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>
Went to our family cottage at Katepwa Lake last night, one of the few places left on earth that doesn't have Internet connectivity apparently. I did have my laptop so after Pace went down for the night, here are some things I was able to do (or at least thought about doing)…– I've mentioned that […]
I had a conversation today that made me remember the internal debate many of us (including myself) go through when we first graduate – namely, do we hold out for a professional librarianship position or do we apply for whatever's available?I know there are people reading this who fall into both camps so I thought […]
I know Labour Day is about another type of struggle but I thought I'd take this pun-based opportunity to talk about how it's been to be a first-time father for the last three and a half months:– all other milestones (driver's license, graduations, marriage) pale in comparison to the one where your life changes from […]
This meme was going around awhile back but I never picked up on it. But apparently a couple days ago was “Blog Day” where……on August 31st, bloggers from all over the world will post recommendations of 5 new Blogs, preferably Blogs that are different from their own culture, point of view and attitude. On this […]
List of acquired tastes – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia(I'm proud to say that “cilantro” and “clamato” were two additions I made to the list although cilantro is still one I don't have a taste for – I think I have that enzyme thing where it tastes like rotted hell “an unpleasant soapy taste and/or rank […]
How Swearing Works BBC’s List of Most Offensive Words (in ranked order) Urban Dictionary – a user-created dictionary of slang including many offensive terms. Great for understanding the latest teen slang. The Great Internet Swearword Project – picking between two choices helps define the “best swear words in the world“. Learn To Swear in any […]
I didn't participate in the co-op program at FIMS for a variety of reasons: 1) I only wanted to be out of the workforce for a year so going straight through doing the “Suicide Five” was pretty much my only option 2) being older and a bit more established, I was able to access a […]
