So, on somewhat short notice, Shea and I have decided to head for Sin City (except that we'll have Pace in tow so “sin” will be restricted to too much sugar and staying up later than 8pm.) How this came about is that my parents called last weekend that they'd won a free flight to […]
…I bumped into my Director and Deputy Director at the Ottawa Airport and was like “So, you're on the 6:45pm flight too?” “No, 7pm” was the reply. We quickly realised the slight difference was because they were flying Air Canada and I was flying WestJet. “Oh, you'll beat us by 15 minutes then!” they joked. […]
…means that they can get you an early check-in as soon as you walk up the street from your old, cheap crappy hotel. Of course, the downside is that, unlike your crappy $90 Econolodge hotel which at least has free in-room wireless, even if you have to fight to get it working, your $200/night downtown […]
I'm sitting in a motel room in downtown Ottawa, having arrived safe and sound earlier today. Here's some random thoughts on my trip so far…– my absolute favourite part of flying is take-off and landing during that brief window of time when you're able to see the city you're at from above with everything below […]
Exciting news! I've been asked to attend the Canadian Library Human Resources Summit in Ottawa on October 6-7. It's sort of short notice but an all-expenses trip paid to Ottawa so who am I to complain? Here's the blurb I was sent which explains a bit more about what the summit is and how it […]
Well, we're back from Calgary and it was a great trip! Pace was an amazing traveler, we saw lots of friends, family and old familiar sights. In many ways, it felt like we were trying to cram three and a half years of memories from when we lived there into just under a week of […]
Read at Work is a site from the New Zealand Book Council that allows you to read classic books, poetry, samples from selected New Zealand authors and more, online and formatted to look like either the Windows XP interface and Powerpoint presentations. Very fun and cool (though I do not, of course, advocate performing non-work […]
I couldn't think what to post about so Shea suggested I give an update from my real life. So here it is…– tonight we went for a big walk and ended up in River Park just down the hill from where we live in Weyburn. There was an In Motion celebration going on and Pace […]
I drove nearly four hours round-trip today to do a five minute presentation at a tea in honour of a branch assistant who's been with our region for fifteen years……which makes me think that rural librarianship has some unique requirements you won't find in any other type of library……which makes me think that rural librarianship […]
Some eye-opening photos and text from the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
