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The Mighty Sucks

Five Things That Will Probably Happen When I Play With My Old Rec Hockey Team For The First Time in Seven Years Tonight1. I will very likely puke after my first shift.2. I will likely suffer an injury of some sort, probably to my groin.3. I will need a wheelchair to get around at work […]

The On To Ottawa Trek – Jason's Version

Exciting news!  I've been asked to attend the Canadian Library Human Resources Summit in Ottawa on October 6-7.  It's sort of short notice but an all-expenses trip paid to Ottawa so who am I to complain?  Here's the blurb I was sent which explains a bit more about what the summit is and how it […]

Patriotic Drunk Rednecks

Something like 15% of American citizens believe Barack Obama is Muslim.  Including the woman in this video.  But I'm not posting this clip to make fun of her.  I mean, the woman does say she's a Hillary supporter!  (Okay, maybe I'm making a bit of fun. )At any rate, even when it has nothing to […]

Google Newspaper Archive

Yet another groundbreaking Google project was announced a month ago. I didn't blog about it at the time but I recently rediscovered it via the Vancouver Law Librarian blog which made me realise the full scope of this project already. So I thought I better pass it along. So Google's announcement that it will be […]

When Books Could Change Your Life

“A girl I once caught reading Fahrenheit 451 over my shoulder on the subway confessed: “You know, I'm an English lit major, but I've never loved any books like the ones I loved when I was 12 years old.” I fell slightly in love with her when she said that. It was so frank and […]

Friday Fun Link – Ms. South Carolina vs. Ms. (Congeniality) Alaska (Sept 27, 2008)

You may have seen the original viral video… But have you seen the Sarah Palin mash-up “highlighting” her recent interview with Katie Couric? And since we're on the topic (again – what is the strange fascination I have with this woman?) And one more. I mean, thank GOD that she's been blessed against witchcraft. She's […]

Lame Library Joke Told at the Investors Group Comedy Tour

My parents got invited to the Investors Group cross-Canada comedy tour stop in Regina tonight and invited Shea and I to join them. The second comedian, Tim Nutt, began his act this way… “Alright Regina! How y'all doing? Thursday night in Regina – must be exciting – let's go down to the nice theatre and […]

The Small Joys of Working For A Library

The other day, I was at our local mall and popped into the bookstore. On the shelf, I saw a new title called “The 100 Greatest Canadian Albums of All-Time”. This one caught my eye and was quickly in my hand as I turned to head for the cashier. But then I thought, “Twenty five […]

Thirst

This slideshow won a recent competition for “Best Slideshow” on Slideshare… THIRST View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: design crisis)

"All by myself, don't wanna be, all by myself, anymooorre!"

Shea's mom had a couple days off so Shea and Pace headed down to Weyburn on Sunday for a brief visit, returning tomorrow. It's been good timing as that's allowed me to pluck away on the new Mac for a couple days without interruption – I mean, I love Pace more than anything in the […]