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Introducing T-19: An Election Countdown #elxn42

So beginning tomorrow, I’m planning to have a 19 day series of posts with various thoughts and observations about the Canadian Federal Election. My politics are no secret

Can BuzzFeed Guess Your Age By How You Answer A Quiz About Your Reading Habits?

The site guessed 40 for me and I’m 42 so that’s pretty good. [Edit: it also guessed 35 for Shea and she’s 36 so pretty much bang on

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – New Computer System @OfficialRPL #yqr (February 2010)

RPL is moving to a new ILS over the coming week which reminded me of the last move we had five years ago…

Friday Fun Link – Calculate Your Reading Speed

MyReadSpeed.com is a site that allows you figure out your reading speed. I tried on the sample from “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and got 523 words per minute.

You Can’t Defend Public Libraries and Oppose File Sharing

Libraries and file-sharing do not differ in principle. The purpose of libraries was – is – to make culture and knowledge available to as many as possible, as

Litany of Lies: A Third Grader’s Reading Log Exposed!

I often feel guilty that Shea and I don’t do a better job of keeping up Pace’s reading log but after doing a few “I’m a librarian. I

Yeah Baby! #Flames Eliminate The Canucks to Move To Round Two of #StanleyCup Playoffs

In 2004, I attended the Alberta Book Awards on the same evening as game six of the Canucks-Flames first round playoff series. As one of the event organizers,

Mark Zuckerberg Starts Online Book Club – Is He The Internet Generation’s Oprah?

Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has started an online book club to help facilitate his annual resolution. Other years, he’s pledged to do everything from study Mandarin to wearing

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