Memories with their own Soundtracks
My week of October vacation started off pretty tense and difficult (we figured out how to deal with the issue at hand, albeit in a round-about way) and then by Continue Reading →
I’m an Adult Now
I’ve been one for a while, of course, but the last 48 hours have felt especially heavy with adutlhood. See, I’m pretty sure that the only trait that really makes Continue Reading →
Apple-tastic!
We had originally been planning to go to Vancouver this weekend but plans changed when Kiddo got a birthday invite for Saturday afternoon. A quick look at other options put Continue Reading →
Friday Fun with Food
Really, this is one of those link-dump posts but all the links are food-related in some way… so enjoy! Always good for information I didn’t need, @mental_floss delivered via Twitter Continue Reading →
Read a Banned Book
This week is American Library Association’s Banned Book Week, south of the border (the Canadian Library Association promotes Freedom to Read Week in February each year). I thought I would Continue Reading →
Eat Here Now
Managed to make it to Eat Here Now! a local food festival put on in support of a permanent Public Market for the City of Victoria. The weather looked a Continue Reading →
Of Pixels Past
Popping into YouTube today and this video was recommended: I totally remember it, too. Game graphics were used in lots of ads but especially anything marketed to kids. The summer Continue Reading →
Podcasts are my sanity-savers
Sometimes my job consists of sitting amongst a bunch of equipment scanning page after page after page. I’m not going to lie, this gets pretty mind-numbing. In order to save Continue Reading →
Where Few Women Venture
Many times in my life, I have found myself in circles with few other women — just one of the guys. The most notable of these situations was the pre-apprenticeship Continue Reading →
Kilmansegg rhymes with leg
One of my tasks at work is handling the damaged books (we get a lot), directing them to the librarians whose task it is to decide whether we replace, repair Continue Reading →