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End of Year Track Meet

One of the things that seems like a downside of my current job at a branch is that I have to do some evening and weekend work. But sometimes that turns out to be an advantage. Because I worked this past weekend, I had Monday and Tuesday off. And so I was able to go […]

¶ Posted 27 June 2017 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Sports § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: health

Mike Bossy: Letter To My Younger Self

The Player’s Tribute site has some brilliant writing by famous athletes. Today’s post is by my favourite hockey player of all-time. Dear 14-year-old Mike, I write to you today as a 60-year-old man, and I have some news from the future that you probably aren’t going to believe. There are 30 teams in the NHL […]

¶ Posted 07 June 2017 § Canada § MemoryLane § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, history, hockey

Saturday Snap – Thrasher

I have no idea what move this is (ollie?) but Pace assures me that it’s cool. 😉

¶ Posted 03 June 2017 § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cool, science

Friday Fun Link – What Word Do You Always Mispell?

Reddit’s AskReddit community has lots of good, if repetitive, questions including people regularly asking what words other people regularly misspell.

¶ Posted 26 May 2017 § FridayFunLink § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: language

Some Random Thoughts From #rcmpmusicalride in #yqr

A group of eight of us were very excited to take in the “Canada 150” Edition of the RCMP Musical Ride last night, not least of which because Shea’s cousin’s husband is an RCMP member who has been training for the last couple years so that he could be riding in the Tattoo for this […]

¶ Posted 24 May 2017 § Canada § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SecularSunday § Shea § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: economics, history, language, music, saskatchewan

Canada Gains Library Talent From Trump’s America

I did a post a while back about the debate many Canadians are having about whether to travel to Trump’s America or not. The reverse is true too – in libraries and other sectors, Americans are looking to move to Canada to raise their families and live in a more fair, equitable and understanding society. […]

¶ Posted 16 May 2017 § Canada § Jobs § Library § News § Politics § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, history, language, travel, unitedstates

Regina Public Library Hosts Mental Health Trade Show

A very innovative program was held at Regina Public Library’s main branch on Saturday. Program lead for the event, Alejandra Cabrera, said she was pleased with the turnout of people both looking for and offering support. “Sometimes, people don’t know where to start, so if we just offer something that’s casual or drop-in for people, […]