One of the things about being really late to this here “blogging” thing is that you miss out on a bunch of good memes. There have been several that I’ve wanted to join in on, but didn’t have a platform from which to join. Now I have that platform, but the memes are long gone. […]
Things I plan to do at Computers In Libraries 2009 that have nothing to do with computers or libraries: Take a shower with neither a toddler nor a baby monitor in the bathroom with me. Eat breakfast sitting down. Sleep past 6:30 am. Eat a meal at a restaurant with cloth napkins and tablecloths. Think […]
Many congratulations to my good friends Jason Griffey and Kim Duckett on being named “Movers and Shakers” for 2009 by Library Journal! They join a star-studded list that includes the likes of Chad Boeninger, Sarah Houghton-Jan, Michael Porter, Lauren Pressley, Jenica Rogers-Urbanek, Dorothea Salo, and Pam Sessoms (and those are just the ones from this […]
How could a librarian not love this little guy?
February 2, 2009 – 8:49 am
I was listening to Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young‘s “Ohio” the other morning, and it reminded me of one of my favorite anecdotes. My apologies if you know me and I’ve regaled you with this one before: When I was in my senior year in high school, I was working on a paper and needed […]
December 19, 2008 – 1:12 pm
It’s my last day of work before two weeks off for the holidays (HALLELUJAH, and thank you, Saint Mary’s College, for your generous number of days off near the winter holidays), so I leave you with this:
December 13, 2008 – 11:46 am
Why is it that this blog, which has been online for, what, less than a month? has already had its first piece of spam caught by Akismet, while my other blog,* which has been up for three years and was on WordPress 1.5 until just two months ago, hasn’t gotten any? *Sorry, no link – […]
December 12, 2008 – 12:44 pm
Someone has requested a couple of truly gorgeous books on quilting via Inter-Library Loan. I can see them sitting on the “Received” pile every time I walk through the tech services area. If you know me personally, you might know that I’m a quilter. I would love to know who requested these books and go […]
