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In Honour of “Selfie” Being Named 2013 Word of the Year

Posted 19 November 2013 § Baby § Family § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

How To Not Give A Fuck

An illustrated guide to not giving a fuck…

Posted 13 November 2013 § Censorship § Humour § List § Meme § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

In Defense of @justintrudeau and #askjustin (sorta kinda)

This won’t be the first time I tried to defend the seemingly indefensible on this blog. So let’s take a deep breath, swallow the bit of throw-up that’s rising in my throat and dive right in… 😉 Social media sites (especially Twitter) exploded over the past 24 hours after an e-vite for a $250/person fundraiser […]

Posted 08 November 2013 § Canada § Censorship § Humour § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: ,

Is This Pace’s First Freedom to Read Experience?

 So this is an interesting one… Pace’s Grade One class has started a daily reading log where they’re assigned some easy readers.  They have to record the titles of the books as they read them. In addition to the assigned reading, they can also record any other books (or chapters of books) they read or […]

Posted 06 November 2013 § Censorship § Library § Pace § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

“Remember, Remember the Fifth of November” (This Isn’t A Movie Anymore; It’s A Warning)

Do you know the connection between Guy Fawkes, the movie “V for Vendetta” and the Anonymous movement?  Or that today, was the Million Mask March at locations around the world? If you do, you probably also understand why a variety of worldwide movements and groups – from Anonymous to Occupy to WikiLeaks among others – are […]

Posted 05 November 2013 § Meme § Politics § PopCulture § UK § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

17 Misused and Made-Up Words That Make You Rage

I’m horrified to learn I’m guilty of using at least a couple of these on a regular basis.  I won’t tell you which ones but I will observe that it’s hot enough today that I could really go for some sherbert.  😉

Posted 08 October 2013 § Humour § Meme § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Joan went east/Then she went west/I stayed right here in the middle/That’s where I liked it the best”

This song will always remind me of high school but even after listening to this song hundreds of times in my life, it took this slowed down acoustic version to make me realise I’ve misheard the lyric I quoted in the title of this post as “Joe went east/she went west” as if the narrator […]

Posted 07 October 2013 § Canada § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – A Great Convocation Speech by Tim Minchin

God, I love Tim Minchin!  (Er, never mind that I said that given the topic of this post!) 😉 This convocation speech is especially great…        

Posted 04 October 2013 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Politics § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Muffled Voices: Five Famous Authors of Banned Books

  This week is Banned Books Week in the US (as opposed to last week of February in Canada for some reason.)  Oh well – I’ll happily celebrate any week that celebrates banned books and pass along great articles profiling authors who’ve been banned. In 2008, when Phillip Pullman learned his novel, The Golden Compass, […]

Posted 24 September 2013 § Censorship § Library § PopCulture § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Why I’m Voting “Yes” in the #yqr #wwtp Referendum (And No, It’s Not For The Reasons You Might Expect)

  Like the title says, I’m voting “Yes” in the Regina Waste Water Treatment Plant Referendum. But it’s not for the reason you might expect… I think I’ve mentioned in passing on this blog that I sometimes regret getting more heavily involved in party politics, first by joining Ryan Meili’s 2009 Sask NDP Leadership bid […]

Posted 22 September 2013 § Canada § Jobs § Pace § Photo § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , ,