Category Archives: News

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!

Myth America

(h/t to JB on FB)

Is “A Horse Is Loose In A Hospital” The Best Donald Trump Analogy So Far?

Fast forward to near the end of this clip for the joke…  

Music Monday – “Yeah, this is America/Guns in my area/I got the strap/I gotta carry ’em”

“This Is America” – Childish Gambino Some of the Things You May Have Missed MetaFilter weighs in Annotated lyrics This Is America: Donald Glover’s Video Is A Gripping Read

Michelle Wolf at White House Correspondent’s Dinner (and Some Thoughts on Transgressive Comedy)

A while back on AskReddit, there was a question about “What will be the “smoking” of the next generation which our kids judge us harshly for?” At the time, I thought that it would be “eating meat” that would be seen by future generations as something that, although enjoyable, had a big negative impact on […]

25 Random Thoughts For @SaskBookAwards 25th Anniversary #sba25 #saskbookawards

Tonight was the 25th anniversary of the Saskatchewan Book Awards so, as someone who first attended in 1997, has been at probably 15-20 of those ceremonies and has also served SBA in a variety of capacities from board member to gala volunteer to web site designer to A/V switcher, I thought it’d be fun to […]

Tragedy Fatigue

Other than both happening in Canada, both being unexpected, and both resulting in large losses of life, there aren’t many similarities between the tragedy in Humboldt earlier this month and the one in Toronto last night. But the fact that both happened only a couple weeks apart when it feels like events of this type […]

Why Did #HumboldtStrong Resonate So Strongly?

The outpouring of support after the horrible Humboldt Broncos bus accident that killed 16 people and left 13 more injured has been unprecedented. People from not only across Saskatchewan and Canada but indeed, from around the world, have sent money and condolences. Tonight, the GoFundMe page that originally aimed to raise $10,000 and is about […]

Going Viral for Good – #SaveSKLibraries, Broncos’ GoFundMe

A couple stories of the importance of being able to “go viral” in the digital age. Today was Budget Day in Saskatchewan and it was confirmed that, after being cut by $5 million last year, the library funding that was restored after public outcry, would remain in place, leaving library funding stable, at least for […]

Saturday Snap – How Can The Library Help In A Time of Tragedy? #humboldtbroncos #humboldtstrong

In tragedies, most people know their roles… First responders race to the scene to face whatever awfulness awaits them. Doctors, nurses and other medical personnel use their skills to do whatever they can to heal the injured. Journalists try to capture, not only the story but the range of emotions that they and their audience is […]