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Category Archives: Wisdom

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

Some of the times science fiction led to science fact What Your Country Says About Your Reading Habits What’s the single biggest mistake parents can make? (AskReddit) 40 Ways Kids Ruin Everything Good In This World (very funny!) How The Working Class Was Forgotten 10 Segments That Make Us Ashamed To Be Wrestling Fans And one […]

Posted 06 May 2014 § Baby § Canada § Humour § Politics § PopCulture § Sad § UK § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Happy May Day!

Especially relevant with the new Saskatchewan Employment Act being proclaimed the other day…      

Posted 01 May 2014 § Infographic § Politics § Saskatchewan § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

How To Be Happy: The Science Behind Happiness

Posted 29 April 2014 § Infographic ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Free Public Library Cards at Edmonton Public Library Will Continue

The subject of user fees in Alberta public libraries is of great interest to me. That’s why I was very excited when a colleague recently informed me that a pilot project to remove user fees at Edmonton Public Library during the library’s centennial year was being made permanent! The number of people with library cards […]

Posted 27 April 2014 § Canada § Library § LibrarySchool § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Pale Blue Dot – Carl Sagan

This is beyond cool.  I love Carl Sagan and how he puts life into proper perspective… http://vimeo.com/22582065

Posted 24 April 2014 § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

“Stone Cold” Steve Austin Gives a NSFW Defense of Gay Marriage

Hell yeah! (h/t to JK or FB)

Posted 23 April 2014 § Censorship § Humour § Politics § PopCulture § Sports § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

What Fact Do You Accept Intellectually Even Though It Still Feels “Wrong” To You?

Lots of cool answers in this AskReddit question… There are perfectly nice, reasonable, intelligent people who disagree with my political opinions. You can get from North Korea to Finland by going through one country. That if you don’t have a kid, you’re the first one since your ancestral line started [edit: not just human line […]

Posted 10 April 2014 § List ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Why UPS Drivers Won’t Turn Left

I’m not so strident as to never do left turns or try to avoid them at all costs. But I’m not a fan of them generally and, if given the choice, will often do three right turns or go somewhat out of my way to avoid one left turn. I’m glad to hear UPS agrees.

Posted 08 April 2014 § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

What Is The Most Important Thing You’ve Learned About Leadership?

Below is the top voted answer, by former NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, to the Quora question “What Is The Most Important Thing You’ve Learned About Leadership” (it’s worth clicking through for some of the other answers as well.) 1) Have a grand vision – Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO, CTO As a leader, you can inspire […]

Posted 03 April 2014 § Infographic § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § List § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Ten Things That Can Ruin An E-Book Help Session at the Library

So I consider myself a fairly tech-savvy individual. I’ve been using computers since I was ten years old.  The first computer I used regularly was a Commodore-64.  I sent my first e-mail in 1995 and designed my first web site in 1997. I’ve since designed numerous web sites and even got paid to produce many […]

Posted 28 March 2014 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Library § List § Technology § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,