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Category Archives: Humour

“Goodnight iPad” – A Parody

The classic children’s book gets re-imagined for our modern age.

Posted 22 July 2012 § Library § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – “Where do babies come from?” A magic potion.

Reddit has a couple cool sub-Reddits – one called AMA (Ask Me Anything) and another larger one called IAMA (I Am A) where users can take questions from other Redditors related to their jobs or their celebrity or other experiences they’ve had – from the amazing to the horrifying – to pretty much every other angle you can […]

Posted 20 July 2012 § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – The Best Thing About Comic Cons…

…is that it made it permissible for people to wear super-hero costumes in public year-round.  (I’m behind the camera so you can’t see what Pace made me wear on our Adventure Walk tonight!)

Posted 30 June 2012 § Family § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Swiper, No Swiping!

I’m not sure who’d enjoy this movie more – Pace or me? (via MetaFilter) CollegeHumor’s Favorite Funny Videos

Posted 29 June 2012 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Re-live TEDxRegina Through the Magic of Online Streaming Video!

Here’s my personal favourite presentation from TEDxRegina last month. (All the TEDxRegina videos are up but as of right now, and just for me (?), not all eight are showing up when you search for that tag.  But that’s okay because I can hold a few back for later posting!)  

Posted 19 June 2012 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Technology § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – How To Drink A Root Beer Float…LIKE A BOSS!

Posted 16 June 2012 § Family § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Save a Library By Burning Books?

Brilliant! (via MetaFilter with a h/t to the colleague who sent it to me at the exact same moment!)

Posted 15 June 2012 § Library § Politics § Video § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Shit Sighted People Say To Blind People

I try to keep this video in mind as I go about my work in the Outreach Unit at Regina Public Library. (Actually, the guy who made this video has a whole series that are worth checking out to get a humourous take on life as a blind person.)

Posted 12 June 2012 § Library § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – Pace’s Fifth Birthday

Pace and friends enjoying “Dino Bouncers”… Meanwhile, back at the ranch, it takes three men to raise a loft bed… …a project which unintentionally echoes the day’s Lego theme! 😉

Posted 19 May 2012 § Family § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Some Random Thoughts on TedXRegina

So I was one of the lucky 100 who got to attend TedXRegina on Wednesday at the ShuBox Theatre at the U of R. Here are some random thoughts about the day… – never realised until the night before while checking out the #tedxregina hashtag on Twitter that there were only 100 seats available as […]

Posted 17 May 2012 § Library § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Technology § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , , ,