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Friday Fun Link – Browsing The Stacks: A Photo Appreciation of Libraries

The Atlantic has a paywall but allows a certain number of free visits each month so hopefully you can get in (or have a VPN or use Incognito Mode). This is a pretty amazing photo essay. (via MetaFilter)

¶ Posted 18 September 2020 § FridayFunLink § Library § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cool, education

Pro Wrestling Territories in the United States: A Brief History

If you’re a pro wrestling fan like I am, you’ll appreciate this walk down memory lane…

¶ Posted 16 September 2020 § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sports § United States § Video § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – Inside The World Trade Center (1999)

¶ Posted 11 September 2020 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § News § Sad § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: unitedstates

Music Monday – “All those who remember the war/They won’t forget what they’ve seen/Destruction of men in their prime/Whose average age was nineteen”

He’s broken *so* many taboos and boundaries in politics. But Trump’s taking a lot of pushback after reports of multiple negative comments against the military so maybe, just maybe, this will finally break through to some supporters that he’s not a good person and maybe even help guarantee a loss in November (or at least […]

¶ Posted 07 September 2020 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § Politics § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: music, unitedstates

Secular Sunday – Could American Evangelicals Spot The Anti-Christ?

A recovered evangelical points out the obvious – probably not!

¶ Posted 06 September 2020 § SecularSunday § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, education, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – Top Five Experiments In Space

I recently read Scott Kelly’s “Endurance” which is a combination of a traditional autobiography along with with a travelogue about his record-breaking year-long experience in space. This book was recommended in an article I read early in quarantine as a great way to maintain perspective during the pandemic by learning about someone who basically went […]

¶ Posted 04 September 2020 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Technology § Travel § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cool, science

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Stop Thief! Board Game (1979)

Came across an ad for this board game on a local buy/sell board. They wanted $75 (!) for this “classic” game so obviously not going to be picking it up. But it did bring back fond memories of playing it as a kid. Is it any wonder I came to love technology and gadgets so […]

¶ Posted 16 July 2020 § MemoryLane § Randomness § ThrowbackThursday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cool, education

How Countries Around The World Have Responded to Covid-19

¶ Posted 12 July 2020 § Canada § News § Travel § UK § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, education, health, travel, unitedstates

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “We are closing for at least two weeks, maybe more” (March 16, 2020)

This was the sign one of my staff hastily wrote during the frantic last day my library was open to the public (which ironically, I suspect was one of the busiest circulation days in my branch’s history as people took *armloads* of books – perhaps realising our project of “at least a couple weeks” was […]