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 →

A Post About Nothing In Particular

I sit in my air-conditioned condo with only a light on in the kitchen, while the sun supplied the rest.  It's quiet, not even a TV program on, it's the perfect end to a pretty good long weekend.  In fact it's a good end to a so-so sort of week.  It started with my condo, … Continue reading A Post About Nothing In Particular →

Book Talk: Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow

Summer means school has let out, warm days, and lazing about a lawn chair outside. It also means piling up a supply of books while baking under the sun, or within the cool confines of an air-conditioned space. The books are usually light on characters, a little light on plot, and getting lost in a … Continue reading Book Talk: Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow →

Midweek Geekiness: A Hollow Crown, A Secret Agent, and Even More Avengers Geekiness

People may scoff at me about seeing The Avengers more than once.  Life feels too short to arouse concern on my part, and most of the time I see it again with someone else seeing for the first time.  On Sunday, after a delightful brunch at The Falafel Place, myself and two other friends walked to Grant Park.  … Continue reading Midweek Geekiness: A Hollow Crown, A Secret Agent, and Even More Avengers Geekiness →

Midweek Geekiness: Pick Your Favourite Brit and a Nerdy Observation

Two Fan Armies Square Off BBC American's Anglophenia blog hosted another Anglo Fan Tournament in honour of the upcoming Olympic games.  Fans vote for their favourite Brit in a series of match ups until one man is left standing.  Things sometimes gets so heated in comments, the site had to step in to remind people about their manners.  … Continue reading Midweek Geekiness: Pick Your Favourite Brit and a Nerdy Observation →

Why, Yes, I Am A Nerd

People remark I get excited over the weirdest things.  They don't say it as an insult, just an observation.  However, I do get excited over the weird as well as the ordinary.  As a library technician, nothing gets my geek on as something to make student's lives a little bit more easier.  By 'easier' I … Continue reading Why, Yes, I Am A Nerd →

Midweek Geekiness

Make This Happen Please Entertainment Weekly wrote a piece about Phillip Seymour Hoffman as POSSIBLY Plutarch Havensbee in the movie version of Catching Fire.  Although I trust this publication a little more than others, putting 'possibly' in big letter means anything can happen.  Hoffman currently stars as Willie Loman in Death of a Salesman on Broadway and may … Continue reading Midweek Geekiness →