So I haven’t paid too much attention to the Scottish Independence referendum (I think my first real glimmer of awareness is when Ryan Meili picked “Better Together” as a campaign slogan a couple years ago and a team member pointed out we’d be working with the “No” side in the Scottish referendum in the world […]
Originally published in 2011, an article about an infamous photo of a man in mid-flight after jumping from the World Trade Centre also raises some interesting points n how much our world has changed since 2001 and raises some questions on how it might have been different had a similar disaster occurred in 2014? Would the […]
Heard the very sad news today that John Mann of Spirit of the West has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimers. Like many people who were college-aged in the 1990’s, Spirit of the West was basically a soundtrack to my life back then. When I went to England on exchange in 1995, the lyric I quoted in […]
Shea and I had a pretty expensive visit to Indian Head earlier this summer. We went to the splash park and happened to bump into some friends who were back from Calgary for a few days. In the course of talking to them, they told us they’d just bought a new rPod camper. We’d seen one […]
Wow – time flies. It’s already been one year since I moved out of RPL’s Central Library to try life in the branches. And overall, it’s been a great move – both for all the reasons I listed at the one month point in my tenure and more. Here’s a few highlights and lowlights from […]
Hard to believe Pace is in Grade Two already. As will probably become an annual tradition on the first day of school, I went back and watched the video I made of his first day in Kindergarten. I’ve always been somebody who loves taking pictures and videos and documenting things and that day, two short […]
Grantland has done a tournament-style bracket to allow users to pick the best SNL cast member of all-time. The voting is closed now but the ultimate winner is probably as uncontroversial as you could get with such a varied cast, storied history and iconic program. Who would my pick be? Maybe Mike Myers? Dana Carvey? […]
It wasn’t in service when I worked at Southeast Regional Library but one day coming back from a branch, I noticed this parked in the compound of a local auto wrecker and snapped a picture (and yes, briefly considered making an offer on it!) Man, how much of the public library’s history across North America […]
In my RIP Robin Williams post yesterday, I mentioned that I wrote an essay while a student in England about Williams’ role in “Good Morning Vietnam”. I don’t think I’ve posted any of my undergrad work on this blog ever but given yesterday’s events, now’s as good of time as any. Oh, and feel free to […]
Shocking news today that Robin Williams has died, apparently by suicide. Based on the way my Facebook feed lit up with the news, it’s a pretty safe bet that I’m not unique in thinking of him as one of my favourite actors. His range in both comedies and dramas was outstanding and his genuine humanity […]
