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Category Archives: Politics

My Book Themed Interview

I saw an interview with author, Joshua Ferris, in a recent Entertainment Weekly and thought the series of book-themed questions they asked would be fun to answer for myself… Your Favourite Book As a Child “Child” usually means someone quite young  but honestly, the first book to come to mind when I read this question […]

Posted 25 May 2014 § Library § List § Meme § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Randomness § Sports § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Big Changes at MetaFilter

I don’t hang out there nearly as much as I used to (and worse, a lot of my “community web site” time has shifted to <gasp> Reddit!) so it was a bit of a shock to see a librarian colleague post on Facebook about the big changes happening at MetaFilter. Cash-strapped after a recent downturn […]

Posted 21 May 2014 § Family § Internet § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Randomness § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Fired University of Saskatchewan Professor Re-Hired After Major Outcry

Professor Robert Buckingham, a long time professor at the University of Saskatchewan, was recently fired for speaking out about some major ongoing budget cuts and restructuring plans at the U of S. The University administration claimed that there was a difference between the freedom of expression tenured professors should expect for expressing controversial or politically incorrect […]

Posted 15 May 2014 § Jobs § Library § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

Some of the times science fiction led to science fact What Your Country Says About Your Reading Habits What’s the single biggest mistake parents can make? (AskReddit) 40 Ways Kids Ruin Everything Good In This World (very funny!) How The Working Class Was Forgotten 10 Segments That Make Us Ashamed To Be Wrestling Fans And one […]

Posted 06 May 2014 § Baby § Canada § Humour § PopCulture § Sad § UK § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Happy May Day!

Especially relevant with the new Saskatchewan Employment Act being proclaimed the other day…      

Posted 01 May 2014 § Infographic § Saskatchewan § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Free Public Library Cards at Edmonton Public Library Will Continue

The subject of user fees in Alberta public libraries is of great interest to me. That’s why I was very excited when a colleague recently informed me that a pilot project to remove user fees at Edmonton Public Library during the library’s centennial year was being made permanent! The number of people with library cards […]

Posted 27 April 2014 § Canada § Library § LibrarySchool § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

“Stone Cold” Steve Austin Gives a NSFW Defense of Gay Marriage

Hell yeah! (h/t to JK or FB)

Posted 23 April 2014 § Censorship § Humour § PopCulture § Sports § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

“Friends and Family in the News” Edition

Saskatchewan Naval Commander Helps Drug Bust Victoria Divita, only the fourth woman in history to command a Canadian Naval vessel, is from Indian Head. I grew up with Victoria (though I knew her as “Vickie”), she was in my sister’s grade, a couple years younger than me, and in fact, her older brother was best […]

Posted 27 March 2014 § Canada § Family § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Interviewly Reformats Reddit AMAs for Readability

Interviewly is a new web site that re-purposes the many Reddit Ask Me Anything chat sessions into a more readable format that mimics a traditional magazine interview layout.  No Ryan Meili AMA in the Politics section…yet. (via MetaFilter)

Posted 21 March 2014 § FridayFunLink § Internet § PopCulture § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Edward Snowden’s Surprise TED Talk

Hero.

Posted 19 March 2014 § Censorship § Internet § Technology § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °