50 Reasons You Should Be a Bookworm 8 Reasons You Should Sign Up For GoodReads In Re Books Wrap-up: A Presentation by Jessamyn West of librarian.net 14 Ways Public Libraries Are Good for the Country [Edit: found a few more links…] MetaFilter: The Holy Grail of Publishing Metrics – how e-book readers “read” their owners for […]
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‘Rasslin and the Tea Party
The WWE is currently running an angle where a couple of bad guy wrestlers (“heels” in wrestling jargon) are acting like members of a quasi-Tea Party-like group while a Mexican wrestler is the good guy (“babyface”) standing up to their bigotry. This is unique for a couple reasons – wrestling is not known for being […]
Friday Fun Link – “Welcome to Literarily Drunk. I’m drunk. And I like books!”
A new vlogger combines a couple of my favourite things – books and booze – in her Literarily Drunk reviews.
Music Monday – “And who by brave assent/Who by accident/Who in solitude/Who in this mirror”
Cool video by Buck 65 covering Leonard Cohen…
#RIPStompinTom – Thanks For Being The Soundtrack To My First-Ever YouTube Video
Stompin’ Tom Connors died today. Shea and I had the privilege of seeing him at the Calgary Folk Fest and is usually the case for old vets like him (see Dolly Parton at Craven or any number of “vets” who’ve come to Regina Folk Fest), he came out and stole the show. How fitting that […]
FTRW 2013 – Day 7 – RPL Film Theatre #ftrweek Line-up
One of the great things about working at Regina Public Library is that we have a couple very unique elements compared to most other public libraries in Canada – we have an in-house, fully operational art gallery and we also have a single screen art house theatre. As far as I know, this was the […]
FTRW 2013 – Day 6 – #ftrweek – I’m Going To Hell For This
/r/ImGoingToHellForThis is a sub-Reddit dedicated to “Tasteless “politically incorrect” dark, offensive, & twisted humor of all types is welcome here. Absolutely NOTHING & NOBODY is sacred, taboo, or beyond being joked about.” aka a perfect way to end Freedom to Read Week.
FTRW 2013 – Day 4 – #ftrweek – Unintended FTRW Experiences (aka “Boobs, Walls & Thieves”)
During past Freedom to Read weeks, I’ve noticed that everything starts to look like a Freedom of Expression issue. (That’s probably a good thing that we should keep in mind year-round anyhow.) For example, we’re only halfway through the week and I’ve had three distinct experiences that weren’t official FTRW events but which brought forward […]
FTRW 2013 – Day 1 – #ftrweek – A Word (or Seven) From the Master
As I have on this blog every year since 2007, I’m planning a week-long series of posts relating to the unofficial Haunakah (er, or week-long holiday of your choice) for librarians everywhere – Freedom to Read Week! Tune in for the rest of the week for seven crazy nights of fun! To start it off, let’s […]
Friday Fun Link – 16 Great Library Scenes in Film
I finally realized why I like “The Breakfast Club” so much – the whole movie is set in a library! 😉