Not sure what my personal answer would be – maybe the print version of the Encylopedia of Saskatchewan? It's a massive book that's beautifully designed with tons of photos, charts and highly readable entries. Great for browsing. (via Reddit)
Used a poor man's hack (point iPhone at TV) to get a clip from our local TV news about RPL joining our new province-wide consortium onto YouTube. Sorry for the crappy sound…
Looking for a good date movie? I'm just kidding but this list of “Films That Most Frequently Use The Word 'Fuck'” does remind me of a funny anecdote from my youth. A friend had introduced me to “Reservoir Dogs” soon after it came out on video and I quickly became a Tarantino junkie. When I […]
So many choice quotes in this article – unfortunately, you can't make this stuff up: “The row even spread to this year's Fourth of July parade, which included a float featuring a washing machine and a sign that read “keep our library clean.”“Outside West Bend, the fight caught the attention of Robert Braun, who, with […]
I think it's fair to say that the majority of the battles around Freedom of Expression are taking place in schools these days. “The Diary of Anne Frank” is one of my favourite books of all-time and a book I probably first read when I was 12 or 13. So in a world where all […]
It's February which means Freedom to Read Week is coming at the end of the month. Every year, I try to do a few posts during that week to celebrate and draw attention to this important subject. For the past year, I've been bookmarking various stories I've come across that I thought had potential for […]
We watched Ricky Gervais' “The Invention of Lying” tonight and it's a fairly subversive comedy in a thematic area that doesn't get a lot of attention from Hollywood. The film's trailer made it look like a typical Hollywood gimmicky slug line = green light production. You can imagine the pitch: “It's like Jim Carrey's “Liar […]
Yay – finally a best books list where I've actually read most of them!
An oldie but a goodie from libraryland's own Jessamyn West, here's a list of the seven core plots in literature I found via a recent Reddit post. I remember learning a version of this list in grade nine English that only had four items (which I've put in bold below) but always trying to prove […]
I really miss the used bookstore scene of London, ON. For all the abuse the city takes for its Ugg-centered social scene and lack of cultural amenities, I always thought Li'l London featured lots of great, quirky bookstores. Attic Books on Dundas was one of my faves…and though I didn't need it, here's another reason […]
