Category: United States

Southern Storm Chasers Find “Last Frontier” On Canadian Prairies

It’s been a pretty wild year for storms on the Prairies with lots of attention from so-called “storm chasers” who, ironically, make the storms even more prevalent by

Social Media Olympics

The Universal: Television, The Internet and the End of Space & Time (PDF w/ Speaking Notes) from headtale When I did my favourite presentation ever in library school

Hawaii Trip – Makena (Big) Beach

This beach had some of the biggest waves and shore break I’ve ever been brave foolish enough to go swimming in. I even tried boogie boarding and my

Music Monday – "Everything moves real slow when it's forty below"

Stolen from my Facebook status update last night: “Congrats on joining the rest of the developed world, USA!  Now you just need to get rid of the death

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

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

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

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.  

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