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Why Librarians Defend The Right To Watch Porn at the Library

This is a great article on an important topic but my short answer is this: “Beyond limits set by the existing laws of the land, no one should have right to tell anyone else what they can read/watch/listen to. Period.” To expand on this a bit… I’ve seen patrons watching things that are a lot […]

¶ Posted 14 December 2014 § Censorship § MemoryLane § Politics § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: freedomtoreadweek

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – @OfficialRPL Christmas Party (December 2009)

Hard to believe that this weekend will be the seventh RPL Christmas Party I’ve attended. Here’s some pics from one of the first ones I attended back in 2009… Pace and his daddy in one of my favourite ever pictures of the two of us… The assembled kids and parents watching a magician perform […]

¶ Posted 11 December 2014 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Work § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, holiday

“Management By Blurt”

I’m always developing personal theories to explain the world as I experience it. One of my latest is the concept of “Management By Blurt”. What I mean by this is that I’ve increasingly noticed how many people have a very human tendency to “blurt” out an answer when questioned or pressed on an issue, whether our answer […]

¶ Posted 10 December 2014 § Jobs § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, orgdevl

What Book Publishers Can Learn From Luxury Brands

Here’s an interesting argument from the Globe & Mail that book publishers hurt themselves right out of the gate by allowing retailers to set the terms (discounts, merchandising, etc.) by which their books – even the high-demand latest releases – are sold. It goes on to say that publishers should act like luxury good brands […]

¶ Posted 09 November 2014 § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics

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 § Humour § 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 § Humour § Jobs § MemoryLane § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, philosophy

An Illustrated Talk With Maurice Sendak

¶ Posted 26 October 2014 § PopCulture § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, book, philosophy

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 […]