Five Things Grandpa Peet and I Talked About During Pretty Much Every Conversation We Ever Had1. The Stock Market2. The Price of Oil 3. The Blue Jays4. The Weather5. The Stock MarketI was honoured to give the eulogy at Grandpa Peet’s funeral this year, him having passed away only a week after Pace was born. […]
With the Canadian dollar at par with the USD for the first time in thirty years, Shea and I (oh, and Pace too! He gets to claim his $400 worth of goods for being out of the country for 48 hours just like anybody) decided to join the hordes of Canadians making the pilgrimage to […]
Librarian Chick provides an exhaustive list of online resources for students and librarians in the academic environment – from audio books to test taking and everything in between. She also has a Learning Center that lets you search for free educational information, sites, games and software online. Finally, to complete the trifecta of excellent resources, […]
One of the big ways that librarians amuse themselves is debating whether to call the people who come into their buildings “patrons”, “clients” or “customers”. (I wish I was joking about this. I'm not.) I happen to be firmly in the “patron” camp but do recognize that each term does have reasons why librarians choose […]
Would you work for this library? I would in a heartbeat. (See the end of the post for the Internet company I cribbed this hiring manifesto from. I've re-worded it so it sounds like a library wrote it.)Our Library delights peopleIt is satisfying to work at a company that people love. When you wear Library […]
Sometimes it boggles my mind how much is available on YouTube. I've taken full advantage by posting all kinds of clips on this blog (er, but watch them before the copyreich people get them taken down.)Up until now, I've sort of limited myself to posting one clip per entry (I think the most I ever […]
Reading History Backwards – a blogger decides to read history, one year at a time, starting with the current year and working his way back by reading the one defining book of each year's major news event. This column covers the 1990's. Books Toolbox – 50+ great sites for book lovers Top 10 Wikipedia Tricks
Today marks the six month anniversary of me starting at Southeast Regional Library. It's hard to believe how time is flying – I think any job tends to go faster, the longer you're there and the more comfortable you get but this one, mixed with the new baby which also helps to make time pretty […]
An annual survey provides a snapshot of the world of library bloggers. I don't think I filled this out when the call for responses went out so here are my responses:1. Male2. 31-40 years old3. Western Canada (survey methodology – she lists “Eastern, Western and Middle of” as choices for Canada. I know there are […]
Top 10 Jeopardy Mishaps (with all kinds of YouTubey goodness)The title of the post I link to is “Top 10 Jeopardy Mishaps” but they're really the “Top 10 Jeopardy Moments”. </pedant>
