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“Home For Sale – Calgary Version” (And A List of Places I’ve Lived)

Here’s a pic of me with our realtor’s sign when we sold the condo we owned in Calgary in October 2004 and with the pending move (basically two nights left in our current home!), it’s got me thinking back on other places I’ve laid my head… 0-5 (?) – my parents live in a rental […]

¶ Posted 03 December 2019 § Family § Jobs § List § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, economics, education, ontario, parents

This thread about working in a library went viral because it’s funny, passionate, angry and utterly lovely

https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2019/05/16/working-library-thread-viral-passionate-angry-funny-and-lovely/2/

¶ Posted 19 November 2019 § Humour § Internet § Jobs § Library § List § Meme § MemoryLane § UK § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, twitter

Saturday Snap – A Strange (and Strangely Exciting?) Raffle Prize at @officialRPL Staff Day

I was a bit surprised to see what I thought was some sort of sex lotion in one of the raffle baskets I ended up winning at the RPL Staff Development Day yesterday. Fortunately (?), my reading comprehension isn’t so great for a librarian and my wife seemed a bit too relieved to inform me […]

¶ Posted 02 November 2019 § Humour § Library § Sad § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – #officialRPL Annual Report 1996 #yqr

One of the ladies in my branches’ “Celebrate Seniors!” program (she’s a model on page 2!) showed me an RPL annual report she recently rediscovered. Amazing stuff…

¶ Posted 31 October 2019 § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, saskatchewan

Saturday Snap – The Risks of Doing An Election-Themed Display

I mean I’m not personally a fan of the guy but we happened to have Justin Trudeau’s autobiography in our collection so I put it on an election-themed display I did (along with a range of books about various topics and issues that are important to supporters of all parties this election season. I also […]

¶ Posted 19 October 2019 § Canada § Humour § Library § News § Politics § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, history

The Changing Nature of Freedom of Expression: Banning Books Is Anachronistic But Challenges Remain

Good article from The National Post about the changing nature of the debate around Freedom of Expression. What remains is that challenges still come from all sides of the political spectrum. …the bulk of work on freedom of expression is shifting from people who fruitlessly complain about books to attacks on journalists and bloggers. Also […]

¶ Posted 02 October 2019 § Canada § Censorship § Internet § Library § LibrarySchool § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, freedomtoreadweek, language, philosophy

What Does Crytal Meth Feel Like?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQVb6Cd-w8s

¶ Posted 04 September 2019 § Library § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, health, science

Saturday Snap – A Glimpse of Our Future?

Shea and I really enjoying the camping lifestyle and, although it’s still a few years away, have begun talking about what it would be like to downsize our house and buy a small camper/motorhome/camper van and just travel around in that once we retire. We got a glimpse of what it might be like this […]

¶ Posted 31 August 2019 § Family § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: camping, travel

Flipping Through The History Books: Regina Public Library Celebrates 110 Years

One hundred and ten seems like a bit of an unusual anniversary to commemorate but anyhow, the Leader Post does have a great article about RPL and how it’s changed over the years.