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Democratic Presidential Candidate, Andrew Wang, on Universal Basic Income

The guy seems like a longshot but so did Donald Trump four years ago!

I Mean, There’s A Lot You Could Say About Trump’s “State of the Union” Address…

…but this really sums it up:

¶ Posted 05 February 2019 § Humour § Meme § News § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language, unitedstates

Saturday Snap – What’s The Worst That Can Happen If Your Mom Is A Nurse and Your Dad Is A Librarian?

I can only hope our son escapes the indignity of becoming Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada! 😉

¶ Posted 26 January 2019 § Family § Jobs § Library § Pace § Photo § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: parents, saskatchewan

.@aoc_dances Is My New Favourite Twitter Account Today

So you may have heard that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had an “embarrassing” video of her dancing in a college video (which, in turn was a remake of an earlier mash-up) highlighted recently but that it didn’t go as well as the anonymous right-wing troll who tweeted it had hoped. Unsurprisingly, instead of embarrassment and scorn, […]

¶ Posted 08 January 2019 § Humour § Internet § Meme § News § PopCulture § Technology § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, history, music, unitedstates

Five Topics of The Holidays

I realised that our social calendars this holiday season were as full as they’ve been in years due to a little miracle called “Pace Gets His Home Alone & Babysitting Certification”. So compared to other years where we had the hassle and expense of lining up babysitters if we wanted to go out, this year, […]

¶ Posted 06 January 2019 § Jobs § Library § List § MemoryLane § Shea § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: economics, education, holiday, language, science, xmas

Five Books That Explain Why The World Is Fucked (Uhm, Happy New Year?!?)

Let’s start the New Year off right – with a list of Five Books That Explain Why The World Is Fucked. (via Reddit) (Happy New Year?!?)

¶ Posted 01 January 2019 § Humour § List § News § PopCulture § Sad § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, history, science, weather

Music Monday – “It’s Christmastime in Washington/The Democrats rehearsed/Gettin’ into gear for four more years/Things not gettin’ worse”

“Christmas in Washington” – Steve Earle

¶ Posted 24 December 2018 § MusicMonday § News § United States § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, holiday, unitedstates, xmas

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 § News § 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 […]