One of the pages I lost when my old blog disappeared was a page I created back in 2006 which had some of the background and criteria as well as winners, nominees, bios and even some photos for UWO’s “Spirit of Librarianship” Award in the MLIS program. I still have the page where all this […]
Behold the wonder that is former Fred Eaglesmith sideman, Washboard Hank…
No, that post title is not a joke. (Well, mostly not a joke.) The reality is that I’m only slightly ashamed to admit that I find Justin Bieber and his recent rise to stardom fascinating. There’s the fact that he’s from Woodstock, ON, just down the road from London. [Edit: I’m obviously not *that* fascinated […]
Everybody's probably familiar with the sad story of Tori Stafford, the young girl from Woodstock, Ontario who was abducted and killed last year. Recently, some new detail has apparently come to light but the judge has imposed a publication ban meaning no Canadian media can cover this aspect of the trial. The traditional media aren't […]
I really miss the used bookstore scene of London, ON. For all the abuse the city takes for its Ugg-centered social scene and lack of cultural amenities, I always thought Li'l London featured lots of great, quirky bookstores. Attic Books on Dundas was one of my faves…and though I didn't need it, here's another reason […]
Thought about posting a photo since I just got back from hockey and barely have the energy to do up a single-link, one line post, let alone write something original (although I thought about typing something about the unofficial “rules” of rec hockey since I've had a pretty good run lately – had a goalie […]
I know I do a lot of “does this only happen in Saskatchewan?” posts and comments so I thought I'd pass along a recent AskMetaFilter question about “stag & does”, namely “are they only an Ontario thing or do they exist elsewhere?”And the answer is…Ontario-only and specifically SW Ontario and even more specifically rural SW […]
Nothing says romance like going to see an awesome independent country-rock artist like Roger Marin Jr. Check him out on February 14 if you're reading this in London (or click the link to see his other dates around SW Ontario.)
In the course of talking to the performer I've booked for our Summer Reading Club tour, he mentioned that a colleague, Bonnie Logan, will be appearing in London, ON for a similar tour. I said that there are still quite a few people from London and area reading this blog so if he passed along […]
A MetaFilter thread discussing an essay entitled “Viewing American Class Divisions Through MySpace and Facebook” leads to this interesting nugget: Toronto has the most Facebook members of any city in the world (that's absolute “most”, not even per capita. This means TO outranks much larger cities including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Canada has […]
