Shea got this off her mommy board and wanted me to do it. I got 68 and she got 92. (“Crunchy” by the way is what the kids call “hippies” these days. This quiz happens to be in reference to your parenting choices.)
How Crunchy Are You?
The Flames are out after an all-around terrible performance in game 7 against San Jose and, for the third year when they went out in the first round, I have mixed feelings. I'm sad that my team lost of course but also relieved that I'll be able to avoid spending three hours on the couch every second night. 
Anyhow, I was 4/8 in the first round (strangely, picking 3/4 in the East which is the conference I watch a lot less of) but in my defense, it was only because I'm a homer for the Flames (I knew they were in an uphill battle against the Sharks) and I picked the wrong upset (Nashville over Detroit instead of Dallas over Anaheim.)
With the excuses out of the way, here's my picks for round two. (This gets easier each round – by the time some team's won the Cup, I bet I'll be able to predict the winner with 100% accuracy!)
Montreal over Philadelphia
Pittsburgh over NY Rangers
Colorado over Detroit
San Jose over Dallas
Oh hell, while I'm predicting, I'll also say that Montreal will beat Pittsburgh (to be the fourth different Canadian team in four years to make the Stanley Cup final) and San Jose will beat Colorado and then Montreal will beat the Canadian curse to win their, what, 26th Cup in their storied history? In a related story, there will be a huge upswing in the number of sports fans jumping off tall buildings in downtown Toronto.
…is what Shea said when she caught me feeding Pace chips while watching the hockey game last night. (At least she didn't catch me giving him sips of beer!)
Today was our semi-annual branch librarian's workshop where we hold a day-long series of presentations related to librarianship and our library system specifically.
It went off fairly well with the usual mix of the good (the Dilly Bars from DQ for the afternoon “stretch break” were a hit, even if the weather had turned bitterly cold in the last couple days), the bad (one presenter didn't show up) and the ugly (most of my jokes at the podium. 
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An unexpected highlight was meeting David Sparvier who is Canada's first Aboriginal professional librarian. We had invited a number of librarians from various First Nations in our region and Mr. Sparvier came even though he is now retired. (He told me his age and I said I would've guessed twenty years younger!)
I got to sit with him at lunch and spent an enjoyable but all too brief bit of time hearing about his experiences at U of T in the 60's doing his MLS, his early work with Provincial Library setting up the regional library system and various other related topics. I didn't even know that he had that small claim to fame as Canada's first Aboriginal professional librarian until a colleague pointed it out.
Some of these suggestions could be very useful in a library setting if you're trying to encourage movement towards more technology-based solutions and are feeling resistance from colleagues and/or management.
Ten Common Objections to Social Media Adoption and How You Can Respond – ReadWriteWeb
(PS – I've had this link kicking around for a LONG time and suspect I initially got it from someone else's blog. So if it was you that posted this, apologies for not giving proper credit.)
How many of the following do you know?
Aglet.
Bollard.
Dingbat.
Ferrule.
Keeper.
Kerf. Punt (or kick).
Philtrum.
Phosphenes.
Tragus.
I knew exactly one and somewhat unsurprisingly, it was “dingbat”. 
(As an aside, there is a book called “The Joy of Lex” that was one of my absolute favourites as a kid. If you're a fan of words and language and linguistics, I highly recommend it and it's sequel, “More Joy of Lex”)
Ten Whatchamacallits And Their Real Names – The List Universe
[Edit: I can't believe I used the wrong “its” in that last line, especially in a post about language! I know the rules for (most of) the typical grammar mistakes – honest – but frequently find that my brain and hands don't always keep up to each other when typing.]
I love when I see something that shows me what the future of the Internet will look like. Though only available for San Francisco and a couple other locations, seeing MapJack (which puts Google StreetView to shame) is one of those moments.
