There was a time, shortly after I graduated from my MLIS program, where I seriously thought about putting together a presentation about the importance of the public washrooms in libraries – from making the entire library as a welcoming space for the widest variety of people to being a great way to promote programs to a captive audience, to including cutting edge technologies and innovations.
I never did pull it all together but I ended up bookmarking a lot of sites and downloading a lot of photos that would form a solid foundation for my presentation (which are still out there on the Internet if you know where to look – and no, I’m not going to provide links!)
I missed posting yesterday since we were camping and my cell data was close to going over so I was trying to minimize anything I did online (er, some would point out that’s probably a good approach to camping in general!) 😉
Anyhow, by not posting a Saturday Snap, I ended up taking a great photo this morning of Grandma and Sasha leaving our camp site which I’m going to post as a rare “Sunday Snap” instead!
Being able to find any kind of timely information you want – for example, ideas for some new music to listen to at your campsite – is a big part of why Reddit is so successful.
It was while I was at Western completing my Master’s of Library Science degree and it happened during a federal byelection in London North-Centre which featured Elizabeth May parachuting in to try to win the Green party’s first seat.
I have a memory that I almost pulled the lever for her, just on the basis that I like the idea of more parties and more viewpoints having representation. But in the voting booth (in the lobby of our apartment building if I remember correctly), I balked and put my mark beside the NDP candidate’s name (little good that it did.)
But let’s hope a wide swath of Ontarians are also willing to put an X beside the name of their NDP candidate today and the results are very different! 🙂
Our annual visit from my Aunt Sandi, who stays with us for a few weeks around Pace’s birthday each year, is over for another year.
It was another great visit with lots of laughs, great conversations, delicious meals and we even survived having windows installed in our guest room while Sandi was here.
