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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:

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: ,

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:

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:

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: ,

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: ,

Saturday Snap – Tragically Hip Lyrics

Posted 20 August 2016 § Canada § MemoryLane § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – I Replaced The Word ‘Millennials’ With ‘43-Year-Old White Men’ And Now These Headlines Are *Italian Chef Kissing Fingers Gesture*

As a 43-year old white male, I feel duty-bound to post this funny piece that came out last week and which shows how silly many web articles about an entire generation sound when applied to a very specific slice of demography… Some examples… How Tumblr Plans To Pay 43-Year-Old White Men To Blog ?—?Inc. Is The […]

Posted 12 August 2016 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – What The World’s Biggest Sites Looked Like At Launch

This is pretty interesting featuring screenshots of the original version of sites such as Google, Yahoo, Amazon, etc. For comparison’s sake, here’s what my very first web page looked like in December 1998 (this isn’t the first page I ever made but the earliest I could find in the Wayback Machine).       Crazy to […]

Posted 15 July 2016 § Internet § Jobs § MemoryLane § Randomness § Saskatchewan § Technology § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,