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Category Archives: Humour

Craft Beer’s Connection to Libraries

One of my favourite librarian colleagues, Tanya, recently appeared on the podcast of one of my favourite local craft breweries. Considering I used to organize a monthly librarian’s gathering called “Books to Beers”, I think this is the perfect combination! Tanya’s been my co-conspirator for a couple great beer and library-related adventures. When she first […]

¶ Posted 08 May 2019 § Library § MemoryLane § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – A Little Leprechaun Indeed! ;-)

Sasha recently presented us with this piece of artwork which required us to very delicately sit her down and have her talk us through some of her artistic choices. The blue hair, the dangly gold earrings, the check-mark smile and oh, by the way, what is that picture on the front of the shirt? “It’s […]

¶ Posted 04 May 2019 § Censorship § Family § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, language

Kevin Smith Reviews Avengers: Endgame

SPOILERS!

¶ Posted 01 May 2019 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: movies

Friday Fun Link – Online Apps as 80’s Gadgets

A designer reimagines how various popular web sites would look as 1980’s gadgets.

¶ Posted 26 April 2019 § FridayFunLink § Internet § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, facebook, google, twitter, youtube

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – How Did I Get Here? – #10 – Shea

Most couples meet through friends or dating sites or at church or the bar. The story of how Shea and I met is a bit more random. Her parents were at a funeral and happened to be talking to someone from my hometown. They mentioned their daughter was starting university in the fall and needed […]

¶ Posted 25 April 2019 § Family § List § MemoryLane § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: education, parents

Why Is Easter A Moving Target?

There’s an explanation why the date of Easter moves around but yeah, if it’s supposed to commemorate the day Jesus was resurrected, you’d think that would be not a lot of room for debate. Anyhow, I’ll put myself in the camp of people who prefer it in late April instead of March. Hoppy Easter!

¶ Posted 21 April 2019 § Meme § Randomness § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, history, holiday, xmas

Grit & Glory: Celebrating 40 Years of the Edmonton Oilers

I saw this book in my library today and had a good chuckle. I mean, the Oilers sucked for the first couple years of their existence, they sucked for the last decade plus and they have as many sub-.500% seasons as ones where they’ve won more than they’ve lost. So, at best, it’s maybe 20 […]