”

Can’t believe I’ve never posted this song before – so good! “Ragweed” – Koe Wetzel

¶ Posted 10 August 2020 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, language, music

Seinfeld Had A Humourous Take That Applies To The “Don Poppy” Controversy

A show ahead of its time in many ways… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iV8X8ubGCc

¶ Posted 13 November 2019 § Humour § Meme § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, television

What Are the Similarities and Differences Between Toronto Public Library and Don Cherry?

There have been a couple major media storms recently – Toronto Public Library faced a huge outcry for allowing a controversial speaker to proceed with a presentation in one of their branch meeting rooms and Sportsnet faced a huge outcry after longtime hockey icon, Don Cherry, made controversial remarks where he accused recent immigrants of […]

¶ Posted 12 November 2019 § Canada § Internet § Library § List § News § Politics § PopCulture § Sports § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: freedomtoreadweek, language, ontario

Secular Sunday – How To Raise An Atheist Family

¶ Posted 03 November 2019 § Family § Pace § Sasha § SecularSunday § Shea § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, parents

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 […]