For the past couple weeks, I was planning to go to work as a hockey player for Halloween. Then, after I got home from hockey last night (two of our six goals thank-you very much. Of course the other team got 20 goals so not so impressive from a team point of view), I lay […]
Went over to the downtown mall for lunch today as I forgot my customary lunch o' leftovers. It was packed in the food court so I ended up sharing a table with a guy who turned out to be the guitarist from a band who were a bit of a one-hit wonder in the early […]
Try to guess a random book's Amazon star rating just by looking at its cover. (via MetaFilter)
A profile of the man who finds the inconsistencies that help The Daily Show have so much credibility in so many people's eyes, especially compared to the “what's new now, 24-hour non-stop sensationalism and controversy focus” of the mainstream media. He's not a librarian but he may as well be:“Chodikoff doesn’t use Google to turn […]
And you thought there were a lot of book challenges around the world already! Funny stuff…
I'm glad we did turkey yesterday as we were able to drive back into Regina today just in time to beat a big snowstorm that hit this afternoon.We took Pace out for a walk in the snow just now but he was *not* impressed – not sure if it's new winter boots (which he hated […]
“A girl I once caught reading Fahrenheit 451 over my shoulder on the subway confessed: “You know, I'm an English lit major, but I've never loved any books like the ones I loved when I was 12 years old.” I fell slightly in love with her when she said that. It was so frank and […]
The other day, I was at our local mall and popped into the bookstore. On the shelf, I saw a new title called “The 100 Greatest Canadian Albums of All-Time”. This one caught my eye and was quickly in my hand as I turned to head for the cashier. But then I thought, “Twenty five […]
Yet more follow-up on the “Sarah Palin attempted to ban books” story – this one a bit more legitimate sounding than the last one. “The author of the book Sarah Palin reportedly tried to have removed from her hometown library blasted back Saturday evening, saying the Alaska Governor had a “small-town mind,” was an enemy […]
“When I was very young, my half-sister Jenny died tragically. She was a teenager, and it was the 80's. She left behind a wardrobe of brightly colored clothes, rainbow stickers, life-size paintings, doodles on lined paper, and hundreds of tapes. These constitute most of my memories of her. It's sad for me to look at […]
