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Friday Fun Link – An Exchange I Never Thought I’d Hear on CNN

This is exponentially the craziest election I’ve ever seen. People are observing that instead of an “October Surprise”, Donald Trump appears to have an “October Advent Calendar” with a shocking new revelation or error every single day. Today’s video of him making crude comments about cheating on his wife, an actress he’s about to meet, and […]

¶ Posted 07 October 2016 § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: history, television, unitedstates

Donald Trump Definitely Wants To Be President, Right?

It’s crazy how successful Donald (great of Hillary to call him this during the debate – both to reinforce he has no formal title and also not to reinforce his “Trump” brand) been up until now considering he’s running almost exactly the campaign you’d run if you wanted to flame out in the most spectacular […]

¶ Posted 05 October 2016 § Humour § Jobs § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – Six Disproportionately Common Names By Profession

Most Common Librarian Names include Johanna, Abigail, Margot, Nanette, Julia, Eleanor. (The data set apparently only looks for common names that aren’t found in other fields. So a popular name like “John” or “Jennifer” which is fairly common across all areas won’t show up unless it is an outlier – eg. *extremely* popular in a […]

¶ Posted 30 September 2016 § FridayFunLink § Infographic § Jobs § Library § List § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: parents

Ten Things I Wouldn’t Be Surprised To Hear @realdonaldtrump Say at Tonight’s #debates #debatetonight

“I’m going to reveal the truth of the biggest conspiracy in political history right now. Hillary Clinton asked me to run because she thought I could help her undermine the Republican Party. But she didn’t know I was a winner and now I’m going to win!” “America needs to elect someone who has balls.” “Blah, […]

¶ Posted 26 September 2016 § Humour § List § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: history, unitedstates

North Korea Accidentally Makes Some of Its Restricted Web Sites Available Worldwide

In most professions, you try to learn all you can about a single area. One of the coolest things about librarians/librarianship is that it’s a profession where you benefit from knowing a little bit about a lot of things. This story combines a few of my many varied interests – the Internet, North Korea, propaganda, international politics, […]

¶ Posted 20 September 2016 § Censorship § Internet § Library § LibrarySchool § News § Politics § Technology § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: history

Music Monday – “Polly wants a cracker/I think I should get off her first/I think she wants some water/To put out the blow torch”

Nirvana’s “Nevermind”, released on September 24, 1991, is 25 years old. (I feel old.) “Polly” (isolated vocals) – Kurt Cobain

¶ Posted 19 September 2016 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: music

Saturday Snap – Me on CBC

Got fairly short notice (just over an hour) invitation from RPL’s Marketing Unit who needed someone to go on CBC Radio’s “Blue Sky” noon hour program to talk about books we’re recommending these days and other topics yesterday. Since I’m a good guy, always eager to help a colleague who’s in a bind plus not uncomfortable […]

¶ Posted 10 September 2016 § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – “Sicko” – Doug Stanhope

One of the most offensive, rude, funniest stand-up albums I’ve ever heard…

¶ Posted 26 August 2016 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Humour § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “You are my heart/Oh my Queen of the Furrows/This is how I farm, eyes up and ears down low/You are my heart, you’re my Queen of the Furrows/This how I feel, hens cluck and roosters crow”

Although I was a pretty big fan of the Hip back in their prime years, I sort of backed away – both as their albums became less essential (The top 6 of the 12 Tragically Hip albums rated by CBC were released in the 1980’s or 1990’s, the bottom six were all released after 2000) and […]

¶ Posted 22 August 2016 § Canada § Family § LibrarySchool § List § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: music, ontario