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November 30th (today) is the birthdate of Mark Twain. He was born in 1835. That's a good enough reason for me to declare that all things Twain-y as this weeks' Friday Theme. Here's a simple description of the great man from the Otago Witness March 1899 I'm not entirely certain how we can represent Mark Twain in a Friday Theme way. That moustache is magnificent. But then so are these

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According to that most marvelous of reference sites, Wikipedia, November 18th is the day William Tell shot an apple off his son's head. So... Friday's theme will be William Tell and Apples. The rest is up to you. Of course Rosinni's overture might inspire, or Spike Jones' version Then there is that other apple...

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or Pink Bag theme day.Can be bags Or outfitsNot forgetting that men can wear pink, and carry bags.Even if the bag isn't pink it can bethe perfect match for your pink suit and hat.

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I know that it is the main reason you wanted me back. Yay for Friday Themes!!!Saturday, September 19th, is Talk Like a Pirate Day, so we'll celebrate on Friday as best as we can.Sadly, I haven't packed for this theme, so you'll all have to really make an effort to compensate.There are lots of great Pirate examples without resorting to those movies.Ching Shih a Chinese PirateThe Dread Pirate

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Not yet, is my reply. Who knows if it will in future.I've done a little bit of exploring while sitting on the Help Desk and thought this was a good topic to kick the blog back into gear. Have a play with it yourselves and see what you think.BING - http://www.bing.com/I've added images to this but they don't come out very clearly. Take a test yourselves and see what you think of BING. Add some

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The last and hopefully most spectacular theme of my residency at The Billy Bob is:Here's a little bit of inspiration.

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In the USA Thanksgiving falls on the 4th Thursday in November.Because we are ahead (in time) of the rest of the world (except Fiji I think) while we are having a TGIF, Americans will be tucking intoOr maybe According to wikipedia Thanksgiving started in America in 1565 with the Spaniards who gave thanks to God when they first arrived at what is now St Augustine, Florida. In 1619 the first '

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How have we communicated this year? How well have we communicated this year?Add a comment with some examples and thoughts on communication and how great we are at it.Or, maybe an example of some communication gone wrong.Here's my 2 cents worth:The reference staff are members of a OT Postgrad Blackboard discussion group. The aim was to have one place where OT postgrads (most of them aren't in

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Hip Hip Hooray for HatsSomeone else can organise a sweepstake, I'm going to wear a hat.I'm a huge fan of hats, every day would be hat day if it wasn't so damn windy.Here are just a few to tempt and inspire.The key to my collection is that they meet all sorts of criteria. Beautiful, useful, for girls and boys.Surprise us all with your hat choice.

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Custom House sounds great.I like the idea of walking back..Will we be dressing up?

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I haven't had much feedback from hungry BRLers yet but I have pencilled us in at The Customhouse on December 16th. The one or two comments I have had favoured them.This is not a confirmed booking. So don't jump up and down.You can click on Lunch Menu to open a pdf of what they have on offer.If you want to make a comment please free to do so.

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Labour Day Now this isn't about party politics it's about working a 40 hour week. Remember them?Here's the story of how NZ got an eight hour working day.Take a look at these stats from the Department of Labour.And a TVNZ item about how few are sticking to the 40 hour a week ideal.Yippee for working where we do. That's why you get an education children. So you can get a job in a library and not

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In Dinah's absence I thought I would propose a theme. Because October 17th is the aniversary of many notable things, such as the London Beer Flood, Al Capone's conviction for tax evasion and Thomas Edison patenting the Optical Phonograph (the first movie), thought the obvious theme is:'bootlegging gangster movies'.So dust off those hats, light a cigar, but please leave the guns at home (or in

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In honour of the wintery blast and with grateful thanks to Pete.Wool RevivalWith the global credit crises and peak oil on its way (or already here) we will come to rely more and more on natural fibres, wool being the fibre of choice for many in NZ.It doesn’t have to mean boring But can also be traditional And then there is the inspiring Norwegian polar explorer Fridtjof

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Carey's Bay Hotel has a restaurant "Cushla's Restaurant". It is open for lunch every day. Looks like a pretty average pub menu, but it might be nice to get a bit out of town.I also thought maybe we should check out St Clair, for that out of town feel. There are a few options out that way. Salt, I think it is a bit small, but Starfish sounds ok.Please let us all know what you think of these places

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Can't see the point of libraries blogging? Don't knock it 'til you've tried it!Check out: http://pimp-my-library.blogspot.com/ Here is another fabulous page which encourages the use of social media/Web 2.0:http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/five_ways_to_use_social_media.php

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Check here to see the up and comming Friday themes.Post your suggestions. Get ready in advance.Unfortunately we missed International Knit in Public Day on June 14th this year. We wouldn't want to miss any others.......

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A blog for all BRL Staff.What would you like to see posted here?

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