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latest conference presentation
Last week I was in New Mexico presenting a talk at a conference, SW/TX Pop Culture and American Culture Conference in Albuquerque. This conference is multi-disciplinary between the social sciences, spanning everything from libraries, museums and archives, to gender, to film and history, just all sorts of subjects and disciplines. I presented a ( Read more... ) -
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A couple of weird things have happened ( Read more... ) -
the investigative inquisitions of the reference librarian
There are very few things I really dislike doing at work- one of them is usually helping people find genealogical information. However, today was quite different. For some reason, things were super busy at work as soon as I clocked in at 5pm. One patron was visiting from out of town to search for a grave of a family member, and needed some help ( Read more... ) -
my holiday break thus far
I was sure that this Christmas I was going to be really sick, as usual. I had a sore throat for almost a week before, but no other symptoms. When I left on Monday morning for the airport, all signs pointed to the acheyness that accompanies a sickness. However, when I woke up Christmas morning, at my parents' house in CO Springs (as I have done ( Read more... ) -
Halloween 2007
I just love Halloween. I wanted to make a super cool costume this year, something original yet really good. So I came up with this
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weird dream
Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me
No really, I had to do that. I <3 the Smiths!
But really...Last night I dreamt that I was walking alone through a hospital. It was barren and old, stained yellow in many places, sort of like one would imagine seeing in a horror film. I was trying to find my way out, like I was stuck in a labyrinth. After ( Read more... ) -
oktoberfest
Last Friday, I went to Oktoberfest! I hadn't been in 5 or 6 years (maybe longer!), so this was my triumphant return. Firstly, my friend and I get to the entrance and I realize I had forgotten my I.D. in the car. A must have, for a true Oktoberfest cannot be enjoyed without beer. It's no surprise I forgot my I.D., as I would forget any part of ( Read more... ) -
whipping boy, the
My whole life, I thought that Roald Dahl was the author of the book called The Whipping Boy. Just now, I was helping a kid look it up on the library catalog, and behold: Fleischman, Sid is the author. As soon as I looked at the book's cover, however, I was instantly transported to 1989 (or whenever I read this book for the first time) and ( Read more... ) -
guybrarian
guybrarian (noun) : A male librarian in a female dominated field.With so many women studying library science, Tim felt conspicuous as the only guybrarian in the class.Don't believe me? Well, it's not officially in the dictionary yet, but it's been submitted.
