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Some Alternate Theories on What Happened in Hawaii

As a general rule, I’m not a conspiracy theorist as I often find the musings of people who are so inclined pretty illogical, far-fetched, and outlandish. But I also find them entertaining in a “Inspired by a True Story” kind of way. Plus, occasionally something happens that makes you wonder if you’re getting the full […]

¶ Posted 14 January 2018 § Jobs § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: reddit, unitedstates

Should @sask_ndp #skndpldr Voters Consider Who The Winner of The @saskparty Leadership Is When Casting Their Ballot? #skpoli #pickapremier

There are concurrent leadership races happening in each of Saskatchewan’s two major political parties but it often feels like the party’s leadership candidates are running in completely different worlds. And maybe they are – the Sask Party race has been focused heavily on rural issues, small businesses, and the ever-looming shadow of controversial social issues. […]

¶ Posted 07 January 2018 § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: economics, education, health, history

George Carlin Comments on Donald Trump vs. Kim Jong Un War of Words

Hint: it’s not really about words:

¶ Posted 03 January 2018 § Humour § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, language, unitedstates

A Couple Good Articles About Why You Should Give Up Social Media For The New Year

Because of how the timing worked out when I went back to university to complete my MLIS, I was fortunate enough to be able to join Facebook when it was still restricted only to people with educational institution email addresses. (That blog post is dated 2007 but how it’s written makes it pretty clear I […]

¶ Posted 02 January 2018 § Internet § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

“May Old Acquaintance Be Forgot”

Hopefully the new year will bring new leadership for the Sask NDP that will be able to build and grow the party in a way they couldn’t during the last leader’s tenure. 🙁

¶ Posted 17 December 2017 § MemoryLane § Politics § Sad § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Google’s “2017 Year in Search”

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…for all the many “best of” retrospective lists and articles and posts that come out. The Google Search compilation is usually one of the best (the YouTube Rewind one, not so much!)

¶ Posted 14 December 2017 § Internet § MemoryLane § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Sad § Sports § Technology § Travel § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, weather

“Because you have to swear on the Bye-ball!”

This guy was elected three times and doesn’t know that you aren’t required to swear on a Bible when taking your oath of office? Wow. The only thing that would make this clip better is if Tapper said “Because he says he’s Christian” when the Moore spokesperson tries to pivot away from his slack-jawed, empty-eyed […]

¶ Posted 13 December 2017 § Humour § Meme § Politics § Sad § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, language, television, unitedstates

Democrat Doug Jones Wins Over Accused Pedophile, Roy Moore in Heavily Conservative Alabama

It’s wild that it was even this close (49.7% to 48.6% as I type this with write-in ballots accounting for *double* the vote differential!) but the people of at least one deeply conservative American state has soundly rejected Donald Trump and his brand of “anything goes” politics.

¶ Posted 12 December 2017 § Humour § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, unitedstates

“I Made My Shed The Top Rated Restaurant on TripAdvisor” (And Some Quick Thoughts on Fake News)

At RPL’s recent Staff Development Day, I was asked to moderate a panel discussion on fake news. The panelists included a local education prof who specializes in social media and digital technology, a journalism prof who specializes in mass and alternative media and a journalist who is the assignment producer as well as having responsibility for […]

¶ Posted 10 December 2017 § Internet § Jobs § Library § Meme § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Saskatchewan § Technology § United States § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, economics, education, facebook, history, language, reddit, twitter, unitedstates, wikipedia

Friday Fun Link – Does New Movie “The Public” Have a Trailer That Instantly Makes It The Best Library-Themed Movie Ever?

There are a few choices out there but this trailer makes me think “The Public” might be the best library-themed movie ever, in part because it appears to address so many of the issues we deal with in the library every day – homelessness, community engagement and creating a welcoming space, the library’s relationship to […]