I wrote about this meme before. Turns out that a couple years after these parodies gave their German-language art house film some international attention, the people who made the movie have decided that the single scene used for all these parodies is an “infringement” of their work. Well, they say that dinosaurs had small brains […]
My mom and dad had tickets to a magic show featuring Jeff McBride, courtesy their Investors Group rep so invited Shea and I along. Not your typical Tuesday night in Regina!
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Posted 21 April 2010
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Here's an article from MSNBC on different libraries' approaches to reducing or eliminating fines including things like amnesty days (which I'd heard of) and “read it off” programs (which I hadn't) to even a “bike it off” program (which I couldn't even have conceived of!) I'm sure I've written about how my first job out […]
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Posted 19 April 2010
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Regina had a wicked wind storm about a week ago and we lost a piece of the fascia on the front of our house. My folks were in today to help us fix the damage. Here are a couple snaps from the day… Dad shares an old electrician's trick that helps you protect the house […]
Our friends in the US are celebrating National Library Week which leads to awesome posts like this one from HuffPo on that country's most amazing libraries.Of course the news isn't all good south of the border (check out the fourth or fifth comment down from MJinCanada!), especially right now. The troubles for US libraries really […]
In my interview for my first librarian job, I was asked that all-time favourite interview question, “Where do you see yourself going in ten years?” I replied “I'd like to be a director someday” but to this day, I honestly don't know how much of that answer was me being honest and how much was […]
Just in time for Regina's mini-World Cup soccer tournament, the WCP Cup, Jaime Garcia has added some information to his web site targeted specifically at Regina's soccer community. Jaime has a long history of involvement with Regina's soccer community and is still actively involved as a player and a coach. So in a riding where […]
Can you write a novel in 140 characters? I bet these folks could!
I could easily do 52 weeks of Music Monday posts featuring only catchy power-pop Britpop songs circa 1995. (I do admit – this is one crappy video though – looks like a Red Hot Chili Peppers outtake. You can check out the US video for the song to see which you prefer.)
