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12 Most Offensive South Park Episodes

Shea and I went to see “Book of Mormon” today, one of the most successful, long-running Broadway shows of all-time, written and produced by the same guys who made South Park. I’ve been a fan of South Park since someone told me about “Rainbows? I hate rainbows!” but I don’t watch it as religiously (pun […]

¶ Posted 29 September 2019 § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, music, television

The Only Connection Between 9/11 and Christmas?

9/11 might be the favourite day of the year for the conspiracy-minded posters on r/conspiracy.

¶ Posted 11 September 2019 § Internet § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § Sad § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, holiday, science, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – How The Fuck Does Fuckin Shit Work? History of Science Rap

This video is at ~5000 views as I type this. Will be interesting to see if it goes viral and jumps a lot higher as it appears designed to do just that…

¶ Posted 30 August 2019 § Meme § Randomness § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, science

“I should go ahead and mention right now that he is a lymphoma survivor.” Some Thoughts on Civility

One of the ongoing debates in the world right now – in online discussion, in politics and in our personal lives – is what the role of civility is and how it’s perhaps become less important than in the past. I think one change is that people used to be civil in a reciprocal manner […]

¶ Posted 28 May 2019 § Family § Internet § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, language

Saturday Snap – A Little Leprechaun Indeed! ;-)

Sasha recently presented us with this piece of artwork which required us to very delicately sit her down and have her talk us through some of her artistic choices. The blue hair, the dangly gold earrings, the check-mark smile and oh, by the way, what is that picture on the front of the shirt? “It’s […]

¶ Posted 04 May 2019 § Family § Humour § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, language

20 Things Nobody Saw Coming in Avengers: Endgame

The best part of seeing a big tentpole movie on opening weekend is that you can go on the Internet again without fear of seeing SPOILERS:

¶ Posted 28 April 2019 § Internet § Meme § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, movies

The Homophobic Version of “Laurel” or “Yanny”?

There was lots of controversy on Twitter (but when isn’t there?) a couple days ago when Leafs defenseman, Morgan Rielly, was accused of yelling a homophobic slur on the ice. There were conflicting opinions with some people thinking the on-ice mics caught him yelling “Fucking faggot” (which wouldn’t be the first time this has happened […]

¶ Posted 13 March 2019 § Meme § News § PopCulture § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey, language

Friday Fun Link – 12 Elf On The Shelf Ideas To Thrill Kids And 12 That’ll Scar Them For Life

I think next year I’ll have to get an Elf on the Shelf to entertain myself instead of Sasha!

¶ Posted 14 December 2018 § FridayFunLink § Humour § PopCulture § Sasha § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, holiday, xmas

Some Thoughts on the Changing Nature of Intellectual Freedom In Librarianship (Maybe?), The “Neutrality” Thing, and How I Sometimes Feel Like My Grandpa Missing The Boat on Elvis

So I recently got tagged on Twitter by a librarian colleague in Saskatoon (who is both a Mover and a Shaker!) asking if I (and a few other online librarian-types) had any thoughts on the changing view of intellectual freedom within the profession, especially in light of wider changes in society which I took to […]

¶ Posted 09 December 2018 § Library § LibrarySchool § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, freedomtoreadweek, language, philosophy

Brazilian Inmates Can Read Books To Shorten Their Sentences (Not So Much in The US)

This is a pretty cool, innovative program with a lot of potential to pay ongoing dividends. And of course, the US is doing the opposite with prisons in Pennsylvania where inmates are no longer being allowed any form of print book sent by family members or charities but they can buy overpriced, overly restricted ebooks, […]