One of the things I do in my position with RPL is work with a couple of my colleagues to write content for our internal staff e-newsletter. One week, we write an “RPL Update” which talks about some of the latest happenings at our library then. Every second week, we write an “Innovation Spotlight” which […]
I'm not sure where I first heard the term “degree snob” but it was most memorably put to me in reference to a professional librarian who would literally not lower themself to speak to non-professional staff if it could be helped! With that as a jumping off point (and based on some of my […]
Reddit recently had a question posted asking their community to submit the most offensive joke(s) they knew. There's some pretty disturbing material here and if you doubt the power of the written word to affect people just as much as the visuals of pornography or the sound of foul language, look no further than this […]
I did a “Seven Things You Don't Know About Me” mini-meme but I haven't succumbed to the pressure to do the full “25 Things” meme that's going around. Apparently neither has this guy…And you know a meme has jumped the shark when Time magazine is weighing in with their own snark. So there's no way […]
You love celebrity gossip, admit it. And when I need my fix, I visit What Would Tyler Durden Do (wwtdd.com) which has some of the funniest snarky comments you'll find on the Internet (that's a pretty high bar right there!) A recent post about the “celebrity” mother of the octuplets in California caught my eye […]
“How many librarians does it take to change a light bulb?”“I don't know but I can look it up for you…”(One of our maintenance guys told me this one today. Of course, I immediately tried to come up with a “How many maintenance guys does it take to look something up in the ready reference […]
One advantage of being incredibly sick for the past few days…my first ever steroid prescription (legal, that is – back when I was a pro wrestler in the 80's, I was on the juice quite heavily of course.) I have a very supportive family:My father-in-law: “that'll help the next time you get in a hockey […]
Comedy Central in the US won't allow Canadians to watch their clips so if you want to be legal, you have to watch The Comedy Network version of this clip that is viewable by Canadians…or, like everything else, you can just watch it on YouTube. Great system there, guys. Way to go!
And you thought there were a lot of book challenges around the world already! Funny stuff…
