Tag: language

Coke-a-Knee?

When your son is a smart-ass, this is what you get when you ask him to bring you a Kokanee at the campsite…

Friday Fun Link – It Was A Good Run, English Language

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Friday Fun Link – Library Run “Famous Quotes” Database

I’ve always loved quotations and used to even “read” quotation books. Now the web has modernized the idea in the form of quote web sites. There are a

Music Monday – “I stand before this faceless crowd/And I wonder why I bother/So much controlled by so few/Stumbling from one disaster to another”

A day or a week or a month ago, there was a COVID benefit concert featuring Canadian artists. It was a great show except I took exception to

Friday Fun Link – St. Albert Councilor Forgets To Mute His Mic

How many meetings have you been in where you thought this but didn’t say it? So just because you’re in your basement wearing pj’s and the meeting is

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “Reader Pride” Wrap-Up (June 2008)

This was the wrap-up for a major region-wide literacy program called “Time To Read” (with a slogan “Reader Pride”, a pun on Saskatchewan’s well-known “Rider Pride”) that I

What’s The *Worst* That Could Happen In The World Due To COVID?

Early on and throughout the pandemic, there have been lots of nice “We’re in this together“, “Humans have survived worse“-type messages of positivity mixed with advice to not

Fun With Opposites – Linda from London Public Library

Was nice to see this pop up in one of my social media feeds today – one of my favourite classmates in library school (and a real life

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