Merry Christmas, here's a new government

To be perfectly honest, I'm more concerned about CBC Special Reports interrupting Coronation Street than the overthrow of the Canadian government. But it's still pretty interesting to watch, especially since I am not invested in the outcome whatsoever. Except to say that, democracy or no democracy, it would totally make a better movie in ten or twenty years if the coalition takes over. Though I think Justin Trudeau would be much better for box office sales than Stephane Dion.

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Things That Annoy Me

- Use of the word "dialog(ue)" as a verb

- When students grunt earnestly in class. Hi, I can learn without making noise; can you? I don't mind understand the odd nod of interest, feigned or not, if the professor is looking straight at you. But so help me, if you actually say "huh!" out loud, I may have to draw blood.

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Here is library school in a nutshell:

Week 1: Assure students that their training will not become obsolete by graduation
Week 2: Stereotypes of librarians
Week 3: Wikipedia is not a valid source
Week 4: Wikipedia is a valid source
Week 5: Presentation of three- to seven-year-old technology as cutting-edge (Wow! Online encyclopedias! Second Life! The butter churn! Amazing!)
Week 6: Wikipedia is usually a valid source but nobody will admit it
Week 7: "Indigenous knowledge" aka "People Who Don't Live in the Western Hemisphere Sometimes Know Stuff Too But They Need Help Writing It Down"
Week 8: s s1 AND slow(w)painful(w)death
Week 9: Sixteen references to the printing press in one lecture
Week 10: Exam: Please recite all Dewey numbers 001-999 from memory.