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@ryanMeili Monday Redux – Punching Above Your Weight as #skndpldr #nyc #manhattan

With Ryan Meili in New York today for the launch of “A Healthy Society” at Bluestockings Bookstore in Manhattan at 7pm (and with him getting some pretty high profile attention via a post by Niki Ashton on Michael Moore’s web site), I thought it might be worth re-posting a link to an earlier blog post […]

¶ Posted 05 November 2012 § Canada § Politics § Saskatchewan § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: saskatchewan, travel, unitedstates

Canada Reads 2013 Releases Top 10 Books By Region

Lots of interesting looking books on this list.

¶ Posted 01 November 2012 § Canada § PopCulture ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged:

Will Ferguson Wins #Giller Prize, Is All Around Good Guy #canlit

When I worked for the Writers Guild of Alberta, the biggest part of my job was probably working with beginning and emerging writers. So you can imagine my surprise when the phone rang one day and I heard a voice on the other end of the line say: “Jason, it’s Will, Will Ferguson calling.” He […]

¶ Posted 30 October 2012 § Canada § PopCulture § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: alberta, cool

Pace’s First Scholastic School Book Order

Another big school-related milestone for Pace… (Man, I loved getting books from Scholastic as a kid!)

¶ Posted 26 September 2012 § MemoryLane § Pace § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cool, science

A Few AskReddit Book Threads

What is the best non-fiction book you’ve ever read? Good fiction about mental illness? Suggestions to get a male non-reader more into books? Reddit’s Favourite Books: The Master List – a Redditor goes through a bunch of popular book recommendation threads and uses the up votes of the books in each to compile a master […]

¶ Posted 25 September 2012 § Internet § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: reddit

Ryan Meili Book Event at Regina Public Library – Wed Sept 12, 7pm #yqr #skpoli #skndpldr

If you’re interested in learning more about Dr. Ryan Meili, a rumoured candidate for the leadership of the Saskatchewan NDP, why not pop down to Regina Public Library’s Central Branch next Wednesday evening for his Regina book launch event? This event follows successful launches at the public libraries in Swift Current and Yorkton as well […]

¶ Posted 06 September 2012 § Library § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, health, saskatchewan, science

800 People on the Waiting List for “Fifty Shades of Grey” at Saskatchewan Libraries

¶ Posted 22 August 2012 § Censorship § Humour § Library § Meme § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § UK § United States § Video § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: saskatchewan

“Goodnight iPad” – A Parody

The classic children’s book gets re-imagined for our modern age.

¶ Posted 22 July 2012 § Humour § Library § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute, language

Sappy Sunday – The Best High School Graduation Gift Ever

Saw this idea on Reddit and thought – wow, that’s amazing. If only I knew of a kid that was starting kindergarten this fall that I could do this for! 😉

¶ Posted 24 June 2012 § Family § MemoryLane § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cool, history, language, parents

Mick Burrs: Real Live Poet

Had a surprise visitor at work the other day – poet Steven Michael Berzensky (aka Mick Burrs). I first came across Mick’s books when, as a young English major, I would go to Yorkton as part of my job as a door-to-door salesman with Image Cable Systems. I would spend the night at a co-worker’s […]