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Sasha vs. Pace At The (Almost) One Year Mark

Pace didn’t leave our sight for the first year of his life. Shea found me in the garage a day after we brought Sasha home.  “Uhm, where did you leave the baby?”  (She was in her crib sleeping.) Pace only ate healthy, nutritious, homemade food. When Sasha finds crumbs or dropped Cheerios on the ground, […]

Posted 11 March 2014 § Baby § Humour § Pace § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Reddit’s Top 10 Most Saved Comments

Today, Reddit had an official blog post about their “Gold” program where you can either buy an annual membership or “gild” someone with gold for one-off comments and now posts.  Gold members (like myself) get added benefits on the site including the ability to save comments and as part of their blog post, they listed […]

Posted 04 March 2014 § Internet § Meme § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

The Milestones of Your Little Rocket Scientist

(Via Stephen’s Lighthouse)

Posted 27 February 2014 § Baby § Infographic § Pace § Sasha § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Some Ways Public Libraries Should Be Like Apple Stores (and One Way They Shouldn’t)

Back from a week in Edmonton (well, “a week in the West Edmonton Mall” would be more accurate!) During the week, I took advantage of being in a city with an Apple Store to visit the Genius Bar and get some help with a few different questions I had about my laptop and iPhone. (Unfortunately, […]

Posted 23 February 2014 § Library § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

10 Reasons Canada Has Already Won The Sochi Olympics

A great list from Buzzfeed summarizing some of many Canada’s successes – in competition and beyond – at the Winter Olympics.

Posted 12 February 2014 § Canada § Meme § PopCulture § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Good Luck in the Super Bowl @jonryan9 #yqr #sb48

Saskatchewan’s been buzzing for the last couple weeks after the Seattle Seahawks qualified to go the Super Bowl against the Denver Broncos. Usually Saskatchewan football fans are focused on a team wearing a different shade of green and the NFL isn’t as popular as the Canadian Football League for most people. But this game has special […]

Posted 02 February 2014 § Canada § Humour § Politics § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Sports § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

The Greatest Software Misuses

Quora has a great question about the best software mis-uses that people have seen. Because my family members read this blog, I won’t mention some that I’ve seen personally (ahem, Googling for a common web site instead of just typing it in the URL bar.  You know who you are!) but I will highlight a […]

Posted 28 January 2014 § Family § Humour § Internet § Shea § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

A Day in the Life of a Branch Librarian

About once a week I work a 10-6 shift instead of a more typical 9-5 one.  With one staff member on holidays and one having called in sick, today happened to be particularly busy day starting as soon as I arrived, an hour later than usual. So I thought I’d do a list of a […]

Posted 21 January 2014 § Library § Saskatchewan § Technology § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

16 Fancy Literary Techniques Demonstrated By Disney

Just what the post’s title says.

Posted 19 January 2014 § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

About That Future…

Man, we live in amazing times… 50 Things We Know Now That We Didn’t Know This Time Last Year 10 Best Gadgets at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show The Future of Technology (Infographic) A Day with Google Glass… …and for a reminder of how far we’ve come…  10 Most Influential Software Packages of All-Time

Posted 12 January 2014 § Infographic § Internet § PopCulture § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,