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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Defining HR Successes? (Oct 2011)

At the annual RPL Staff Development Day in 2011, I had to do an activity with my co-workers where we listed some of the successes of the HR Unit where I was working at the time. Of course, I’d found out a couple weeks earlier that my position as Organization Development Specialist was being eliminated […]

¶ Posted 03 November 2016 § Humour § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Conference

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – I Think My Co-Workers Decorated My Door Out of Love (Maybe?) (Dec 2007)

When I worked for Southeast Regional Library, I came in to find someone had photocopied the cover of a new library book and added it to my door as a decoration. Hmmm…

¶ Posted 27 October 2016 § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § Randomness § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Dad, What’s a Video Store? (November 2009)

I never realised how the Netflix interface of rows of similar-themed movies mimics the layout of an old-fashioned video store. (Also note, this was around Grey Cup time and Pace was sporting a Riders jacket *and* green hair!)

¶ Posted 20 October 2016 § Family § Internet § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § PopCulture § Sports § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Pumpkin Patch (October 2008)

That moment when you realise that your blog is so old that you posted things in real time nearly a decade ago and now you’re posting them as Throwback Thursday posts!

¶ Posted 06 October 2016 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Crunching Leaves (September 2010)

¶ Posted 22 September 2016 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland (August 2006)

Since I’ve got a bit of a rock & roll theme going this week with the various posts about RPL’s 50th “Retro” Anniversary Party featuring Rory Allen this Saturday from 1-4pm, I thought I’d post a picture of me outside the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland…

¶ Posted 15 September 2016 § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music, unitedstates

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – My First Day of Work at Regina Public Library (Sept 8, 2008)

Hard to believe that today is my eight year anniversary of working at Regina Public Library. Our Director even brought me cake. Well, technically donuts. And technically not for me but leftovers from an all-day meeting he was in at our branch. But a guy can pretend, right? 😉 Anyhow, here’s a horrible posed photo […]

¶ Posted 08 September 2016 § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Scarface (Kid Version) (September 2013)

Just before starting Grade One, both Pace and his buddy down the street ended up with some serious stitches – the buddy earned his falling off his bike while Pace got his running into a tree after looking back to see how far I was behind him! Tough kids…

¶ Posted 18 August 2016 § Family § Pace § Photo ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Niagara Falls Barrier Coated In Ice (February 2006)

Soon after Shea came to join me in London when I started my Masters degree in January 2006, we rented a car and like the good tourists we were, headed for Niagara Falls. Going to the falls in mid-winter seems strange but someone (a classmate?) had tipped us off that they’re actually really beautiful in […]

¶ Posted 11 August 2016 § Canada § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Photo § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ontario

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Three Obituaries

Usually Throwback Thursday is for a photo from the old days but I’ve got a collection of obituaries I’ve come across recently that I thought I’d discuss instead since all three send me down memory lane in different ways… Author, publisher, businessman and activist, Mel Hurtig, passed away yesterday. I never got to meet him […]