As I’ve gotten more and more involved with the NDP over the past few years, I occasionally get asked if I’d ever consider running as a candidate. Sometimes it’s tongue-in-cheek (I think) and sometimes serious, like when someone recently asked if I would consider running for city council (I think). When I used to work with […]
Opening of the Saskatchewan Legislature – Oct 27, 2010, originally uploaded by headtale. Here’s a shot from the opening of the fall session of Saskatchewan’s Legislature. When I got invited, I thought it was to sit in the gallery but turns out we got to sit on the floor, right behind where the MLA’s sit […]
RPL hosted a workshop with well-known library consultant, Rachel Van Riel of OpeningTheBook.com today, the only Saskatchewan stop on a cross-Canada tour that will also take her to Alberta and Ontario. The information presented was excellent and I’d highly recommend her to anyone looking for ideas on how to improve their libraries. As always, a […]
I've been writing stories since I was a kid.I specialized in creative writing while doing my BA – English.I worked for five years in Saskatchewan's publishing industry.I worked for three and a half years in Alberta's writing industry.I organized and participated in writing retreats, writing groups and workshops.I served on the board of the Saskatchewan […]
I did this in 2006, 2007 and 2008 so once again, here’s a quick summary of my 2009 in meme form: What did you do this year that you’d never done before? After always being an armchair observer, I got really involved in politics via the Ryan Meili campaign for the leadership of the provincial NDP. There […]
I attended the Saskatchewan Book Awards last Saturday night and since it was the Saskatchewan Publishers Group that first got me involved with that organization, I thought this would be a good time to post the third part of a series I'm doing on the main things I learned from the various jobs I've held […]
I did this last year and found it a good way to sum up my year so I thought I’d do it again today as 2007 comes to a close. What did you do this year that you’d never done before? Became a father! Did anyone close to you give birth? Well, my wife for starters! […]
We've got a bit of a break before the evening events at SLA so me and a couple of my co-workers came back to our suite to relax. It's been a great day – seeing lots of people I know from my former life (SPG has a booth here staffed by a former colleague from […]
Here is the granddaddy of all library school lists – 50 ways that FIMS could be improved. Some are incredibly simple, small changes; some are pretty significant and maybe even unrealistic (or would require a lot of work and bureaucratic maneuvering which makes them unlikely to happen, even if they are possible.)
A week ago I blogged about how, since I was half done my second semester of three, I was half-done the program. But in my head, I've always thought of June 30/July 1 (okay, July 2 as I'm getting to this post a day later than I meant to) as the “real” halfway point of […]
