It dawned on me today that I am - or will be, come December - halfway through my master's program.  That is an exceedingly cheery, and somewhat sobering thought.  Hanging in there with two classes a semester (or one for summer school) and just going year round is, in the end, paying off in the manner I had hoped; saying "oh, well, only a year and a ( Read more... )

A) We still need libraries, online or otherwise
B) We still need librarians
C) We still need librarians who understand cataloging

Google's Book Search

It's also why I stand by my half-joke that Google needs a few staff librarians to actually, y'know, enhance the user experience, or whatever jargon you want to use.  As the other half-joke says:  ( Read more... )

I was lying in bed this morning, having one of my twice-yearly sleep ins, and got to thinking that I am not even yet at halfway to the Biblical three score and ten (though, admittedly, that's next year); I'm at the end of the 'youthful' demographic (18-34), and I now still have mid-30s to enjoy before tearing up my late 30s.  And then I thought, ( Read more... )

I am finally getting around to reading Henry Fielding's "The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling", and in passing, I should also point out that I do have some final work due in a week's time for my summer school class, so perhaps diving into an Augustan novel is not the best diversionary tactic, but then again, perhaps it is.  Hard to say.  At any ( Read more... )

Before we go any further, let me point out that there is not a whole lot in the way of princess material around our house.  We didn't go overboard with the gender neutral toys or anything, but we have a lot more stuffed animals and cars and books and that sort of thing; certainly there is a Barbie here or there, but she frequently ends up riding ( Read more... )

Perfectly ok unless you're applying those values to yourself and your conduct in the public world.  Hm.  Can someone riddle me this? 

Lt. Dan Choi

As I pointed out on my other blog though, maybe it's some weird positive.  He could be shot at before he spoke out, but afterward, no.  So...he stays safe at home, and, you know, still who he is.  Hm.  Do ( Read more... )

There are a number of reasons to love summer, not least of which is it contains my birthday 'n' shit, but one of the top reasons has to be the gloriousness of the fridge after a trip to the market.  The girls and I hit Whole Foods today since the majority of my shopping list was produce (gold STAR for Heather) and I run the risk of a skyrocketing ( Read more... )

When you know a play backward and forward, and yet are *still* clutching your wine glass in agony as Mercutio and Tybalt feint and dance around each other ( Read more... )

I was in the car today taking Ella to riding therapy and INXS' "Never Tear Us Apart" came on.  I, of course, started singing along and cheerfully informed her "THIS came out when Mommy was in JUNIOR HIGH!".

And then I freaked out.  Junior high was twenty years ago.  TWENTY-ONE.  I will be 35 next year for god's sake.  I'm closer to 40 than I am to ( Read more... )

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