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Trump Gets NanChucked

Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer = Nanchuck (credit to Don Lemon on CNN for that) and this video is beyond fascinating – that Trump invited the media to watch the discussion, that Nancy Pelosi fact-checks Trump to his face repeatedly, the absolute silence of Mike Pence, the body language of everyone involved, and, most insanely, […]

¶ Posted 12 December 2018 § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, unitedstates

Some Thoughts on the Changing Nature of Intellectual Freedom In Librarianship (Maybe?), The “Neutrality” Thing, and How I Sometimes Feel Like My Grandpa Missing The Boat on Elvis

So I recently got tagged on Twitter by a librarian colleague in Saskatoon (who is both a Mover and a Shaker!) asking if I (and a few other online librarian-types) had any thoughts on the changing view of intellectual freedom within the profession, especially in light of wider changes in society which I took to […]

¶ Posted 09 December 2018 § Censorship § Library § LibrarySchool § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, freedomtoreadweek, language, philosophy

Friday Fun Link – Eric Bischoff TEDx Talk on the Similarity Between Pro Wrestling and Today’s News Media

Following up on my post earlier this week about the death of the Dynamite Kid, here’s another wrestling related one… Eric Bischoff started as an announcer in the old AWA then worked his way up until he was head of WCW when it came close to knocking off WWE as the dominant wrestling promotion in the […]

¶ Posted 07 December 2018 § FridayFunLink § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, television, unitedstates

Massive Ice Storm Hits Saskatchewan #skoutage

Pretty crazy day. The power was out from around 9am until early afternoon or even later across most of the southern half of the province. Most businesses, schools and other organizations (including the library) closed down (except for a couple branches that had power) for the day. Makes you appreciate that this is not a […]

¶ Posted 04 December 2018 § Library § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan, weather

Every Stan Lee Cameo Ever

It’s not surprising when you learn that a 95-year old real-life superhero has passed away but it’s still sad. Millions of kids (including me) were influenced by Stan Lee over the years – in making us into readers, in making us think about good and evil, in making us into dreamers – but in his […]