Category: Wisdom

An Open Letter to Premier Brad Wall: On Film, Family & The Real Meaning of Rock & Roll

Hello Mr. Wall, We didn’t get formally introduced but we met briefly this past weekend at Cypress Hills Provincial Park. It was my son who was on the

Medicare Is A Part of Us

Former Saskatchewan Premier and Healthcare Commission Chair, Roy Romanow celebrates Canada Day with a column in the Globe & Mail on perhaps our most cherished Canadian institution. Compared

Google Creates Artificial Intelligence Brain Using 16 000 Networked Computers

Librarians rejoice as the first thing this artificial brain recognizes when it is turned loose on the Internet? Pictures of cats! (All kidding aside, this feels like another

What’s The Most Valuable Lesson You’ve Learned In Your Professional Life?

I love Quora and could probably post a question a week from their awesome weekly e-digest where they summarize some of the most active posts from the Topics

Music Monday – “I don’t go in for ancient wisdom/I don’t believe just ’cause ideas are tenacious/It means that they’re worthy.”

Saw this meme on Facebook and thought I’d share since June 25 is halfway to Christmas and since it fits with Music Monday, why not post a Christmas

Sappy Sunday – The Best High School Graduation Gift Ever

Saw this idea on Reddit and thought – wow, that’s amazing. If only I knew of a kid that was starting kindergarten this fall that I could do

Mick Burrs: Real Live Poet

Had a surprise visitor at work the other day – poet Steven Michael Berzensky (aka Mick Burrs). I first came across Mick’s books when, as a young English

Re-live TEDxRegina Through the Magic of Online Streaming Video!

Here’s my personal favourite presentation from TEDxRegina last month. (All the TEDxRegina videos are up but as of right now, and just for me (?), not all eight

Happy Father’s Day!

What makes a father first realize that he is a dad? (Now, if you’ll excuse I think I have some dust in my eye…)

Friday Fun Link – Save a Library By Burning Books?

Brilliant! (via MetaFilter with a h/t to the colleague who sent it to me at the exact same moment!)

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