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Music Monday – “Well they walked that day/The next/And the next/And the water it ran out one by one/Ay mijitos/They looked like dried leaves/Scattered in the sun”

“Migrants” – Sam Baker One of the best managers I’ve known (at least measured by how many quotes of theirs I regularly regurgitate) once said something to this effect: One important thing to remember – those rules, policies, guidelines we have?  They’re all just words on paper.  They’re arbitrary.  And they can be changed completely […]

Posted 18 June 2018 § MusicMonday § Politics § PopCulture § Travel § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Drag Queen Storytime @officialrpl #yqr

This idea is increasingly common in other public libraries across Canada but it’s very cool that that Regent Place where I work was the first public library branch in Regina to offer a Drag Queen Storytime as part of the Pride Festival. The idea isn’t without controversy in some circles but I was pleasantly surprised that the vast […]

Posted 15 June 2018 § FridayFunLink § Library § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

#yqr Toilet A Top Tourist Attraction

There was a time, shortly after I graduated from my MLIS program, where I seriously thought about putting together a presentation about the importance of the public washrooms in libraries – from making the entire library as a welcoming space for the widest variety of people to being a great way to promote programs to […]

Posted 13 June 2018 § Humour § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Randomness § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – My Only Ontario Vote (November 2006) #ElectionDay #OntarioVotes2018 #onpooli

With the Ontario provincial election happening today, I’m reminded of the time I unexpectedly got to vote in that province. It was while I was at Western completing my Master’s of Library Science degree and it happened during a federal byelection in London North-Centre which featured Elizabeth May parachuting in to try to win the […]

Posted 07 June 2018 § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Politics § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Doug Ford or Donald Ford?

Godspeed Ontario!

Posted 06 June 2018 § Humour § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Six Generations in One Picture

I think our family on my paternal grandmother’s side had five generations alive at one point but I can’t imagine six generations on the planet at one time (or even seven which the article says is the world record but with no photographic proof!)

Posted 01 June 2018 § Canada § Family § FridayFunLink ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

“That’s why everyone who works retail doesn’t tell you to go fuck yourself.”

(h/t DC on FB)

Posted 31 May 2018 § Censorship § Humour § Meme § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Roseanne’s Plan To Bump Cosby (1989 vs. 2018 Versions)

It’s 1989 all over again with Roseanne Barr stealing headlines from Bill Cosby…

Posted 30 May 2018 § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link(s) – Game of Scones: The Royal Wedding That Once Upon A Time Might Never Have Been Allowed

Metafilter has tons of links, trivia and commentary about tonight’s (tomorrow’s?) Royal Wedding. If you read nothing else, you should check out the NYT FAQ for sure!

Posted 18 May 2018 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Randomness § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Myth America

(h/t to JB on FB)

Posted 09 May 2018 § Infographic § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,