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Friday Fun Link – Apple’s M1 Chip

The announcement of the new Apple M1 chip last fall finally got me to make the leap from using a ~2012-era MacBook Pro which was at the point that it was basically held together with digital duct tape and prayers to buying a new MacBook Air which arrived this week. I’ll likely share some expanded […]

¶ Posted 26 March 2021 § Internet § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education, science, youtube

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¶ Posted 23 March 2021 § Infographic § Jobs § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, philosophy, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “And if anyone can aid me ‘t is my brother in the army/If I can find his station in Cork or in Killarney/And if he’ll go with me, we’ll go rovin’ through Kilkenney/And I’m sure he’ll treat me better than my own a-sporting Jenny”

“Whiskey in the Jar” – Irish Rovers

¶ Posted 15 March 2021 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: holiday, music

Most Shocking Moments in the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Interview with Oprah

But of course the experts knew all along that it would be shocking! 😉

¶ Posted 09 March 2021 § Jobs § Meme § News § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: history

Freedom To Read Week 2021 – #FTRW – Day Seven – Saturday Snap – My 2021 Library #FTRW Display

I always enjoy trying to come up with something creative for a FTRW display at my library and this year was no different. Going back to what I said earlier in the week (in a post that had a display we did just as Covid was starting to turn towards pandemic status in early […]

¶ Posted 27 February 2021 § Censorship § News § Politics § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book, freedomtoreadweek

Freedom To Read Week 2021 – Day Two – Music Monday – “Mama said, she’s my brothers daughter/And I don’t even know who’s my father/I guess she’s my cousin/But she needs some sweet lovin’ anyway” – #ftrw

I posted this song in June 2019 with only a brief reference to the controversy around the song’s contents which evoke incest and rape. But I thought it might be worth revisiting for FTRW, especially in light of the news that came out in August 2020 that the band’s bassist had subsequently been accused of […]

¶ Posted 22 February 2021 § Censorship § MusicMonday § News § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: freedomtoreadweek, music, saskatchewan

Freedom To Read Week 2021 – Day One – Welcome Back! (And A Child Reads One of the Year’s Most Controversial Books, “Call Me Max”) #ftrw

I’m a huge Freedom of Expression guy and think Freedom to Read Week should be a highlight of every librarian’s calendar. I don’t think I managed to do it every year but ever since I was in library school in 2006 (also the year I started this blog), I’ve tried to do an annual series […]

¶ Posted 21 February 2021 § Censorship § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book, education, freedomtoreadweek, health, science

Secular Sunday – Voice Teacher Reacts to Garth Brooks’ “Amazing Grace” at US Inauguration

It’s like Tim Minchin says, “Some of the hymns that they sing have nice chords but the lyrics are dodgy” (though in this case, I’d say “Amazing Grace” is of the few religious songs that totally transcends its genre into an all-time classic, no matter your atheistic leanings!) 😉 Garth was good but this is […]

¶ Posted 24 January 2021 § News § Politics § PopCulture § SecularSunday § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, history, music

Elizabeth Was Not Ready For The Revolution

I’ve read a lot of articles and commentary about the attempted coup at the US Capitol a couple weeks ago but this might be my single most favourite thing to come out of it: Doubly so for this remix (don’t normally link to Instagram but hard to find it on YouTube and Twitter – maybe […]