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Category Archives: Wisdom

Which Book Made The Most “Best of” Lists in 2012?

This is an interesting way to determine the best book of the year – see which book(s) made the most “Best of” lists?  (Kind of like using Google PageRank algorithm but for book lists!)  Of course the book on the most lists is one I hadn’t heard of – bad librarian, bad! In my own […]

Posted 27 December 2012 § Library § List § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Wrapper’s Delight: A Brief History of Wrapping Paper

From The Atlantic.

Posted 26 December 2012 § Randomness § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

My Annual Christmas Blasphemy Tradition

Because what’s Christmas without tradition? (I evidently like tradition!) Merry Christmas 2012!

Posted 25 December 2012 § Blog § Censorship § Humour § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

A Skeptical History of Christmas

Happy Festivus!

Posted 23 December 2012 § Censorship § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

I Am (Not) Adam Lanza’s Mother

This blog post by the mother of a mentally-ill son, posted in the wake of the Connecticut shootings, was making the viral rounds.  Although I found it an interesting piece of writing with potentially some good points being made about the stigma of mental illness and the struggles of families trying to deal with it, […]

Posted 16 December 2012 § Family § Meme § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Sometimes I Really Miss Calgary

Like when I read articles like this one where I know the business and most people in the article including Greg and Simone. Side note – I’ve long advocated that libraries should integrate the same type of question that Pages bookstore asks all their new applicants.

Posted 13 December 2012 § Canada § Library § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) °

Sappy Sunday – The Saddest Christmas Song Ever?

A lot of comments about his one in a recent MetaFilter thread about sad Christmas movies, TV & music.

Posted 09 December 2012 § PopCulture § Sad § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

My Real Role on Team Meili… #skndpldr

…is to come up with ideas that are the “first of a kind”. Last time, it was the idea for the Money Bomb (see #3 on the linked list) which was the first ever in Canadian politics. This time, it was putting forward the idea for a Reddit AMA which was the first ever by a Saskatchewan politician. Of […]

Posted 04 December 2012 § Humour § Internet § MemoryLane § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , ,

@ryanMeili Monday – Ryan’s Doing A Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) Chat Tuesday Afternoon #skndpldr

Ryan will be participating in an AMA (Ask Me Anything) chat on the popular web site, Reddit, tomorrow afternoon from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Sask time (4 – 5:30 p.m. EST) You should plan to participate – where else can you go to find out if Ryan would rather fight one horse-sized duck or 100 […]

Posted 03 December 2012 § Canada § Humour § Politics § Saskatchewan § Technology ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

“The Bullshit State of Politics in Canadian Libraryland”

Now, this is a good rant. And what makes a good rant?  Truth is a big part of it. This person hits the nail on the head that the situation at both Library & Archives Canada and CLA are disgraceful – LAC is being absolutely decimated by Stephen Harper’s War on Information while bending over […]

Posted 29 November 2012 § Canada § Library § LibrarySchool § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,