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Category Archives: United States

Friday Fun Link – Send a Free Google Postcard (December 4, 2009)

To promote their Gmail service, Google is offering the chance for anyone to send a single free postcard to any US address, no strings attached.  Obviously being in Canada, this isn't as handy but you can still send it to someone you know in the US (or if you don't know anyone, why not drop […]

Posted 05 December 2009 § Internet § Main Page § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Happy Banned Book Week

Banned Book Week which is held during the last week of September is the US equivalent of Canada's Freedom to Read Week which is held during the last week of February.Here's a post on MetaFilter about Banned Book Week including a really cool Google maps mash-up of book challenges across the US since 2007. 

Posted 28 September 2009 § Censorship § Library § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

All Free Library of Philadelphia Branch, Regional and Central Libraries Closed Effective Close of Business October 2, 2009

Holy shit! 

Posted 16 September 2009 § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Medicare in Canada: A Message for Americans

The power of social media is pretty amazing sometimes.  I found the clip below via a Facebook post a couple days ago.  I followed the Facebook link to YouTube when the clip was at less than 100 views.  It's now pushing 10 000!  This really speaks to the way that information can go viral and […]

Posted 26 August 2009 § Main Page § Politics § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Sarah Palin Resigns, Is Naughty Librarian?

Sarah Palin announced her resignation on July 3, the Friday before a long weekend which is the classic tactic of a politician trying to bury bad news.   But this is Sarah Palin we're talking about here and some are even speculating that she actually timed this announcement to try and tie her news into […]

Posted 06 July 2009 § Main Page § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Late Link – Nerds vs. Jocks – The True Cultural Divide in America

John Hodgman roasts Barack Obama at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner while trying to decide if the new President is a nerd or a jock (and including a subtle message that perhaps the expectations for Obama were set too high?).

Posted 21 June 2009 § FridayFunLink § Main Page § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Barack Obama Reads "Where The Wild Things Are" at the White House Easter Egg Hunt

Pretty good technique…is there anything this man can't do?(Thanks to Pam J. for the link via Facebook)

Posted 16 April 2009 § Main Page § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Vegas Photos Are Up!

Although I have to admit that I didn't take nearly as many as I normally would – both because I often find that having a lens to your eye all the time removes you from the experience and also because, frankly, you can go to Flickr and find photos of anything we visited – the […]

Posted 16 March 2009 § Main Page § Photo § Travel ‡ Comments (0) °

Five Things I Wanted To Do In Vegas That I Never Got Around To

1. Visit one of their local libraries.  2. Take in a second show besides “Love” (Penn & Teller would've been awesome as would have any of the other Cirque shows)3. Eat at In 'n' Out Burger – a no-frills California chain that's sort of like McDonald's but with high-quality, healthy ingredients.  4. Put $10 on […]

Posted 15 March 2009 § List § Main Page § Travel ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – "You Always Double Down on 11" (March 14, 2009)

Apparently they had cameras following me around in Vegas.  Here's a clip from the upcoming documentary…

Posted 14 March 2009 § FridayFunLink § Main Page § PopCulture § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) °