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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – How Did I Get Here? – #3 – Books

If I’m doing a list of the 10 things that had the strongest influence in who I’ve become at the midpoint of my life, it’s telling that the thing I jump to as the third most influential thing in my entire life, after family and after friends, is books. In fact, I could probably do […]

¶ Posted 14 February 2019 § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § ThrowbackThursday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education

Some Insight Into All-Inclusives (Yay – We Leave In Two Weeks Today!)

In my reading and research about all-inclusives, I’ve come across some interesting articles about the changes in the industry – from the early days of Club Med in the 1970’s pioneering “pay one price” vacations that featured mid-range accommodation, bland buffets and watered down drinks right on through today when all-inclusives are an ever-expanding […]

¶ Posted 10 February 2019 § PopCulture § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: allinclusive, economics, history, travel

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Read (June 2010)

Pace modeling my new Friends of VPL “read” cap that we got on a three week vacation to BC a few years back…

¶ Posted 17 January 2019 § Library § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: holiday, travel

Friday Fun Link – Which Dewey Decimal Number Are You?

New York Public Library with a fun quiz though I feel it could’ve been a lot longer and more in-depth – there are 0-999 numbers after all! 😉

¶ Posted 11 January 2019 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Library § Meme ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

“Why Should You Read Kurt Vonnegut” – TED-ED Talk

Because he’s the best writer of all-time?

¶ Posted 19 December 2018 § Humour § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, history, language

Every Stan Lee Cameo Ever

It’s not surprising when you learn that a 95-year old real-life superhero has passed away but it’s still sad. Millions of kids (including me) were influenced by Stan Lee over the years – in making us into readers, in making us think about good and evil, in making us into dreamers – but in his […]

¶ Posted 13 November 2018 § Jobs § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: history, movies

Saturday Snap – A Versatile Sign @officialRPL Regent Place Branch #yqr #ReadAboutWeed #GuideToGanja #MaryJaneMonographs #GetBuzzedonBooks

Usually, the “Homegrown” sign at my library helps identify a display of Saskatchewan books or perhaps a display of books about gardening or agriculture or something along those lines. But with the legalization of marijuana this week, we found another way to use this sign… 🙂

¶ Posted 20 October 2018 § Canada § Humour § Library § News § Politics § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, health, history, science

Friday Fun Link – Book Cover Concentration

Can you pick which book covers belong to different editions of the same book, even when they have their titles removed?

¶ Posted 28 September 2018 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

SF Books That Didn’t Belong in the Kid’s Section of the Library

I’ve always believed that science fiction is the single best type of writing to teach us about our own lives and society. So I’m absolutely fine when I think about sci-fi books with “inappropriate” content being put into the hands of kids even though the author of this article seems to think librarians put some books […]