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Category Archives: Randomness

A Few Things

I've posted a couple interesting links over at Librarian Activist so go check them out if you have a chance. I did my “Book Talk” presentation today in Children's Lit.  A book talk is where you present a book to a classroom of children to encourage them to read it.  My presentation was pretty well […]

Posted 14 July 2006 § LibrarySchool § Main Page ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

Canadian Terror Suspects…And Libraries?

Reading about the recent arrests of 17 men who were allegedly plotting terrorist attacks in Southwest Ontario, this brief line by RCMP assistant commissioner Mike McDonell at the end of the article caught my eye: “They can be inspired through the use of the Internet, though library, through books and through their own proselytizing to […]

Posted 03 June 2006 § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Randomness (Happy May Long!)

Concerts Are FunWent a bit crazy last night and bought tickets to both Bright Eyes (June) and Wilco (July), both at the Centennial Hall in London.  Two of my favourite bands within a month – why not? Music Is PoliticalOne of (maybe the only) good thing about George Bush being in power in the US […]

Posted 21 May 2006 § LibrarySchool § Main Page ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

How I'd Support The Troops

I've gotten so many e-mail forwards in the past few days about how I should wear red on Fridays to support the Canadian troops in Afghanistan, how the liberal media isn't telling the truth about how Canadians really feel about the situation, how it's the right decision that President Harper imposes a media ban on […]

Posted 08 May 2006 § Main Page ‡ Comments (4) °

Randomness (Happy Cinco de Mayo!)

My Five Favourite Nationalistic Holidays 1. Robbie Burns Day 2. St. Patrick's Day 3. Cinco De Mayo 4. St. George's Day (tied with Guy Fawkes Day) 5. Not really an “ethnic” holiday but I always thought the February “Family Day” in Alberta was a good idea.  Canada needs a couple more national statutory holidays to […]

Posted 05 May 2006 § LibrarySchool § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Day Three – Already Nothing Exciting To Say – Let's Do A Blog Entry

Some random thoughts… Things I Want To Set-up/Figure Out In This Blog: – it already appears to have most of the things I wanted my blog to have by default – comments, tags, RSS feed, so I just have to play around with each of these things a bit to make sure I like how […]

Posted 27 February 2006 § Blog § Main Page § Photo § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: