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My Book Themed Interview

I saw an interview with author, Joshua Ferris, in a recent Entertainment Weekly and thought the series of book-themed questions they asked would be fun to answer for myself… Your Favourite Book As a Child “Child” usually means someone quite young  but honestly, the first book to come to mind when I read this question […]

Posted 25 May 2014 § Library § Meme § MemoryLane § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Sports § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

The Stanley Cup playoffs are heating up but it’s still the off season for some teams.  The official Twitter accounts of the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Tampa Bay Lightning engaged in what is perhaps the world’s first game of Twitter Tac Toe! “Dad Jokes” are shorthand for lame jokes that inevitably get groans from […]

Posted 20 May 2014 § Family § Humour § Infographic § PopCulture § Randomness § Sports § Travel § UK § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

A Few Reasons I Hate Computers Right Now

I consider myself pretty computer savvy but occasionally there are weird glitchy things that happen in the world of computers, technology and online services that I either can’t figure out (or if I can find a quick workaround, I realize it’s just as easy to use the workaround as spend a lot of time trying […]

Posted 18 May 2014 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Calgary Stampede Debuts 66 New Midway Foods From Great to Gross

Red velvet mini donuts.  Chocolate dipped cookie dough.  Deep fried butter.  Scorpion pizza. One of these things is *not* like the other! 😉

Posted 02 May 2014 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – The Most Famous Book Set In Each of the 50 States

Earlier this week, I posted an infographic of the most famous brand from each US state. Soon after, I came across a similar graphic which features (arguably) the most famous book set in every state…

Posted 25 April 2014 § FridayFunLink § Infographic § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

The Corporate States of America

Here’s an interesting map of the best known brand from each American state (with a handy list of all the brands-by-state so you can see the smaller states that are harder to make out on the map)…

Posted 22 April 2014 § Infographic § Jobs § United States ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

“10 Actors That Should Be Cast As Authors” and “Readers Match Their Bodies To Book Covers”

A couple fun book related posts I recently came across – 10 Actors That Should Be Cast As Authors and Readers Match Their Bodies to Books

Posted 15 April 2014 § Humour § Library § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

What Fact Do You Accept Intellectually Even Though It Still Feels “Wrong” To You?

Lots of cool answers in this AskReddit question… There are perfectly nice, reasonable, intelligent people who disagree with my political opinions. You can get from North Korea to Finland by going through one country. That if you don’t have a kid, you’re the first one since your ancestral line started [edit: not just human line […]

Posted 10 April 2014 § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Ten Random Thoughts

Not sure if the anti-bullying Pink Shirt Day worked for Pace.  He called me a “stupid noob” when I got home then gave me a double shot to the stomach! Time to cut back on the Minecraft I guess… 😉 Talking to people who don’t live in Libraryland often makes me realise that librarians are […]

Posted 09 April 2014 § Baby § Family § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § Pace § PopCulture § Randomness § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – 43 of the Happiest Little Kids in the World

Okay, 43 plus a couple more…

Posted 04 April 2014 § Family § FridayFunLink § Humour § Pace § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: