Category Archives: Humour

FTRW 2013 – Day 6 – #ftrweek – I’m Going To Hell For This

/r/ImGoingToHellForThis is a sub-Reddit dedicated to “Tasteless “politically incorrect” dark, offensive, & twisted humor of all types is welcome here. Absolutely NOTHING & NOBODY is sacred, taboo, or beyond being joked about.” aka a perfect way to end Freedom to Read Week.

FTRW 2013 – Day 4 – #ftrweek – Unintended FTRW Experiences (aka “Boobs, Walls & Thieves”)

During past Freedom to Read weeks, I’ve noticed that everything starts to look like a Freedom of Expression issue.  (That’s probably a good thing that we should keep in mind year-round anyhow.)  For example, we’re only halfway through the week and I’ve had three distinct experiences that weren’t official FTRW events but which brought forward […]

FTRW 2013 – Day 3 – #ftrweek – “If this mother-fucking stupid fucking song/Offended you/With its filthy fucking language/And fucking disrespect”

Every year during FTRW, I usually like to post one (potentially) offensive song (eg. a song with lots of swearing or controversial lyrics or whatever) because it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. 😉 Sometimes these songs use swearing to make a point about censorship, sometimes they use swearing for humourous effect and sometimes the […]

FTRW 2013 – Day 1 – #ftrweek – A Word (or Seven) From the Master

As I have on this blog every year since 2007, I’m planning a week-long series of posts relating to the unofficial Haunakah (er, or week-long holiday of your choice) for librarians everywhere – Freedom to Read Week! Tune in for the rest of the week for seven crazy nights of fun! To start it off, let’s […]

(Pre) FTRW 2013 – On Offensive Words

Freedom to Read Week starts next week but since a couple of my colleagues my colleagues were on CTV Morning Live today promoting RPL’s various offerings (including a great event you should take in tomorrow night if you’re anywhere near Regina), I thought I’d start things off a bit early too with a very relevant quote […]

Happy Birthday Shea!

Much love from your boys!

We’re With Weir? #skndpldr

Erin Weir’s campaign sent out an e-mail blast today entitled “Why We’re With Weir” which lists excerpts from various supporters and endorsers. Pretty standard stuff that we’ve seen from all campaigns except that this e-mail included a quote from somebody who I’m pretty sure isn’t “With Weir”…ME! I’m in good company as they also included […]

This Blog Post Has Momentum! #skndpldr

Back from a four-day weekend in Winnipeg where I was (mostly) unplugged – although I did send out one last membership pitch from the Tim Horton’s in Brandon on Friday afternoon which indicates that I’m either really dedicated or really deluded! I did see a few things as the membership deadline approached that made me […]

“Goin’ To Winnipeg”

Ten years ago, Shea and I got married on a beach in the Mayan Riviera during a week long winter holiday as our parents and a handful of other guests looked on. Tomorrow, we leave on a trip to celebrate our 10 year anniversary with a long weekend trip to Winnipeg. Some people would probably […]

Saturday Snap – Random Thoughts From the Weyburn #skndpldr Debate

Killed two birds with one stone today – coming down to Weyburn for the latest #skndpldr debate and also getting to spend the night with Shea’s folks. Shea and I got to work Ryan’s table at the debate and, as usual, I’ve got a lot of random thoughts from the day… – I’ve been to […]