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#skpoli #SaveSKLibraries Random Thoughts on Watching The Sausage Get Made at the Sask Legislature

So on Monday, I heard that some library colleagues from the Palliser Regional Library system who’d been laid off were going to be at the Sask Legislature.  Since it was my day off, I decided to tag along. I was able to join them in the NDP’s Caucus Office for a while before the afternoon […]

Posted 05 April 2017 § Jobs § Library § News § Photo § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , ,

Some Random Thoughts on #skbudget #skpoli

Brad Wall and his Sask Party buddies released their latest budget today and depending on the commentator you’re reading, it was either (borderline) cruel, cruel & unusual or a bloodbath. Some thoughts… Who goes through a massive resource boom and ends up raising PST?  If you said the NDP, you’d be brainwashed wrong.  That decision to […]

Posted 22 March 2017 § News § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Now why don’t you look down/To where your feet is planted/That U.S. soil that makes you take shit for granted/If not for Santa Ana, just to let you know/That where your feet are planted would be México”

I heard this song on the TV when we were in Mexico in 2003 and even without understanding (most of) the lyrics, it struck me as something very political and meaningful which has only become more relevant in light of Trump’s desire to build a border wall with Mexico. At the time, I jotted enough of the lyrics […]

Posted 13 March 2017 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § Politics § Travel § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

FTRW 2017 – Day Seven – Tits

Posted 04 March 2017 § Censorship § Humour § Library § LibrarySchool § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

FTRW 2017 – Day Six – Motherfucker

Posted 03 March 2017 § Censorship § Humour § Library § LibrarySchool § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

FTRW 2017 – Day Five – Cocksucker

Posted 02 March 2017 § Censorship § Humour § Library § LibrarySchool § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

FTRW 2017 – Day Four – Cunt

Posted 01 March 2017 § Censorship § Humour § Library § LibrarySchool § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

FTRW 2017 – Day Three – Fuck

Posted 28 February 2017 § Censorship § Humour § Library § LibrarySchool § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

FTRW 2017 – Day Two – Piss

Posted 27 February 2017 § Censorship § Humour § Library § LibrarySchool § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

FTRW 2017 – Day One – Shit

George Carlin is basically the patron saint of Freedom to Read Week as far as I’m concerned.  I’m technically in Mexico right now but due to the magic of time-delayed posts, I’ll use his “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television” as inspiration for this week’s posts.

Posted 26 February 2017 § Censorship § Humour § Library § LibrarySchool § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,