…is probably not how you should describe the MLIS program to your mentee when you meet with her for the first time. Of course, I've just had it described to me that “Microsoft purposely buggers their code (figuratively and literally)” so I guess it's all a matter of context.
Not really but Gord Nickerson made a joke in class today about how he'd probably go home and read all about how he was the Worst Professor Ever on people's blogs so I thought I'd oblige him (with my post title anyhow.) I'm pretty sure there are other profs beside him in the Department who […]
It's not quite 3am (aka “bedtime”) so I'll do one more, based on a meme-thing I found on Kathleen's blog: 10 Favorites. —> Favorite Color: red. —> Favorite Food: pizza —> Favorite Band: Beatles —> Favorite Movie: lots but “Trainspotting” was the first to pop into my head —> Favorite Sport: to watch? Hockey —> […]
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Posted 10 May 2006
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Got the list of peer mentor assignments today and I'm going to be paired with first-termer Kathleen Crowley. I've got to say anybody who names their blog “Princess Cosine, The Cunning Linguist” is cool with me! (Maybe she'll change it to “Princess Collocation, The Depth-Indexing Librarian.” But that doesn't have the same ring to […]
Anybody watch Kenny v. Spenny on CBC? Great show. Here's my version – Shea v. Jay. (My wife is a cardiac nurse for anyone who doesn't know.) Shea: Has concerns about the noise of the students in the building affecting her ability to work the following day. Jay: Is usually one of the students causing […]
I've gotten so many e-mail forwards in the past few days about how I should wear red on Fridays to support the Canadian troops in Afghanistan, how the liberal media isn't telling the truth about how Canadians really feel about the situation, how it's the right decision that President Harper imposes a media ban on […]
…is that she lets her fans decide how much and when they want to pay for downloading her music. How cool and progressive (and Canadian) is that? This is in contrast to the Red Hot Chili Peppers who issued some lower case poetry to expression their concern that fans may download an inferior sounding digital […]
My Five Favourite Nationalistic Holidays 1. Robbie Burns Day 2. St. Patrick's Day 3. Cinco De Mayo 4. St. George's Day (tied with Guy Fawkes Day) 5. Not really an “ethnic” holiday but I always thought the February “Family Day” in Alberta was a good idea. Canada needs a couple more national statutory holidays to […]
Pitcher of Molson Special Dry in the city where it was invented – $9.99 Plate of poutine the bar's kitchen re-opened to make just for you – $4.99 Watching Calgary Flames Playoff hockey in a sports bar in Montreal's Gay Village – priceless (This blog entry courtesy of Shea who thought it was a pretty […]
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Posted 02 May 2006
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Way back in College 1.0, I wrote a satirical essay in one of my writing classes which I think is appropriate at this time as I sit in a Montreal hostel, looking through the books on the history of the city. At the time I wrote this essay, it was a few months after I'd […]
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Posted 02 May 2006
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