Category Archives: Humour

Your Next NDP Candidate in the Souris-Moose Mountain Constituency Is…

A couple months ago, I wrote about how I attended the local NDP association's AGM with Shea's uncle who's big with the NDP (he ran in the 2000 Federal election) during a visit to Weyburn.  During the meeting, one old-timer had leaned over and asked if I might be interested in running.  I told him […]

A Response to Rory Litwin Re: Librarian Stereotypes

A librarian at LPL named Kevin Moore started a Facebook group called “No, I don't look like a librarian” and a few people uploaded humourous pictures of themselves in various “non-librarian” activities to illustrate the point.  Rory Litwin, on his blog, Library Juice, posted this in response:Yes, you do look like a librarian!Regarding the Facebook […]

Why You're Not Getting Anything Done…

Here's something for everbody back at FIMS as the semester comes to a close… (via Reddit)

Tommy Douglas on Librarians

One of the books I've got on the go right now is an oral history of Tommy Douglas called “Touched By Tommy: Stories of Hope and Humour About Canada's Most Loved Political Leader, T.C. Douglas”I thought this anecdote about librarians was funny:“Everyone was saying nice things about John Archer.  He was leaving the Legislative Library […]

The Twelve Types of Library School Students

This is a post I started near the end of library school and meant to post during my furious last week of longish, library school-related entries.  But I never got it finished so I thought it would make a good 500th post for this blog instead.  Yep, I’ve been at it just over a year […]

Today Is "Computer Shutdown Day"

So if you're reading this on Saturday March 24, 2007, you lose!  Or something.  Of course, it's after midnight on Friday March 23, 2007 so technically, I'm not participating properly either.  Of course, I'm too much of an addict rebel to go along with any set day like this anyhow.  Actually, that's not so far […]

First Pre-Natal Class Tonight

The woman who teaches the course, Sally Elliott, gets raves from everybody we talk to so I'm pretty excited.  Plus I'll find out if reading “The Poo Bomb” is sufficient preparation for having a child. 

Finally…Proof the Stereotype Is True!

The Impact of Having a Librarian Doing Your Reader's Advisory…

Bush's wife is a librarian for anybody who doesn't know.  (Now if she could just teach him to pronounce “eclectic”…)Oh, and I'm tagging this with “humour” but really, it's about as far from funny as it gets.  I think it was better when Bush admitted that all he read was Sports Illustrated and summaries of […]

Myths of the Developing World

“With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, Hans Rosling debunks a few myths about the “developing” world. Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden’s world-renowned Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a non-profit that brings vital global data to life. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 20:35) – More TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com” […]