Category: Wisdom

Quora Questions Qaptured

I’ve mentioned Quora a couple times before. It’s a community-based Q&A site built by two ex-Facebook employees that some project will be bigger than Twitter and Wikipedia. The

Ken Haycock: “Should We Reconsider the Paramilitary Library?”

Noted library leader, Ken Haycock, has a regular e-newsletter which contains columns on a wide variety of library and related topics. I don’t always agree with these columns

Hawaii Trip Highlights

Well, we made it back from Hawaii and are now suffering that weird mix of happiness and sadness that you feel when you’re glad to be home after

Hawaii Trip – Shave Ice

Pace enjoys a local Hawaiian delicacy in the town made famous by the song, “Puff the Magic Dragon”, Hanalei…

Music Monday – “All that fibre optic gear/Cannot take away the fear/Like an island song”

Other than those opening lines about it being “cold, cold, cold” (today was +5), I think this is my theme song for the next couple weeks. Oh, and

Friday Fun Link – Best Countries for Work-Life Balance

Canada comes in at #14 which means I’m moving to somewhere in Scandinavia. 😉 Just kidding but seriously, this isn’t that hard. Having daycare spaces for everyone makes

Politics in Full Sentences: The Story of Naheed Nenshi’s Purple Army

A great article on the behind-the-scenes of Naheed Nenshi’s improbable but ultimately successful campaign to become the mayor of Calgary (and if you want to get meta, there’s

A Small Pat on the Back (or Is That the Belly?)

As is often the case with many people who gain weight as they get older, I went from a high school graduating weight of 180 lbs to a

A Cool Facebook Status Update

A friend just posted this (and I know we’ve all been there after an all-nighter with Mr. Potter or Ms. Everdeen or whoever)… I nearly called in book

Music Monday – “If god takes you/He leaves a huge footprint of love/And kindness behind/Which is where you once stood.”

One last Christmas song (okay, two in one clip – lucky you!) After watching this, you should immediately go buy the Hawksley Workman Christmas album. He just released

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