I've posted a survey of the “Best of London” on the message board that Lauralee Gilmour set-up. I'd encourage everybody who reads this who is (or was) in London to sign up for an account on that message board and fill it out. It would be great to have a collected wisdom about the best […]
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Posted 08 June 2006
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My fellow blogger and former co-worker, Cenobyte sent me this: Why I Hate Personal Weblogs Here's an excerpt the author of this article suggested that bloggers should post at least once a month:Statement of Audience I realize that nothing I say matters to anyone else on the entire planet. My opinions are useless and unfocused. […]
That last post was apparently my 100th post since starting this blog in February. Help yourself to a slice of virtual cake with everybody else at the party…
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Posted 07 June 2006
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Just a couple shots from our KidLit class trip to Toronto last Friday. I don't know how the picture of JK Rowling's signature at the Osbourne Collection got on my digital camera because you're not allowed to take photos there! And a bonus image: the best use for an air conditioner…
So all of the header graphics on every sub-page in this blog have been broken since Day One and I couldn't figure it out (true, I did't spend a lot of time on it, preferring to think “Okay, when I have time at the break, I'll take care of this and a few other lingering […]
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Posted 05 June 2006
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Roy Romanow (wouldn't a federal NDP leadership look good on him?) has an article in the latest issue of The Walrus about the history of Canada and where our nation is now: The Walrus Magazine | A House Half Built
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Posted 05 June 2006
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Reading about the recent arrests of 17 men who were allegedly plotting terrorist attacks in Southwest Ontario, this brief line by RCMP assistant commissioner Mike McDonell at the end of the article caught my eye: “They can be inspired through the use of the Internet, though library, through books and through their own proselytizing to […]
The Baby Name Wizard tracks names of babies born in the United States over the past 100 years allowing you to see trends for names as they come in and out of fashion. (Warning: Very addictive!)
Instead of taking a fifth class, I'm doing an independent study this summer on the relationship between book publishers and public libraries in Canada. Last night I finished the first section, a Literature Search of articles, books, web sites and other materials that dealt with this topic and as I talked about in an earlier […]
This Friday, our Children's Literature class is going on a field trip to Toronto. First, we're going to visit The Osborne Collection which is a public collection of rare children's books and which includes two other collections – the Lillian H. Smith Collection and the Canadiana Collection. The site features info about their current exhibit […]
