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Friday Fun Link – Exploring Acquisitions with Coteau Books

Pretty proud to be a board member for this organization and if we’re thinking of fun, one of the most enjoyable parts of the job is having the opportunity to have a say in which manuscripts become published books!

¶ Posted 12 April 2019 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics, education, saskatchewan

Grit & Glory: Celebrating 40 Years of the Edmonton Oilers

I saw this book in my library today and had a good chuckle. I mean, the Oilers sucked for the first couple years of their existence, they sucked for the last decade plus and they have as many sub-.500% seasons as ones where they’ve won more than they’ve lost. So, at best, it’s maybe 20 […]

¶ Posted 10 April 2019 § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, hockey

Music Monday – “The world’s in trouble/There’s no communication/And everyone can say what they want to say/It never gets better anyway”

“Bad Reputation” – Joan Jett

¶ Posted 08 April 2019 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

WWE Makes History At Wrestlemania 35

Tonight’s Wrestlemania 35 was the first to have a main event featuring women wrestlers – Ronda Rousey who was a former star in UFC, Charlotte Flair who is the daughter of one of the greatest wrestlers of all-time and an accomplished athlete in her own right, and Becky Lynch who is the ultimate underdog but […]

¶ Posted 07 April 2019 § MemoryLane § Sports § Video § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, sports

Friday Fun Link – Quarter Horse Cam

Picked up a book on Mexican drug cartels and ended up learning a lot about American quarter horses! 🙂

¶ Posted 05 April 2019 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § News § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics, unitedstates

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – How Did I Get Here? – #7 – Not-For-Profit Cultural Sector

Like a lot of people who convocate with a Bachelor’s degree, the biggest question is “Now what?” In 1996, I had an expensive English degree, a specialization in creative writing, and not a lot of other options. (The other big question you get asked, especially with an English degree is: “Are you going to be […]

¶ Posted 04 April 2019 § Jobs § Library § List § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: alberta, book, economics, education, language, saskatchewan

A Viral Proposal Video

Did I ever post this? It’s a classic…

¶ Posted 03 April 2019 § Humour § Internet § Meme § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, music

Music Monday – “There’s the progress we have found (when the rain)/A way to talk around the problem (when the children reign)/Building towered foresight (keep your conscience in the dark)/Isn’t anything at all (melt the statues in the park)/Buy the sky and sell the sky and bleed the sky and tell the sky”

This song is usually interpreted as being about acid rain but on the day Saskatchewan (and three other provinces) has a federal carbon tax enacted, I thought it was appropriate… “Fall On Me” – R.E.M.

¶ Posted 01 April 2019 § Canada § MusicMonday § News § Politics § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health, history, language, saskatchewan, weather

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – How Did I Get Here? – #6 – Comedy

After another week away from this series (honestly, I forgot I was doing this “How I Became Me” series last week after working a 1-9pm shift and, as I often do, whipping off a zero-effort post to keep my daily post streak alive instead of doing something a bit more in-depth and time-consuming.) Anyhow, […]