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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – How Did I Get Here? – #7 – Not-For-Profit Cultural Sector

Like a lot of people who convocate with a Bachelor’s degree, the biggest question is “Now what?” In 1996, I had an expensive English degree, a specialization in creative writing, and not a lot of other options. (The other big question you get asked, especially with an English degree is: “Are you going to be […]

Comparing The Cuts: Cornwall Alternative School and Saskatchewan’s Public Libraries #skpoli

I was having some bad flashbacks over the past few days after the Sask Party released their budget last week that included an unexpected, unnecessarily cruel cut. But instead of cutting funding to public libraries and threatening to destroy a 100-year old, world-leading system like they did two years ago, the Sask Party targeted Cornwall […]

¶ Posted 27 March 2019 § Library § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health, history, saskatchewan

National Purple Day for Epilepsy Awareness

Shea’s cousin’s son was profiled by the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital for National Epilepsy Awareness Day. Rylan’s seizures started at the young age of two. They indicated something serious, but at that point nobody knew it would take such a toll on his future development and quality of life. As his mom Jacqui helplessly observed […]

¶ Posted 26 March 2019 § Family § Meme § News § Photo § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, health

Democratic Presidential Candidate, Andrew Wang, on Universal Basic Income

The guy seems like a longshot but so did Donald Trump four years ago!

¶ Posted 19 March 2019 § Jobs § News § Politics § Technology § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, philosophy, science, unitedstates

Music Monday – “Everybody sour like a lemon tree/I’m just smiling down upon my enemies/Do this shit, I love it on the daily/You say you hate your job, but you’ll never leave, never leave”

“Vacation” – Dirty Heads

¶ Posted 18 February 2019 § Humour § MusicMonday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, music

“I’m Ready For My Close-Up”

(More to come once the final product is edited and posted!)

¶ Posted 12 February 2019 § Library § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Shit Fireplace

If you’re looking for an alternative to the ubiquitous yule log channels/videos at this time of year, try “Shit Fireplace” (and I’m proud to say the co-creator of these videos is a colleague at RPL!)

¶ Posted 21 December 2018 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Internet § Library § Meme § PopCulture § Randomness § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, television

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “We Don’t Know Joy Without Experiencing Sadness” – Some Thoughts on a Tough Year

There’s no two ways about it – this has been one of the toughest years of our lives. Shea and I have dealt with a family member being diagnosed with, treated for, and living with all the fallout from a fairly serious form of cancer, numerous deaths of people who were connected to us – […]

¶ Posted 20 December 2018 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: health, parents

Some Thoughts on the Changing Nature of Intellectual Freedom In Librarianship (Maybe?), The “Neutrality” Thing, and How I Sometimes Feel Like My Grandpa Missing The Boat on Elvis

So I recently got tagged on Twitter by a librarian colleague in Saskatoon (who is both a Mover and a Shaker!) asking if I (and a few other online librarian-types) had any thoughts on the changing view of intellectual freedom within the profession, especially in light of wider changes in society which I took to […]

¶ Posted 09 December 2018 § Censorship § Library § LibrarySchool § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, freedomtoreadweek, language, philosophy

Saturday Snap – @officialRPL Kids Xmas Party and Bookmas Tree

Hard to believe we’ve been going to the Regina Public Library Kids Christmas Party for ten years. (Well, Sasha hasn’t been going that long but her brother’s been going since he was a baby!) …and you might see a bit of it in our family pic but here’s a better short of the beautiful “Bookmas […]