Category Archives: Meme

“A Mother’s Prayer” – by Tina Fey

And a father’s prayer too (especially that part about not lying with drummers)… 😉

10 Fun and/or Memorable and/or Unique Things To Do With Your New Baby

Take a photo of your new baby every day after they’re born Or you can take a photo of the baby every few months with a favourite doll Write a book for your new baby Write them a song (I won’t put audio of this one but the song I’ve sung to both Pace and […]

Who Do Our Kids Look More Like?

Recently rediscovered My Heritage’s “Look-A-Like” app where you can upload photos of different people and it will tell you who looks more like whom. (Usually you’d upload pictures of two parents and their child to see who the child resembles the most but we also experimented with comparing my aunt to my sister and I […]

Some of The Best Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) Chat Sessions of All-Time (And The Absolute Worst)

Reddit has a recurring feature where notable (and not-so-notable) people can show up for an AMA (Ask Me Anything) interactive chat session.  [2013-08-26 – Update: This probably isn’t too surprising but there’s some strong evidence that many celebrity AMA’s – including the Ethan Hawke one listed below – are actually done by a PR person, […]

Friday Fun Link – My Imaginary Well-Dressed Toddler Daughter

This Pinterest site takes photos of youngsters dressed in fashionable clothes and provides hilarious write-ups to narrate the life of Quinoa, the trendy perfect child of trendy perfect parents. Funny stuff. Everything went fine at Quinoa’s playdate with Booker until she realized that when he said he loved vinyl, he meant jackets not vintage records.

Poetic Variations

Google Poetics Book spine poetry  (Google Images) Invented Poetry Forms

Sometimes I Wish We’d Had Twins…

…like when I see a video like this:

Random Thoughts on 2013 #tedxregina #yqr (and My Hypothetical TED Talk Topics)

Went to TEDxRegina yesterday and honestly, my thoughts on the afternoon, with a couple exceptions, are pretty much the same as my thoughts on the inaugural one in 2012. Perhaps because I usually cherry-pick the best TEDTalks when watching online, both years I’ve gone in expecting all TEDx talks will be stellar too.  But honestly, […]

Getting Excited for @TEDxRegina #yqr

Went to TEDxRegina last year and am excited to be going again this year.  Plus, unlike last year when I went on my own time, this year my employer is funding me plus a few other colleagues to attend.  Yay! That is *exactly* what I was saying last year about how libraries need to ensure […]

Music Monday – “For here am I sitting in a tin can/Far above the world/Planet Earth is blue/And there’s nothing I can do”

Canadian astronaut, Col. Chris Hadfield’s final message from the International Space Station before returning to earth after five months in space is quite fitting (and has already gone viral like so much of the other content he’s provided.  One great example – a geography teacher at a Nova Scotia Community College created a cool Google Maps mash-up which […]