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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: , , ,

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:

“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: ,

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: , , ,

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 […]

Posted 20 June 2012 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Save a Library By Burning Books?

Brilliant! (via MetaFilter with a h/t to the colleague who sent it to me at the exact same moment!)

Posted 15 June 2012 § Humour § Library § Politics § Video § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

10 Questions With Dr. Ryan Meili

I recently had the chance to interview Dr. Ryan Meili, author of “A Healthy Society: How A Focus on Health Can Revive Canadian Democracy“. After some back and forth discussion, we decided that the best way to do this would be for me to prepare a few questions then send them by e-mail so he […]

Posted 10 June 2012 § MemoryLane § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Watch Books Being Bought Live and Worldwide

Pretty cool site that shows books as they’re bought around the world – hard to look away!

Posted 08 June 2012 § Library § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

“It’s the Old Generation That’s Entitled, Not Students” – The National Post with a spot-on observation about the current Quebec protests How Reddit’s Co-Founded Became the Mayor of the Internet Speaking of Reddit, a novelty account called ShittyWatercolors did an illustration of my own user name, “HeadTale” (well, mis-read as “HeadTales” but you get what […]

Posted 05 June 2012 § Family § Politics § PopCulture § Technology § Video § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Library CKI/CKO Simulator

This simulator doesn’t work quite as well as you’d hope but it’s a library check-in/check-out simulator that’s intended to help you figure out how long you have to wait until a book you have on hold comes in. I found this simulator on a MetaFilter thread where a patron was asking exactly that question – […]

Posted 25 May 2012 § FridayFunLink § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: