One of my happy places, and I have a mental library full of them, comes from this photo: The woman who took the picture was from BC and simply turned around, whipped out her camera, and captured this moment. The road to the life I live now started to fork in that moment. A couple of … Continue reading The Unlikely Clinic Leader
Month: July 2012
Good Bye Holidays, Hello Rejuvinated Work Life
This is it. My last day. I went on holidays two weeks ago, and now return a little more rested, ready to tackle the big to-do list waiting to form itself upon my return. It's a far cry from a couple of years ago juggling more than one job after graduating with my library … Continue reading Good Bye Holidays, Hello Rejuvinated Work Life
My New Favourite Song
While on holidays I found myself downloading a few songs from iTunes. Normally I can browse and may be get a song I like. I prowled the top tens and test out a few interesting choices. I hit this new single by the Canadian band Stars called 'Hold On When You Get Love and Let … Continue reading My New Favourite Song
Plinky Prompt Friday: What I Currently Read
Welcome to a new feature to keep me writing. When I felt a little blocked, I discovered a site called Plinky. It's a series of questions designed to get people writing. The answers can even appear in a blog, although I prefer just having a look at the questions and going from that point. Today's … Continue reading Plinky Prompt Friday: What I Currently Read
Hazy, Lazy Days of Summer
The literary output looks slower than usual thanks to round two of holidays. After working with a computer all day, it's good to turn it off, and head outside. Baby, it's warm outside alright. I took a walk to the bank, had a mocha at Starbucks, then walked back home. Each time I entered an … Continue reading Hazy, Lazy Days of Summer
Meanwhile, Back in Real Life
I have a busted bicuspid tooth needing to come out. While my Midweek Geekiness feature went live, I took my throbbing, aching tooth to a new dentist. To make a long story short: I fired my last dentist. The new dentist requires new patients fill out a two-page questionnaire to make their visit as comfortable as possible. Dentists … Continue reading Meanwhile, Back in Real Life
Midweek Geekiness: A Couple of Parodies for Consideration
Share a Cookie Maybe? I grew on Sesame Street and its spoofs. (Remember Monsterpiece Theatre?) Now Sesame Street turns it pop culture lens towards sharing thanks to the song 'Share it Maybe', a spoof of the Carly Rae Jepson hit 'Call Me Maybe'. (Source CBC Website) Avengers Geekiness: A Hilarious Retelling in 15 Minutes, Or … Continue reading Midweek Geekiness: A Couple of Parodies for Consideration
Reverse Psychology, or Satire?
Last week the city of Winnipeg announced 8 libraries will finally get new buildings. It's not about closing libraries, it's about closing older buildings, some lacking access for the physically challenged, and reopening them in 14,00 square foot facilities. For once talk of rebuilding libraries instead of reducing them. The Winnipeg Free Press reported the … Continue reading Reverse Psychology, or Satire?
Check This Out: Library of Congress RDA Training Materials
Resource Description Access (RDA) will finally arrive in March of 2013. The Manitoba Library Conference has a preconference session devoted to it, and now Library of Congress, with the permission of the producers of their materials, released various PowerPoint, documents, and quizzes to help understand the concepts and their application. Thanks to my colleague L for pointing … Continue reading Check This Out: Library of Congress RDA Training Materials
Midweek Geekiness: Two More Ponderings About Those Blue-Eyed, British Boys
One Comic-Con Baptism for Mr. Armitage It's official: The Hobbit will come to Geek Prom San Diego Comic Con. The movie itself wraps principal photography on July 7th, meaning the cast will barely have time to breathe before they touch down in California. Aidan Turner attended Comic Con once as part of the BBC panel … Continue reading Midweek Geekiness: Two More Ponderings About Those Blue-Eyed, British Boys
Unpaused Life 