Tomorrow, May 25th, is Towel Day, a day to celebrate the late Douglas Adams. Carry a towel with you, read one of his books, and/or watch an adaptation of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Alright, coolest nerdiest kitchen gizmo of all. The George Foreman USB iGrill! Surf and cook at the same time.

I think SLIS should get a couple of these for the computer lab.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/igrill.shtml

There are a ton of cool kitchen gizmos out there. I'm a nerd and keeping finding more levels to add to my 551 project. I'm only on part 3, but I'm not concerned. I probably should be.

Best finds so far: Hello kitty toaster & Chocolate fountain.

Patron: Can I borrow the scissors again? I promise it will be the last time ( Read more... )

Bloody stupid frats and rush. They did a freakin' scavenger hunt tonight that had at least two dozen people running past me talking and laughing loudly. Here is the site that lists their so called "ideals"We also had a patron who kept the reference librarian busy for about an hour going on about how she could make things so much better in the ( Read more... )

Occasionally I come to realizations that make me sad. Like that banging my head against the desk hurts only my head, and fails to make patrons more logical. Or read signs.

I now feel really guilty about bitching so much about my midterm test grade. I just found out about the earthquake. Damn. I've gotten nothing to complain about. It makes me feel small and self centered that I am not more regularly appreciative of how well I have it. How tiny my problems are ( Read more... )

I think we all need to start springbreak by getting hit by multiple snow storms. It makes it feel everso Christmas-y.
I celebrated by making a snowman. His name is Pierre because he looks vaguely French and it was late.
( Pierre! )

It is a quiet night at work. Well other than the cell phones, but they are a given ( Read more... )

The atmosphere in the library is thick tonight. One can feel the tension that the entire campus is under. Spring break is just a little over a week away. The question everyone seems to be facing, even if they aren't vocalising it, is "Can I make it to break without breaking ( Read more... )