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Music Monday – “I’m on my way to nowhere/I been runnin’ from my past/Runnin’ from the things I used to be”

Sometimes it pays to be a blogger. Last week’s “Music Monday” post about Colter Wall was seen by a friend who happened to have an extra ticket to see Wall’s album release show at The Exchange last night.  So because of that blog post, I ended up getting invited along to see the show. It was […]

Posted 08 May 2017 § MusicMonday § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – “Beep Beep, I’m A Sheep!”

I bookmarked this a while back.  A Regina man has created a comedy song that’s topping the charts.  

Posted 05 May 2017 § FridayFunLink § Meme § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Don’t be picking fights/With no Mennonites/Don’t be raising Cain/When they’re planting grain/Working through the night”

I mentioned Saskatchewan Premier, Brad Wall’s musician son, Colter Wall, in a post about eighteen months ago. He was a rising star then but he’s blown up completely in the interim – having one of his songs on the soundtrack to an Oscar nominated movie, named as one of Rolling Stone’s “10 New Country Artists to […]

Posted 01 May 2017 § MusicMonday § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (6) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Me at @saskbookawards 2017 (and Some Random Thoughts On The Awards, Life, and How I Got There)

So, I once again attended the Sask Book Awards tonight. Here are a few random thoughts… Was flying solo tonight as Shea decided to take advantage of the great weather and her parents (her mom works shift work) being off to take the kids and go to Weyburn for the weekend. Yes, I wore an olive […]

Posted 29 April 2017 § Library § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Politics § Randomness § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Ten Bands I’ve Seen (One Is A Lie) (And A Full Fred Eaglesmith Concert Video Too)

The latest meme to take over Facebook is “These Are 10 Bands I’ve Seen (One Is A Lie)“. There’s two main elements to the meme – one is you are defining your persona (are all your bands punk?  Hipster?  Goth?  Will people believe you saw some unhip band like the Beach Boys if ever other […]

Posted 28 April 2017 § FridayFunLink § Internet § List § Meme § MemoryLane § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Libraries gave us power” #skpoli #SaveSKLibraries #SAVEDSKLibraries

So, almost unbelievably, after a month of incredible pushback from all levels – grassroots activists and elected MLAs, rural and urban citizens, library staff and supporters, and numerous others across the province and beyond – the Sask Party announced that they were restoring *all* funding to Saskatchewan public libraries that was cut in the March […]

Posted 24 April 2017 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § Politics § UK § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Saturday Snap – The Symbolism of a Rural Library’s Easter Display? #SaveSKLibraries #skpoli

I recently came across this picture I took at one of my branch libraries soon after I started working as Branch Supervisor for Southeast Regional Library in 2007. Like the communities where they’re located, many rural libraries are often relatively “conservative” in the dictionary (as opposed to the more loaded political) sense of the word […]

Posted 15 April 2017 § Library § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Politics § Sad § Saskatchewan § Travel § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Denzel Washington Remembers His Childhood Librarian #skpoli #saveSKLibraries #LibrariesMatter

Posted 14 April 2017 § FridayFunLink § Library § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “Bullets for your brain today/But we’ll forget it all again/Monuments put from pen to paper/Turns me into a gutless wonder”

“If You Tolerate This (Your Children Will Be Next)” – Manic Street Preachers

Posted 10 April 2017 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Secret Video Found of SaskParty Budget Deliberations! #skpoli #SaveSKLibraries

The 2016 Saskatchewan Provincial election took place one year ago today. Like me, I’m sure you’re shocked to realise that “Cut rural library budgets by over 50%” wasn’t listed in the Platform the Sask Party ran on during that election. They also didn’t release a budget prior to the election so voters could make a fully informed […]

Posted 04 April 2017 § Humour § Library § Meme § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Sad § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,