I asked my daughter what I should post for this week’s Friday Fun Link and she said “Search up ‘fun facts’ on YouTube”. This was the first result…
I usually post a picture for Throwback Thursday but for something different today, I thought I’d post a different type of “throwback”. I was recently talking with someone about the best leadership/management/business books we’d read. I said I have a few favourites but one called “Employees First, Customers Second” by Vineet Nayar was the first […]
Some of the society-shifting impacts of Covid are being seen most clearly in workplaces. A lot depends on whether managers and leaders are able to shift their thinking…
On Feb 25, 2019, Winnipeg’s Millennium Library installed airport-style security screening. This led to a massive drop in attendance. Many no longer feel welcome in this free public space. Community group Millennium for All is fighting for welcoming, just, accessible and fully funded libraries. “Millennium For All” – John K. Samson
My coworker hooked me up with a guy selling discounted 50lb bags of oversized and misshapen potatoes (who, of course, turns out to be a regular at my library.) At any rate, pulling up at his house, I felt like I was getting in the middle of a shady drug deal – cars lining up, […]
Okay, did this a couple elections ago for #Elxn42 but don’t think I did the last election. But no big plans tonight other than a stiff rye & ginger ale so let’s see what we can see… – get home from work at 6pm to see that the split is roughly Libs – 21, Con […]
I know lottery tickets are a waste of money but I buy them for a few reasons: 1) Lottery money helps fund a lot of great organizations including many of the non-profits I used to work for/with/volunteer for. 2. As a colleague once said, “sure, you’re not going to win but what you’re actually buying […]
An Angus Reid poll showed that 75 per cent of Canadians agreed with the statement “I don’t have a lot of sympathy for people who chose not to be vaccinated and then got COVID-19.” In B.C., 53 per cent favoured making vaccines mandatory in public places to make life harder for unvaccinated people, while another […]
Can’t wait to check out (er, pun intended?) this little library out this weekend (and on a related note, I was hanging out with the new Weyburn Library Branch Head last weekend too. Yep, I’m that cool!) 🙂 The “Beaver Den” is the park’s arts & craft shack but I’m still bitter that my entry […]
Always sad to hear libraries that are facing great challenges. 🙁
