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, […]
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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, […]
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?!?)
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
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Friday Fun Link – Trump Sings Ariana Grande
This is pretty funny… …though, to be fair, Obama also got the same treatment:
Friday Fun Link – All Logos for 2018 US Midterm Candidates
This site is pretty cool, doubly so as it allows you to winnow down logos by colour, typography and other characteristics.
Big Winners of 2018 Midterm Elections
Sure, this clip is from Fox News but with such a beautiful grammar error, how can I not post it? 😉