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Which Is The Best Air Fryer?

Happy Boxing Day everyone!  

Posted 26 December 2018 § Randomness § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Shit Fireplace

If you’re looking for an alternative to the ubiquitous yule log channels/videos at this time of year, try “Shit Fireplace” (and I’m proud to say the co-creator of these videos is a colleague at RPL!)  

Posted 21 December 2018 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Internet § Library § Meme § Randomness § Video § Work § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

“Why Should You Read Kurt Vonnegut” – TED-ED Talk

Because he’s the best writer of all-time?

Posted 19 December 2018 § Humour § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

WestJet’s 2018 Christmas Ad

I’m always conscious that these videos are as much about marketing as any sort of true holiday sentiment. But they *are* well-done so it’s been a bit of a minor Christmas tradition for me ot post these videos since they are usually pretty heartwarming. Here’s WestJet’s 2018 version…  

Posted 18 December 2018 § Canada § Family § Travel § UK § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – 12 Elf On The Shelf Ideas To Thrill Kids And 12 That’ll Scar Them For Life

I think next year I’ll have to get an Elf on the Shelf to entertain myself instead of Sasha!

Posted 14 December 2018 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Humour § Sasha § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Where is Santa at his sleigh?/Tell me why is it always this way?/Where is Rudolph? Where is Blitzen, baby?/Merry Christmas, merry merry merry Christmas”

“Merry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight Tonight)” – The Ramones

Posted 10 December 2018 § MusicMonday § Xmas ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,

Some Thoughts on the Changing Nature of Intellectual Freedom In Librarianship (Maybe?), The “Neutrality” Thing, and How I Sometimes Feel Like My Grandpa Missing The Boat on Elvis

So I recently got tagged on Twitter by a librarian colleague in Saskatoon (who is both a Mover and a Shaker!) asking if I (and a few other online librarian-types) had any thoughts on the changing view of intellectual freedom within the profession, especially in light of wider changes in society which I took to […]

Posted 09 December 2018 § Censorship § Library § LibrarySchool § News § Politics § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Eric Bischoff TEDx Talk on the Similarity Between Pro Wrestling and Today’s News Media

Following up on my post earlier this week about the death of the Dynamite Kid, here’s another wrestling related one… Eric Bischoff started as an announcer in the old AWA then worked his way up until he was head of WCW when it came close to knocking off WWE as the dominant wrestling promotion in the […]

Posted 07 December 2018 § FridayFunLink § News § Politics § United States § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

RIP Dynamite Kid

The Dynamite Kid is the reason I’m a wrestling fan. I was fortunate to grow up in Western Canada during the heyday of Stampede Wrestling and I remember coming across this strange “ring-a-ding-dong dandy” spectacle on the TV when I was 7 or 8 years old. Many of the wrestlers had interesting names and personas […]

Posted 05 December 2018 § MemoryLane § Sad § Sports § Wrestling ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Lord it’s like a hard candy Christmas/I’m barely getting through tomorrow/But still I won’t let/Sorrow bring me way down”

The phrase “hard candy Christmas” refers to a time in American history when many families who did not have much money could only afford to give penny candy to their children at Christmas…The hard candy metaphor suggests that life can be hard and sweet at the same time. “Hard Rock Candy” – Dolly Parton

Posted 03 December 2018 § Library § MusicMonday § Work § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,