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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:

The Seven Main Plots in All of Literature

An oldie but a goodie from libraryland's own Jessamyn West, here's a list of the seven core plots in literature I found via a recent Reddit post.  I remember learning a version of this list in grade nine English that only had four items (which I've put in bold below) but always trying to prove […]

Posted 21 January 2010 § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Random Pace Cuteness – Hockey Bug Edition

I mentioned yesterday that after taking Pace to his first Pat's game, it seemed like he may have gotten bitten by the hockey bug.  Today has already confirmed it.  From demanding his “hockey shirt” (jersey) the moment he woke up to playing ball hockey in the living room non-stop throughout the day, I think we've […]

Posted 18 January 2010 § Main Page § Pace § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

A Few Random Book Lists

“What Three Books Should You Read To Better Understand Humanity?”  (via Reddit)“What's the Most Eye-Opening Non-Fiction Book You've Ever Read?” (via Reddit)And if fiction is more to your taste, why not check out this list of “Best Books of the Decade” by Corey Redekop, my library school colleague who's also a book reviewer and published […]

Posted 11 January 2010 § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: