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Saturday Snap – The Beauty of SILS

One of the great advantages of being in a province-wide system now is that there is a much greater chance that a patron can find a book they’re looking for, even if it’s a bit more obscure or was published a long time ago. I recently had this experience myself when I was looking through […]

¶ Posted 16 October 2010 § Library § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, saskatchewan

Some Thoughts on “One Day” by David Nicholls

Stealing an idea from yesterday’s list, I want to talk a bit more about the book “One Day” by David Nicholls since I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it all day. Instead of doing a traditional book review though, I thought I’d do a list (big surprise there!) of some of the reasons […]

¶ Posted 06 October 2010 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book

High School Reunions (& Other Marathons)

Two fairly diverse things converged this weekend to inspire this post. Out of the blue, I got a Facebook message from a high school classmate saying a couple people are starting to talk about our twenty year high school reunion next year. She asked if I’d mind setting up a Facebook group where people could […]

¶ Posted 12 September 2010 § ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: history, rant

2009 “End of the Year Questions” Meme: Ryan’s Run, I’m An Emerging Library Technology Expert, “Break A Leg” Only Works in Theatres, Not Hockey Rinks

I did this in 2006, 2007 and 2008 so once again, here’s a quick summary of my 2009 in meme form: What did you do this year that you’d never done before? After always being an armchair observer, I got really involved in politics via the Ryan Meili campaign for the leadership of the provincial NDP. There […]

¶ Posted 31 December 2009 § Meme ‡ Comments (4) °

2007 “End of the Year Questions” Meme: My First Child Is Born and My Last Grandparent Dies

I did this last year and found it a good way to sum up my year so I thought I’d do it again today as 2007 comes to a close. What did you do this year that you’d never done before? Became a father! Did anyone close to you give birth? Well, my wife for starters! […]

¶ Posted 31 December 2007 § Meme ‡ Comments (0) °

2006 “End of Year Questions” Meme: A Blog Is Born, A Year in Ontario, and I’m A Librarian!

What did you do this year that you’d never done before? Got somebody pregnant! (Funny how you go your whole life trying to avoid that scenario and then, just like that, it’s the objective.) Did anyone close to you give birth? My sister had a baby girl named Emmerson Raye. Did anyone close to […]