So I have no idea why, but one of the names this compound goes by is Halloween. It's a plant growth regulator. Scary!

When you woke up this morning, I bet you thought about how much you wanted to watch a video of some white guys roller blading through Minneapolis in their underwear didn't you. (It was fun to try and figure out where all they were. And it's funny when they very briefly try to hop like bunnies in one part. Not very good bunnies. Ha ha. Gratuitous ( Read more... )

If you're going to be in Duluth this weekend and you're in the market for Viking kitsch, you should check out the Sons of Norway rummage sale, I hear.

Okay, so I saw this ad on Craig's List. It's in the Strictly Platonic category for men seeking women. I don't think it makes sense in that category. What do you think? (Not like he would be the only guy not getting the concept of platonic on CL...)

(Update: No big surprise that it got pulled. Spanking no sex is not my idea of platonic.)

It's a lovely Saturday, and I'm at work. It's pretty dead in the reference room. I did get a library science student asking me a question about her assignment. I need to be outside to make up for the effect that a solid week of low cloud cover has had on my mental state.
I got a birthday card from my sister this week, and she included a picture of ( Read more... )

Wow, I just came across an article that combines two of my obsessions, libraries and the end of cheap oil. Interestingly, the author is from University of Kentucky. Somehow that seems surprising, but I'm probably making ridiculous assumptions. It's not like I'm not from small town North Carolina.

Hecker, Thomas E. The post-petroleum future of ( Read more... )

More zombies in the Twin Cities. This time, a fashion show.

There are competing zombie and pirate pub crawls in Minneapolis this weekend. Same day and everything.

Those of you who read BoingBoing might've seen the link to the article on the guy seeking shared custody of an amputated leg he found in a barbecue smoker he bought. Maiden is about 15 or 20 minutes from where I grew up, one county over. It's a shame it's in a different county because my dad is a lawyer, and it would be so awesome if he took this ( Read more... )

I just answered a reference question for a student looking for scholarly articles on Howard Shore who composed music for Silence of the Lambs, History of Violence, and other movies. Talk about being out of my element...