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The People in Your Neighbourhood

I’d been a patron of Regent Place library in Regina long before I ever applied for library school, let alone before I applied to be the Branch Head there. So when I went in for the interview, I laid it on pretty thick about how I was involved in the community, how my son went to […]

¶ Posted 15 March 2017 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Saskatchewan § Shea § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, saskatchewan

FTRW 2017 – Day Seven – Tits

¶ Posted 04 March 2017 § Censorship § Humour § LibrarySchool § PopCulture § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, freedomtoreadweek, language

FTRW 2017 – Day Six – Motherfucker

¶ Posted 03 March 2017 § Censorship § Humour § LibrarySchool § PopCulture § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, freedomtoreadweek, language

FTRW 2017 – Day Five – Cocksucker

¶ Posted 02 March 2017 § Censorship § Humour § LibrarySchool § PopCulture § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, freedomtoreadweek, language

FTRW 2017 – Day Four – Cunt

¶ Posted 01 March 2017 § Censorship § Humour § LibrarySchool § PopCulture § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, freedomtoreadweek, language

FTRW 2017 – Day Three – Fuck

¶ Posted 28 February 2017 § Censorship § Humour § LibrarySchool § PopCulture § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, freedomtoreadweek, language

FTRW 2017 – Day Two – Piss

¶ Posted 27 February 2017 § Censorship § Humour § LibrarySchool § PopCulture § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, freedomtoreadweek, language

FTRW 2017 – Day One – Shit

George Carlin is basically the patron saint of Freedom to Read Week as far as I’m concerned. I’m technically in Mexico right now but due to the magic of time-delayed posts, I’ll use his “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television” as inspiration for this week’s posts.

¶ Posted 26 February 2017 § Censorship § Humour § LibrarySchool § PopCulture § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, freedomtoreadweek, language

Forget 1984: These Five Dystopias Better Reflect Trump’s USA

With the almost unbelievable events in the US since Trump was elected, George Orwell’s classic novel, originally released in 1949, which details a dystopian future society where the government spies on, controls and lies to its citizens, has hit the top of the Amazon bestseller list. But there are other books that even better capture the dread and doom […]

¶ Posted 31 January 2017 § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, freedomtoreadweek, history, language, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – Politics By Profession

This site breaks down the political preferences of different professions. No surprise to see that librarians tend to be very liberal leaning. (I heard a good line recently – someone observed: “What’s the easiest way to tell if someone’s a liberal or a conservative? Ask them if they’ve read a book in the past year.” […]