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Parody Is Not An Infrigement of Copyright (Watch It While You Can)

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 […]

Posted 22 April 2010 § Censorship § Humour § Internet § Library § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

The Masks We Wear – Jeff McBride

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!

Posted 21 April 2010 § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – "I'm a losing lately gambler/But that's not all I've ever been/Cutting back your losses/Is just another way to win."

Posted 20 April 2010 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Libraries Offering Readers Ways to Avoid Fines

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 […]

Posted 19 April 2010 § Library ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap(s) – Up on the Roof

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 […]

Posted 18 April 2010 § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – America's Most Amazing Libraries (April 16, 2010)

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 […]

Posted 17 April 2010 § FridayFunLink § Library ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

On Being A Manager (Someday Maybe) and The Future of Work

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 […]

Posted 16 April 2010 § Internet § Jobs § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Ole ole ole!

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 […]

Posted 15 April 2010 § Politics § Saskatchewan § Sports ‡ 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 § List § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – "Fireflies and the stars in the sky/And the gently glowing eye from your cigarette"

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.) 

Posted 13 April 2010 § MusicMonday § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) °