"Waffle House" – Bill Hicks

That MetaFilter (which I inevitably type as “MetaFitler” everytime I type it) thread on libraries led to this piece of Bill Hicks gold.  I also found a blog

Blog Survey Results

I recently posted the second annual “Head Tale Blog Survey” to find out a bit about the visitors to this site – how they get here, what they

"A cafe has taken the place of part of the fiction section and a computer learning zone has replaced the periodicals room"

MetaFilter has a good discussion on the death of libraries, this time about a library in the UK.  “Hendon's library's opening hours have been cut, a cafe has

IIPA Slam Canada For Not Fixing Copyright "Deficiencies", CBC to release program via BitTorrent DRM-free

A couple copyright-related stories that warm the cockles of my Canadian heart…While the inclusion of China and Russia on the “Priority Watch List” isn't surprising, the report also

Friday Fun Link – Atheists and Anger (March 21, 2008)

Continuing my trend of posting contrarian viewpoints on major Christian holidays, here's a piece on why atheists get angry and frustrated with believers.  (But I am glad to

Why The Toronto Maple Laffs Will Not Make The Playoffs

Okay, I just saw this because I was browsing the most viewed clips on YouTube.  And I went to look up the score to find that TO did

Chris Dixon Memorial Scholarship (and some thoughts on a random death in the oil patch)

It was an incredible shock to hear of the passing of LIS PhD student, Chris Dixon, last summer.  (In a freaky coincidence, this happened right in the middle

Home For Dinner: A Saskatchewan Shopping List

Amy Jo Ehman and her husband recently spent a whole year eating nothing but Saskatchewan-produced foods.  Her year-long experiment is over but she's continued to buy (mostly) from

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