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Category Archives: Humour

Friday Fun Link – Book With No Pictures

One of those “Why didn’t I think of that ?” ideas. So clever…

Posted 07 November 2014 § FridayFunLink § Library § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Myers-Briggs and Other Personality Tests as Junk Science

I’ve posted about the Myers-Briggs test on this blog before and I’ve referenced it occasionally when talking about my own personality or the personality of others. But the more I read about Myers-Briggs and other similar personality tests, the more I’ve come around to thinking of them like I think of handwriting analysis – a fun parlour […]

Posted 05 November 2014 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Come on mamma/Come on and open up your shirt/Yeah you’ve got the goods mamma/Give the little boy a squirt.”

“Rufus Is A Tit Man” – Loudon Wainwright III

Posted 03 November 2014 § MusicMonday § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Sasha Tries Pop Rocks For the First Time

I don’t think she knows what to think…

Posted 31 October 2014 § Family § FridayFunLink § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Halloween Costume Surprise

Pace was dressing as Batman for Halloween a couple years ago. I’d thought about buying the obvious costume to surprise him but pre-made costumes are expensive these days and it felt like a lot of money to buy for a one-off surprise.  At the same time, how many times to you get to be the sidekick to […]

Posted 30 October 2014 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § PopCulture § Sad § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Look Mom, No Hands!

Posted 25 October 2014 § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

What Do Garden Fresh Carrots Have To Do With Working In A Public Library?

As part of the interview process for a Public Service Manager position at RPL, candidates are asked to do a presentation on “The Future of Public Libraries” to some of the librarians already working in the organization. I was able to attend one such presentation today and since we had a few minutes after the […]

Posted 22 October 2014 § Library § MemoryLane § Randomness § Sad § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

Doing Pregnancy Announcements The Right Way

These announcements are hilarious…

Posted 07 October 2014 § Baby § Family § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – Pace: 2, Team Yellow: 1

Although he enjoys swimming, gymnastics, diving and other similar sports, Pace has never shown much interest in team sports. But we keep trying… Our local community centre has a “Give It A Try” program where kids can try different activities every Friday night – broomball, yoga, floor hockey, ju-jit-su and possibly others as well. Friday […]

Posted 04 October 2014 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sports § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Only in the Prairies (Record High and Record Low, Same Day, One Year Apart)

This graphic showed up on Reddit as a perfect snapshot of what you can expect in Alberta – a record high and record low only one year apart.  (It showed up earlier this week and I didn’t bookmark it but assume it was a shot from around this time of the year – late September […]

Posted 03 October 2014 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Infographic § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,