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I blame Em for dragging me into the dark world of spec fic.
And Ms. Mohtar for keeping me there ("Damascus..." and "And Their Lips Rang..." specifically).
And my desire for good fiction and lovely jewelry for my wife.
That having been said, my literary friends, I'd like to direct you to a post by upstart_crow , who has put together an anthology called Steam ( Read more... ) -
Celebrations!
I just got the assistantship I interviewed for at the University of Kentucky. It's in the Depository Unit, so any of you folks on here that head out to UK, just stop in anytime, find Thomas Pinkerton (probably still in a catalogger's hole) and say, "I ran into you online ( Read more... ) -
Paradoces
We check if a book is rare two ways ( Read more... ) -
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Sorry for never giving another substantial post (as I posted elsewhere, I'm very behind on my senior thesis). I would, however like to post Rush Limbaugh's comments about Rahm Emanuel:
"Don't let his effeminate nature and his ballerina past mislead you on this. He may look effeminate (he was a ballerina at one time) but he has the feral instincts of ( Read more... ) -
Dorky squee-ness!
So... it turns out that my problems with the admissions office at the University of Kentucky were solved after all, and I'm past hurdle one, the Grad School! I just need to hear from my program (I predict I'll get in, with an assistantship, but not the fellowship I want). However, since I'm in according to the main grad school, that means I have an ( Read more... ) -
Zotero!
OMGWTFBBQ.
http://www.zotero.org/
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Ninja diseases
Being at a college that is heavy in nursing students, we tend to hear a lot about diseases and health what-nots, and eventually superbugs come up (MRSA, etc.) Well, after having what I have, I'm in no position to doubt ( Read more... ) -
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Sneaking time away from cataloging...
As most of you picked up from my last "post" of my old journal, I'm married now (since August 23rd), and have a... rambunctious daughter, Diana. That's a nice adjective for her. More appropriate ones might be demonic, evil, monket-like, perhaps.
As for me, I'm onto my last semester of undergad college at ( Read more... ) -
Welcome
Welcome to the new journal, my friends. First real update will be coming soon (tonight!) and I'll hopefully have pictures to share!