I Predict A Riot
With a few changes and additions, the following is what I posted on the MetaFilter thread discussing the riot after last night’s game… — I’ve heard a wide range of opinions (many mentioned in this...
View ArticleSaturday Snap – Pace’s Thoughts On How You Should Treat Your Kids
Pace gives me some advice on how to treat your kids after I tell him I won’t buy him a toy. ;-) Perhaps in 20-30 years I’ll find out if he follows his own advice! Happy Father’s Day!
View ArticleKudos to Air Canada
Made it to St. John’s after a 3:30am wake-up call, a 6am departure and two three hour flights – first to Toronto and then another one to St. John’s. When I fly, it tends to be WestJet or on a charter...
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We are the 99%
Depending on where you live (and where you get your news), the Occupy Wall Street movement, may or may not be on your radar. These protests, which started in New York but have since spread to other...
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Should Free Speech Trump Hate Laws?
Although anyone who reads my blog for about three seconds would probably be able to do a pretty good job of pigeonholing me and my politics fairly quickly, there are a few positions where I’m probably...
View ArticleFTRW 2012 – Censoring Your Democratic Right to Vote
Censorship doesn’t just happen with books and videos, it happens in a variety of ways when people in positions of power and authority attempt to control, influence and manipulate your behaviour....
View ArticleThe Greatest Quote about Librarians Ever?
This still isn’t my ever-percolating rant about e-books and libraries but I wanted to show how the bar has been raised by this awesome post which includes the great passage: And if you thought about it...
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Some Atheism-Related Political Articles
Penn Jillette with a great monologue/rant about various aspects of religion & politics and where they intersect – from how most “Christians” have united under a single banner in the last 40 years...
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“The Bullshit State of Politics in Canadian Libraryland”
Now, this is a good rant. And what makes a good rant? Truth is a big part of it. This person hits the nail on the head that the situation at both Library & Archives Canada and CLA are disgraceful...
View ArticleRandom Thoughts on the Paris Terrorist Attack
There was a major terrorist attack in Paris on Friday. I have some thoughts… Part of the reason attacks like this have such an impact is that our education system has failed to overcome our innate...
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2015 End of Year Memes: Two Tropical Trips, Election Wins & Loses, Campy...
1. What did you do this year that you’d never done before? One of many secret shames in that I never learned how to downhill ski when I was growing up. The first year we did a class trip to Mission...
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Mo Money, Mo Kittens
In the 2009 and 2013 Sask NDP leadership races, I was *very* opinionated and that often left me at cross-purposes, as an active member of Ryan’s team but also as a blogger/Facebooker/Tweeter with my...
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Perhaps The Single Richest Irony of the Current Federal Election?
The most ironic (and frustrating and hypocritical) thing in this entire election is Liberal supporters who are saying a vote for Jagmeet Singh and the NDP is somehow a vote for Andrew Scheer – as if...
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Bell Let’s Talk – Counterpoint
Wednesday was Bell Media’s “Let’s Talk” Day which promotes removing the stigma around mental health by talking about it. While the idea behind it is a good and admirable one, there are also some...
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