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Goodbye to Our Babysitter (and Some Thoughts On A Lucky Life)

When I did my ten part series on the things that have been major factors in making me who I am today, I thought about finishing with a post about a few things – liberals tend to think in terms of “privilege”, right wingers might think of it as “hard work”, the superstitious might just […]

¶ Posted 26 June 2019 § Jobs § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: parents

Regina Northeast Community Association Family Fair & BBQ

I got to spend a few hours this afternoon at the annual summer fair of one of the community associations my library serves. There’d been a forecast of rain but the day turned out to be beautiful and I it was great fun to spend time with a bunch of my regular patrons, meet a […]

¶ Posted 23 June 2019 § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § Politics § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: saskatchewan

Saturday Snap – This Is The Picture My Wife Sends Me While I’m Being #SaturdayLibrarian

The rest of the family gets a trip to the museum and ice cream; I get to talk to people about chemtrails, flat earth theories, and how Disney hides secret messages in their movies, all while being #SaturdayLibrarian. 😉

¶ Posted 22 June 2019 § Humour § Jobs § Library § Pace § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: health

Music Monday – “But you say it in a Tweet, that’s a cop-out/And I’m just like, “Hey, are you okay?””

“You Need To Calm Down” – Taylor Swift

¶ Posted 17 June 2019 § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: health

Music Monday – “Started from the bottom, now we’re here/Started from the bottom, now my whole team fuckin’ here”

I know this song isn’t technically about the Raptors but since it’s written by their biggest celebrity fan and the lyrics (sorta) fit, I thought I’d post it. “Started From The Bottom” – Drake

¶ Posted 10 June 2019 § Canada § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, ontario

Saturday Snap – Community Presentation

A few months ago, one of the regulars at my branch asked me to speak to a retirees’ group she belongs to about the library and all it has to offer. Here’s a shot from after I finished speaking…

¶ Posted 08 June 2019 § Library § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

“Blackbird” by The Beatles sung in Mi’kmaq

This is a very cool cover by a Cape Breton teen that even got a shout-out from Macca himself!

¶ Posted 04 June 2019 § Canada § Meme § PopCulture ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: beatles, language, music

Free Walk-In Counselling from @fam_service Being Offered @officialRPL Regent Place Branch, Mondays from 12-4pm, Starting Monday June 3 #yqr

This amazing program has been running at Regina Public Library’s Central and Albert branches for awhile but is now being expanded to the Regent Place branch where I work. The branch is at 331 Albert St (in the Market Mall that also has Pizza Pizza and Quiznos.) The program offers: * Drop-in counselling on a […]

¶ Posted 02 June 2019 § Jobs § Library § Saskatchewan § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: health

Minot Public Library Adds Another Incentive to Read – Cash!

Minot Public Library is partnering with Bank of North Dakota’s College SAVE program to provide one more incentive to participants in its summer reading program: money. College SAVE is the state’s 529 plan to help residents save for college. Every young reader who signs up for the Minot Public Library’s Summer Reading Program will have […]

¶ Posted 29 May 2019 § Library § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book, economics, unitedstates

“I should go ahead and mention right now that he is a lymphoma survivor.” Some Thoughts on Civility

One of the ongoing debates in the world right now – in online discussion, in politics and in our personal lives – is what the role of civility is and how it’s perhaps become less important than in the past. I think one change is that people used to be civil in a reciprocal manner […]