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Category Archives: MemoryLane

Over Ten Years Later…

…it’s crazy that people in library school are still reading my blog for fun and profit. (The question below was posted on a FB page for FIMS students/alum, another alum tagged me but before I could even dig around too much to look for the post this person wanted, another student chimed in with a […]

Posted 12 September 2017 § Blog § LibrarySchool § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “I spent my days working, spent my nights drinking, howling at the moon/Screaming for the days when you were coming back, no couldn’t come too soon/Couldn’t come too soon”

Another thing that made our summer so amazing was the non-stop music… …that we played from morning to night (okay, Shea’s not as big of a music fan as I am and occasionally asked for some peace and quiet to read her book!) Above is a graph of how many individual songs I played each […]

Posted 11 September 2017 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad § Saskatchewan § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,

10 Reasons Why Taking A Seasonal Camp Site Led To Me Having One of the Best Summers of My Life!

It could’ve easily gone the other way. If we’d had a rainy summer, if we had neighbours who played loud rap until all hours of the morning (nothing against rap – just not my idea of campground music), if we hadn’t been able to get out to our site as much as we did, if […]

Posted 10 September 2017 § List § Pace § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § Travel § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Bridge Between Katepwa and Mission Lakes (Aug 30, 2009)

I’ve always liked this photo taken from a boat in the channel between Katepwa and Mission Lakes in the Qu’Appelle Valley. Not bad for an iPhone 3G camera…  

Posted 07 September 2017 § Photo § Saskatchewan § Technology § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “All summer long we’ve both been free/Won’t be long til summer time is through/Summer time is through”

One of the most poignant episodes of The Simpsons is “Season of 4 ft 2” which tells the story of the Simpsons family taking a summer vacation to the lake. Lisa, who’s usually an outcast nerd, ends up befriending a group of cool kids while Bart, who normally has a large circle of friends, is […]

Posted 04 September 2017 § Family § MusicMonday § Pace § PopCulture § Sad § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Saturday Snap – Autumn Falls

Fun to play in but fallen leaves are also a sad reminder the summer’s coming to an end. 🙁

Posted 02 September 2017 § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – People Share Their Favourite Work Email Snark Phrases

I admit to both sending and receiving many of these over the years. 🙂

Posted 01 September 2017 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Jobs § Meme § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – FIMS MLIS Student Council (December 2006)

I find it pretty funny that, as someone who was frequently a motivationally-challenged student, I ended up being the Academic Rep on two different student councils – both during undergrad at Luther College in Regina and later while doing my MLIS at Western in London, Ontario. But perhaps it’s similar to how I have often […]

Posted 31 August 2017 § Humour § LibrarySchool § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Books n’ Roses: Capsule Reviews of the Three GnR Autobiographies

One of the best and worst things about working in a public library is you’re always seeing books come across the desk that you’d like to read. That happened last summer when a patron returned the three autobiographies that have been written by founding members of G n’ R (so far) – one by Slash, […]

Posted 30 August 2017 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Radicals and Racists/Don’t point your finger at me/I’m a small town white boy/Just tryin’ to make ends meet”

After the concert I saw last night, is there any doubt which band I’ll feature for Music Monday? But which song? There are lots to choose from – big hits, underrated gems, personal favourites – but given my interest in Freedom of Expression as well as the band’s reputation in general, how about possibly G […]

Posted 28 August 2017 § Censorship § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,