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Throwback Thursday – The State of Book Publishing in Alberta

Though this recent clip only popped up on my Facebook feed the other day, it did remind me of my time in Alberta (2001-2004) when I worked with the Writers Guild of Alberta where part of my work included helping jointly plan the annual Alberta Book Awards with the Book Publishers Association of Alberta. Haven’t […]

¶ Posted 16 October 2025 § Jobs § MemoryLane § PopCulture § ThrowbackThursday § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book

Friday Fun Link – Florida Former Flames

With all the US-Canada tensions, I would have taken any Canadian team in the Stanley Cup final this year compared to most years when I cheer for whichever team I like best – New York Islanders to Detroit Red Wings to Pittsburgh Penguins. But this year, I wanted a Canadian team in the Cup Final […]

¶ Posted 06 June 2025 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: hockey, unitedstates

A Short Lesson in Small Minded Nationalism #ElbowsUp

@todmaffin ? @todmaffin.com on Bluesky • A Short Lesson in Small-Minded Nationalism #tariffs #cdnpoli #buycanadian ? original sound – Tod Maffin ??

¶ Posted 20 May 2025 § Canada § Humour § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education, saskatchewan

Wisdom Wednesday – Five Takeaways From 2025 Canadian Election

One of the wildest elections in Canadian history – massive swings in fortunes, two party leaders losing their seats, the US being a major factor in the Canadian results, NDP reduced to non-party status after being arguably the most effective NDP caucus in history, electoral reform once again seems like a necessity. @aartipole1 It was […]

¶ Posted 30 April 2025 § Canada § List § News § Politics § United States § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education, history, saskatchewan, unitedstates

Saturday Snap – Baby Librarian Hammond? Young Man Hammond?

It’s an unofficial tradition (does two people doing it so far equal a “tradition”?) that when a colleague is at one of the branches I work at – either for a meeting or redeployed due to illness or whatever – they leave a doodle of some kind as a “thanks” for using my desk. The […]

¶ Posted 16 November 2024 § Humour § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – It’s My Fault (February 2022)

I’m not superstitious but…I may have fucking jinxed the Flames and boosted the Oilers when I jokingly whipped a Flames toque out of my pocket and put it on in front of the Oilers symbol when we were at Rogers Place in Edmonton in February 2022. I’m sorry hockey gods. Please accept my humble apologies […]