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Ten Random Thoughts From Our BC Trip

4400 km.  20 days.  9 stops.  3 provinces.  One really awesome trip!  And a super-long post to vent all the built-up thoughts after three weeks without blogging!Here are some random thoughts about our trip…1. “It’s the journey, not the destination”Shea’s a “destination” person and I’m a “journey” person and though neither is right or wrong, […]

Posted 06 July 2010 § Main Page § Pace § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (1) °

Ten Ways To Fix CLA

For anyone in the library community, you’re probably aware that CLA is going through some tough times financially and is looking at remedies – which means this year’s conference and AGM should be particularly interesting.I don’t know the full background and history of how they’ve arrived at this point but having seen numerous other member-based […]

Posted 01 June 2010 § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Top 40 Sites to Learn New Skills

I suspect there’s probably also an Internet site dedicated to teaching people how to make lists of other sites as a way to generate Google AdSense revenue.

Posted 26 May 2010 § Internet § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Betty White on SNL and Six Other Victories of the Internet That Influenced Pop Culture

Former Golden Girl and definitely not-the-typical Saturday Night Live host, Betty White actually *was* the host of last night’s show, mainly because of an Internet campaign that started on Facebook.  Here’s an article that details some other examples of Internet campaigns affecting pop culture. 

Posted 10 May 2010 § Humour § Internet § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – 10 World Changing Ideas (May 6, 2010)

I love lists like this – especially with this one having lots of Canadian content about radical world changing ideas. 

Posted 07 May 2010 § FridayFunLink § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

50 Best Book People to Follow on Twitter

Can you write a novel in 140 characters?  I bet these folks could!

Posted 14 April 2010 § Internet § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Ryan Meili Revisited (April 9, 2010)

Ryan Meili announced this morning that he’ll be running in Saskatoon-Sutherland in the next provincial election.  Jurist has details including a bit about the fact that this field will be a big one, just like Regina-Coronation Park, with four people seeking the nomination.  I thought this might be a prime opportunity to do a post […]

Posted 10 April 2010 § Main Page § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (4) °

FTRW 2010 – Music Monday – Ten Most Controversial Music Videos of All-Time

I know I could get my entire month’s worth of Freedom to Read Week Month “Music Monday” clips out of this list but I’ll post them as a group since that’s how I found them. 

Posted 09 February 2010 § Censorship § Main Page § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – What's the Dumbest Thing You've Ever Heard Somebody Say? (January 22, 2010)

Another very entertaining Ask.Reddit thread.  I heard a good one myself recently – one woman was talking to another woman and said “We’re not Catholic, we’re Christians.”  

Posted 23 January 2010 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

20 Best Books of the Decade

Yay – finally a best books list where I’ve actually read most of them!

Posted 22 January 2010 § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: