Honestly? After seeing NSCC-IT, I wanted to kiss the grass at Saint Mary's. There's nothing wrong with the place - but it lacks a few of the university-standard creature comforts, like:

- A full-blown gym / athletic facility. (Not that it needs one... but it should be noted that their exercise room is really just a room - and the shower (I mean " ( Read more... )

"Hey, do you have any temporary parking passes for November ( Read more... )

Going to be going to see Chuck Blazevic perform at St. Matthew's on Friday night. Show starts at 8. It's the stone church that's practically in front of the Maritime Centre (at the downtown terminus of Spring Garden Road, at Barrington) - you can't miss it ( Read more... )

All my el-jay / RSS friends in the Halifax area are welcome to come out to Oasis on Thursday for my 10,000th day party, "Will 10K." Actually, I don't know if I really have any regular local readers who aren't already IRL friends, but just in case! The Facebook event is here, and you are welcome to add yourself to it should you desire. The things to ( Read more... )

So here I am, enjoying another fine morning in the McNally East Wing computer lab. You can be sure that I will think once, twice, and three times before I ever put myself in this situation again ( Read more... )

A free tip:

If you get an e-mail from the library about your item(s), and it specifies that such and such an item cannot be renewed, it might just be BS. Go to the website and try it anyway. In my case, I got a renewal on the item, even though the e-mail told me I couldn't. (And my panic subsided; I'm out of province!)Here's what I think happened ( Read more... )

The Proposed Central Library

This would be a great thing for downtown Halifax, and I'm all for it. But I'm actually posting because of some gems from the appendices of the 160-page report. You should definitely check this out.

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QUESTION 6:
Tell us what you DISLIKE about the library branch that you most frequently ( Read more... )

O joy! Look at this bus schedule! Look at it! And it starts on November 23rd - it'll already be running when I get back!

Route 89 Bedford: Google Map, Diagram, ScheduleOK, it's only an hourly weekday service (though every 30 minutes at peak times), but this still beats the heck out of schlepping down to the 80 every time I want to go anywhere. My ( Read more... )

The morning after the Liberal victory in 1993, the Chronicle-Herald ran a headline that creatively combined the word "grit" (the singular form of the nickname for the Liberals) and "blitzkrieg" (a military doctrine popularized by the Germans). I've been searching for the exact headline, but it escapes both my efforts and recollection ( Read more... )

I just e-voted in the HRM election. Boy, was it easy. Your PIN is in the mailing you get if you're on the voters list. (Of course, I had to get my mother to read me mine over the phone ( Read more... )