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Saturday Snap – A Strange (and Strangely Exciting?) Raffle Prize at @officialRPL Staff Day

I was a bit surprised to see what I thought was some sort of sex lotion in one of the raffle baskets I ended up winning at the RPL Staff Development Day yesterday. Fortunately (?), my reading comprehension isn’t so great for a librarian and my wife seemed a bit too relieved to inform me […]

¶ Posted 02 November 2019 § Humour § Library § Sad § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

“You ar a good liberein”

Shea and I did a pretty major weeding of our kids’ book collections recently and I ended up giving a bunch to one of the teachers who regularly comes into my library (who also happens to teach at the school my kids go to so I have a soft spot for that school to begin […]

¶ Posted 29 October 2019 § Library § Pace § PopCulture § Randomness § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book, cute, education

Music Monday – “I never really knew that she could dance like this/She makes a man wants to speak Spanish/Como se llama, bonita, mi casa, su casa (sí, sí)”

What first snow of the year? “Hips Don’t Lie” – Shakira

¶ Posted 28 October 2019 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: music, weather

Definition of a Corporate Farm?

Interesting question on r/saskatchewan today – what’s the difference between a “family farm” and a “corporate farm” with a wide range of opinions being shared. For me, the main indicator of a “family farm” is any farm that has an owner who is a single individual (often including extended family members – a spouse, […]

¶ Posted 09 October 2019 § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “It’s just spend a buck to make a buck/You don’t really give a flying fuck/About the people in misery”

“Call It Democracy” – Bruce Cockburn

¶ Posted 07 October 2019 § Canada § MusicMonday § News § Politics ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: economics, history

The Changing Nature of Freedom of Expression: Banning Books Is Anachronistic But Challenges Remain

Good article from The National Post about the changing nature of the debate around Freedom of Expression. What remains is that challenges still come from all sides of the political spectrum. …the bulk of work on freedom of expression is shifting from people who fruitlessly complain about books to attacks on journalists and bloggers. Also […]