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Thanksgiving Closing Hours for Canadian Public Libraries

A few years back, I did a post where I researched the closing times for various Canadian libraries on Christmas Eve day. Of course Christmas Eve is not an “official” stat holiday but it’s still a day that many workplaces (not just libraries) recognize as a slow time and/or a good time to close early […]

What Are You Most Excited About For The Calgary Flames This Season?

CalgaryPuck has lots of ideas and here’s a team preview from the Calgary Sun. But here are some of the things I’m excited about for the Flames this year as the NHL season begins tonight… A completely re-vamped line-up with lots of good young players Same with the coaching group which is (almost) completely revamped as […]

¶ Posted 03 October 2018 § Canada § List § MemoryLane § News § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: hockey

Calgary Librarian Gives Up City Career To Run Family Farm in Saskatchewan

Technically, I could also give up my library career to go back to run our family farm. But since I’m still scarred from misjudging the width of a swather and driving it into a power pole as a young man, I think I’ll stick with books and computers instead of barley and combines! 😉 Anyhow, […]

¶ Posted 28 March 2018 § Family § Humour § Jobs § Library § Saskatchewan § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education, parents

Friday Fun Link – Mapping NHL Standings Over An Entire Season

With the Flames in the midst of a multi-game winning streak that’s put them back in a playoff spot, I wanted to highlight this site which is pretty cool for showing how a team’s fortunes ebb and flow over the course of a season.

¶ Posted 12 January 2018 § FridayFunLink § Infographic § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: hockey

Friday Fun Link – #HereComeTheOilers

After starting the season by blowing out the Flames with Connor McDavid getting a hat trick, the Edmonton Oilers, who were widely seen as a Stanley Cup contender, have sunk to near the bottom of the NHL (this year but by some historic measures as well). Forget the Stanley Cup, even a playoff appearance is […]

¶ Posted 01 December 2017 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § News § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: hockey

Go Flames Go!

One of the worst playoff series ever – Flames outplayed Ducks in three games and are down 3-0. Go Flames Go! Meme courtesy of Pace who is a major hockey fan! 😉

¶ Posted 19 April 2017 § Humour § Meme § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: hockey

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – The Best Haircut Ever?

When I was working for the Writers Guild of Alberta, we ended up getting into a “Who has the worst (and therefore best!) ID photo?” discussion during one pub night. A young writer I knew pulled out his student ID (which, tellingly, he still carried even though he was no longer a student) and I knew […]

¶ Posted 19 January 2017 § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: writing

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – CalgaryPuck.com Scammer

Instead of my usual photo from the past, today’s post is unusual for a couple reasons – it’s a link to a web forum thread and I hadn’t seen it at the time it was originally posted a year ago. In fact, I had no knowledge of it until recently. But I wanted to share […]

¶ Posted 30 December 2016 § Canada § Internet § Randomness § Technology § ThrowbackThursday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education, hockey

Flames Are On A Great Run

After a crappy start to the season, the Flames have rebounded and gone 8-1-1 in their last ten games to leap back into playoff contention. They’re losing to the Lightning tonight (5-3 as I type this) so they might eat a loss after winning six in a row but it’s great that the season has […]