Happy Family Literacy Day! Here’s some pics from a Family Literacy Day event we had at the library a few years back…
Well, maybe not an authority but a recent blog post may have at least convinced a couple people at the Mother Corp that I should be interviewed for a CBC story about the game! 😉 (And I’m going to lose sleep tonight thinking how that beautiful pre-planned quote came off worse than I intended simply […]
This looks amazing – can’t wait to visit! New Central libraries have been built in most major Canadian cities over the past decade from Halifax to Winnipeg to Calgary to Vancouver among many others. And now Saskatoon will join that list! Every single one of these new Central libraries have become community hubs, centres of […]
Strangely, “Like watching a Carrot Top movie on repeat” is not listed as an option. (via Reddit)
A coworker observed that an occupational hazard of working in a place where we hand out rapid tests kits is the risk of people over sharing *why* they want the tests. This gives you this wild anecdotal taste of how widespread Covid is right now – business owners, parents, students, neighbours on each side of […]
Pretty good summary of the recent volcanic eruption in the south pacific…
Wordle is the latest craze to sweep the online world. If you haven’t played, you get six chances to guess a five letter word. After entering your first guess, it will tell you if you have a letter in the right spot (green) or a right letter but in the wrong spot (yellow). Then, sort […]
Hmm, could the ability to trust science and use logic vs. the ability to believe in conspiratorial fairy tales and misplaced authority be part of this?
Interesting survey about the different markers – natural, manmade, etc. – that people use to connote the change of seasons. For me, I know the “official” dates for season changes but my (very limited) list probably goes like this… Spring – whenever snow is almost fully melted Summer – when school’s out at end of […]
I’ve been thinking about writing a longer post with some thought about how people’s personal social media (and blog?!?) posts are increasingly having repercussions on their work life. This was especially relevant after the Sask Health Association sent out some fairly chilling messages to staff who were posting thoughts/opinions/information about Covid a few months ago. […]
