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#yqr Toilet A Top Tourist Attraction

There was a time, shortly after I graduated from my MLIS program, where I seriously thought about putting together a presentation about the importance of the public washrooms in libraries – from making the entire library as a welcoming space for the widest variety of people to being a great way to promote programs to […]

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – My Only Ontario Vote (November 2006) #ElectionDay #OntarioVotes2018 #onpooli

With the Ontario provincial election happening today, I’m reminded of the time I unexpectedly got to vote in that province. It was while I was at Western completing my Master’s of Library Science degree and it happened during a federal byelection in London North-Centre which featured Elizabeth May parachuting in to try to win the […]

¶ Posted 07 June 2018 § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § News § Politics § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, history, ontario

Doug Ford or Donald Ford?

Godspeed Ontario!

¶ Posted 06 June 2018 § Humour § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, health, ontario

“That’s why everyone who works retail doesn’t tell you to go fuck yourself.”

(h/t DC on FB)

¶ Posted 31 May 2018 § Censorship § Humour § Meme § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: freedomtoreadweek, language

Music Monday – “Pushed around and kicked around/Always a lonely boy/You were the one that they’d talk about around town as they put you down”

I had the day off so decided to pop out to Congress at the U of R. It was a great day going through the Exhibitors’ Hall catching up with some publishers I knew from my days in that world, meeting some new publishers, talking to authors and so on. Since I rarely get out […]

¶ Posted 28 May 2018 § Humour § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Randomness § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: music

Myth America

(h/t to JB on FB)

¶ Posted 09 May 2018 § Infographic § News § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, history, unitedstates

25 Random Thoughts For @SaskBookAwards 25th Anniversary #sba25 #saskbookawards

Tonight was the 25th anniversary of the Saskatchewan Book Awards so, as someone who first attended in 1997, has been at probably 15-20 of those ceremonies and has also served SBA in a variety of capacities from board member to gala volunteer to web site designer to A/V switcher, I thought it’d be fun to […]

¶ Posted 29 April 2018 § List § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book, history, saskatchewan

Opinion Piece: “On Getting Punched In The Face While Working At The Library”

This opinion piece was written by a librarian in Ohio (who happens to be a FB friend though I’ve never met him in person) but it resonated with me – about some of the “social worker”-type situations library staff deal with regularly (including aggressive patrons – knock on wood, the worst I’ve got was threats and […]