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.
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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 […]
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 […]
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?).
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)
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 […]
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 […]
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…
Live From Las Vegas, It's…A Quick Summary of My Trip To Vegas
Sitting in McCarran airport in Vegas just waiting for our flight departure. After a couple *really* close calls on the way down – both in Regina (long security line-up) and Calgary (half-hour delay leaving Regina due to aforementioned long security lines meant we had half an hour to sprint through Calgary airport, clear customs, find […]