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Ten Things I’m Thinking About Lately

Hand dryers and noise pollution (especially in libraries) How we’re always saying goodbye to people we love without realising it. (h/t to JB on FB) How come Photos on my Macbook stopped showing recently uploaded photos a month ago even though I can see all my latest photos when I log in to Photos through […]

Posted 03 July 2019 § Humour § Library § List § Politics § Randomness § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

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!”

When did I get into banjo music?!? Isn’t it music for inbred rednecks? 😉 “Banjo Odyssey” – The Dead South from Regina, Saskatchewan (who took some criticism for playing with those banjo/inbreeder stereotypes and issued an explanation in response)

Posted 24 June 2019 § Humour § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

“Blackbird” by The Beatles sung in Mi’kmaq

This is a very cool cover by a Cape Breton teen that even got a shout-out from Macca himself!  

Posted 04 June 2019 § Canada § Meme § PopCulture ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , ,

“I should go ahead and mention right now that he is a lymphoma survivor.” Some Thoughts on Civility

One of the ongoing debates in the world right now – in online discussion, in politics and in our personal lives – is what the role of civility is and how it’s perhaps become less important than in the past. I think one change is that people used to be civil in a reciprocal manner […]

Posted 28 May 2019 § Censorship § Family § Internet § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Cops & Readers: The Coles Notes Version

About a year and a half ago, Chief Evan Bray of the Regina Police Service was my branch’s celebrity reader for Family Literacy Day. At the end of the event, he said he’d enjoyed it and hoped the police and library could work together more in the future. I mentioned his comment to a couple […]

Posted 22 May 2019 § Jobs § Library § Photo § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Opinion vs. Empathy

Posted 21 May 2019 § Meme § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “I want you, I need you/But there ain’t no way I’m ever gonna love you/Now don’t be sad/’Cause two out of three ain’t bad”

If I post a single song from Meatloaf’s “Bat Out of Hell” album, I feel like I should post every song from the album since they’re all so interconnected. But instead, I’ll just post a few of the album’s biggest tracks instead of a single song I usually do for “Music Monday”. (And as a […]

Posted 13 May 2019 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Ramadan Library Display

I’m a big believer that you should hire the most qualified person for any job you have (with minor exceptions – for example, I’ve passed on interviewing someone with a masters degree for a half-time page position because I was fairly certain they would move on – and they soon did from the branch that […]

Posted 07 May 2019 § Canada § Saskatchewan § Travel § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Don’t fill out any forms/Don’t compensate/Don’t cower/Don’t crawl/Don’t come around late/Don’t hover at the gate”

“Numb” – U2

Posted 06 May 2019 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Randomness § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – A Little Leprechaun Indeed! ;-)

Sasha recently presented us with this piece of artwork which required us to very delicately sit her down and have her talk us through some of her artistic choices. The blue hair, the dangly gold earrings, the check-mark smile and oh, by the way, what is that picture on the front of the shirt? “It’s […]

Posted 04 May 2019 § Censorship § Family § Humour § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: