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800 People on the Waiting List for “Fifty Shades of Grey” at Saskatchewan Libraries

Posted 22 August 2012 § Censorship § Humour § Library § Meme § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § UK § United States § Video § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Legal Decisions Are Fun!

I’ve made a few passing references to the fact that I am no longer the Organization Development Specialist at Regina Public Library. Without going into specifics, there’s a bit of back story to how that all came about but the main thing to know for the purposes of this post is that when my position […]

Posted 17 August 2012 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Internet § Library § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Work § Xmas ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

New Regent Place Branch Opens at Regina Public Library

Within a decade, RPL has gone from plans to close three branches plus two specialized units to opening two new branches within the last year and plans to hopefully build a new Central Library eventually. The latest branch opening was the new Regent Place location which happens to be the one closest to my home […]

Posted 15 August 2012 § Library § Photo § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Camping at Nickle Lake

Posted 11 August 2012 § Family § Pace § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Southern Storm Chasers Find “Last Frontier” On Canadian Prairies

It’s been a pretty wild year for storms on the Prairies with lots of attention from so-called “storm chasers” who, ironically, make the storms even more prevalent by giving them a lot of attention, spotting storms that otherwise would go unreported and even using technology to provide live video streams/tweets/photo and blog updates.

Posted 05 August 2012 § Canada § Saskatchewan § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Pace’s First Rider Game (and An Attempt At Some Balanced Thoughts on the New Stadium)

As required by Saskatchewan law, I’m a lifelong fan of the Roughriders. But I’m not a diehard ultra-fan. I get to a game every once in awhile (less since we had Pace) but don’t own season tickets.  I have a t-shirt and ball cap with the Rider logo (and now a jersey) but don’t get kitted […]

Posted 14 July 2012 § Family § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: ,

An Open Letter to Premier Brad Wall: On Film, Family & The Real Meaning of Rock & Roll

Hello Mr. Wall, We didn’t get formally introduced but we met briefly this past weekend at Cypress Hills Provincial Park. It was my son who was on the otherwise empty outdoor ampitheatre stage, singing and dancing, when you walked by. As you passed, you joked about enjoying the free show then carried on your walk […]

Posted 10 July 2012 § Family § Politics § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (6) ° Also tagged: , ,

Medicare Is A Part of Us

Former Saskatchewan Premier and Healthcare Commission Chair, Roy Romanow celebrates Canada Day with a column in the Globe & Mail on perhaps our most cherished Canadian institution. Compared to what’s happening in the US right now where the Supreme Court had to rule on President Obama’s healthcare plan just last week to try to extend […]

Posted 01 July 2012 § MemoryLane § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – A Nice Father’s Day Surprise

Won a pretty cool raffle prize at the Father’s Day Prostate Walk last weekend…a commemorative jersey and special edition Riders loonie!

Posted 23 June 2012 § Family § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , ,

Mick Burrs: Real Live Poet

Had a surprise visitor at work the other day – poet Steven Michael Berzensky (aka Mick Burrs). I first came across Mick’s books when, as a young English major, I would go to Yorkton as part of my job as a door-to-door salesman with Image Cable Systems.  I would spend the night at a co-worker’s […]

Posted 20 June 2012 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: ,