Canuck Librarian recently posted that the Librarian Gear store is back in operation as well as listing a couple other places to get library-related swag. I'd also add CafePress to the list although I'm not sure how good of quality their stuff is – I've never ordered from them but have heard mixed reviews. Hmm, […]
I'm getting so many tabs open in Firefox that it's time for a patented Jason Hammond Link Dump. (That sounds awful. I should come up with a better name for it!)Er, here's the accumulated shit…“The Road” tops EW's list of 25 New Book ClassicsSkip the MBA program and get your personal MBA by reading these […]
This is a shot of Pace up to no good at the Weyburn Public Library after watching Weldon the Wacky Wizard, our summer reading tour performer.I have no idea how Shea (dark brown hair) and myself (medium brown hair) managed to have a kid with such blond hair. (Of course he was conceived somewhere around […]
You wonder, “Is it because the person asking thinks I'm the best person for the job or they just got the smell of fresh meat?”
A pretty revealing list comparing word counts for various topics on Wikipedia:Call of Duty WWII Video Game (13 069 words) vs. World War II (11 884 words) Pokemon (5 721) vs. Poker (1 857 words) Superman (10 641) vs. Human (10 385)…and wait until you see the final result – God vs. Knuckles (of Sonic […]
One of the smaller jobs I do in my position of Branch Supervisor is review the local library board minutes that are sent in by each of our 47 branches after every one of their meetings (which can be anywhere from 4-12 times per year depending on the size of the branch.) I have to […]
Friends of our have moved to Halifax for school and are keeping a blog to keep the folks back home updated on happenings in their life down east. This recent entry was particularly hilarious as was the following clip:
I was recently introduced to energy drinks by a friend who recommended them as a hangover cure. I haven't had a hangover for – how old is Pace now? – 13 months or so. (Er, not counting the post-SLA conference “Books to Beers” event at the Free House – that one hurt a bit. I […]
George Carlin died yesterday. Like most deaths, it was inevitable. It also fucking sucks. I got to see him live in 1995 at Bally's in Vegas when my parents offered to take my sister and I to Vegas for a family vacation the year I turned 21. (I was quite the little gambling addict when […]
