Category Archives: PopCulture

What Single Book Is The Best Introduction To Your Field For Laypeople?

Ask MetaFilter is a great site I've referenced a few times before.  As I write this, this recent question has almost 300 “favourite” votes which makes it one of the most popular questions and answers I've even seen.Nobody posted a pick for a book that provides a good introduction to librarianship (yet) but I'd say […]

Evolution of "The Banjo Bowl"

CANOE — SLAM! Sports – CFL – Winnipeg: Evolution of the Banjo Bowl (Hate to say it but I think the Riders are due for the loss today, especially after how the game ended last week.  The Bombers will be pumped for today.  I hope I'm wrong.)

MeeMix Invites

I have a few if anybody's interested.  Post a comment or e-mail me off-list Meemix is a music service halfway between Pandora and last.fm.  (Er, holy shit – when did Pandora shut down to users outside the US?)Anyhow, hopefully Meemix is still up since it's even better than Pandora in many ways.“Imagine a world of […]

I'm Still Trying To Figure Out This Reading Thing

A Really Boring Stream of Consciousness Entry

I've had lots of links, pics and videos lately so why not a rollicking ramble through things happening recently in my life for a change?Pace…is a drool monster and we figure he's starting teething.  He's 15.3 lbs at 3 months and wearing clothes that are sized for a 6-9 month old.  He sleeps 5-6 hours […]

Pachelbel Bedtime, Pachelbel Rant, Pachelbel Rock

A couple variations on Pachelbel's Canon…

How Good Is the CFL This Year?

I turned on the end of the BC-Calgary game on Friday to see a wicked back and forth tussle ending with the new (?) overtime format where the teams play two “mini-games”, each team starting at their opponent's respective 35-yard lines with regular rules in place to as they attempt to score.  The game ended […]

If It's Saturday, It Must Be A Link Dump (Plus A Bonus Sex Story)

I just had it brought to my attention that Bloglines isn't reading my feed (and hasn't since July 18 – wow, my birthday post helped knock out part of the Internet!).  If you subscribe to this blog via Bloglines, hopefully you've realised this and are checking in directly or reading this via another RSS reader […]

Every Librarian's Secret Fantasy (Er, Not That Kind of Fantasy)

We did a day trip across the border to Williston, North Dakota on Wednesday (it's a long story as to why we had to go mid-week, I'll tell you over a beer sometime) and the highlight for me was finding an old department store that had been converted into a place that sold all kinds […]

Bailin' Again – Fred Eaglesmith

“Bailing Again” – Fred Eaglesmith I'm standin' on the corner of a pair of country roadsI am carvin' out my daddy's name on a little stoneAnd though I couldn't always talk to him, but if was here todayI think I'd know exactly what to sayCHORUS:I'd say the weather's been hotThe hay is almost inAnd if […]