Gratitude: A Story of a Computer, Vomit and What It Means To Be A Parent

I linked to this from Facebook and posted it to Redit but thought I'd put it here for posterity as well since it's so good.  (And if I'm

Friday Fun Link – Send a Free Google Postcard (December 4, 2009)

To promote their Gmail service, Google is offering the chance for anyone to send a single free postcard to any US address, no strings attached.  Obviously being in

Library Routes Project: How Did You Become A Librarian?

A colleague and I recently facilitated a forum for the professional librarians at RPL.  The first question we asked as an ice breaker was “How did you you

Dauphin's Great Experiment: A Living Wage For All (in the 1970's )

I love ideas that are revolutionary: “Cheques were issued based on family size and income. That is, the minimum cheque would presume the recipient had no other source

Five Things I Learned at the Saskatchewan Publishers Group

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

Music Monday – ThruYou – The YouTube Remix

ThruYou is a project that took clips of amateur musicians that were uploaded to YouTube and remixed them to create new music.  Very cool! 

I Have Never Seen…

…a sporting championship won by a team that was behind the ENTIRE game and THEN, won on a horrible penalty AFTER the game was over due to a

Saturday Snap – Where Did the Watermelon Helmet Tradition Come From? (Go Riders Go!)

A colleague brought this to work on Friday then got snaps of a bunch of the staff trying it on. I'm a Rider fan but gotta say this

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