Category Archives: List

Minority Opinion

A couple recent posts talking about extended breastfeeding got me thinking about the many minority opinions and beliefs I hold.  Here's what I came up with…1. Extended Breastfeeding – Not even 20% of Canadian babies make it to nine months let alone past a year (or two!)2. Atheism – anywhere between 16-30% of the population […]

Friday Fun Link – Best of Bookstore Bingo: 13 Most Ridiculous Things Overheard in Bookstores (July 23, 2010)

Bookstore Bingo is apparently a new trend on Twitter where people post some of the silliest things they overhear at bookstores (and libraries?)  HuffPost has collected some of the best ones.

A Few (More) Random Book Lists

Most Anticipated Books of Summer & Fall 2010 What's A Great Book For Somebody Trying To Figure Out What To Do With Their Life?Please Recommend History/Science Books Similar to “Cosmos” or “Guns, Germs and Steel”Books That Will Induce A Mind Fuck

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, […]

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 […]

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.

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. 

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. 

50 Best Book People to Follow on Twitter

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

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 […]