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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: , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Words For That

Friday’s aren’t too fun when you’ve got four family members in various states of illness (and having two kids sick is a lot different experience than just one!) so here’s a quick link before hitting the hay (and hoping everybody can sleep through the night tonight!) Words For That

Posted 10 January 2014 § Family ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

First Lines From My First Blog Post of Each Month in 2013

This is always one of my favourite posts of the year for the uniquely random spin it puts on a “year in review” type post. .  Click on the month below if one of the “first lines” grabs your attention… January – “As he did in 2009, Ryan Meili is once again spearheading an extremely […]

Posted 30 December 2013 § Blog § Meme § MemoryLane § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) °

Christmas 2013: By The Numbers

I haven’t blogged for a few days as I got overwhelmed and busy with that “real life” thing as Shea’s folks and mine joined us from the 27th until the 29th to have a belated Christmas together.  Here are a few numbers from the past week… 0 – number of times I’ve left the house […]

Posted 29 December 2013 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 17 – God Is Love

Just kidding…he’s kind of an evil asshole:

Posted 17 December 2013 § Censorship § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Life Hacks: What’s Something I Can Learn Right Now in Ten Minutes That Will Be Useful for the Rest of My Life?

Various cool life hacks from Quora, Reddit, Buzzfeed, a whole Life Hacks web site  – plus a list of unethical life hacks, also from Reddit.                                                               (I’ll have […]

Posted 28 November 2013 § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: