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dug out the hive today
it was tickling the toes of
the presidential lilac
i have the queen in a jar
she had 2 consorts
whom i killed
and a handful of slow
half-frozen workers
whom i didn't kill
because
they'll be lost without
her,
if they make it
to spring
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cataloging humor
I like that for my cataloging class I have to discuss whether an antelope could be a considered a "document". Here is an example of one of my esteemed classmates responses:
( I especially like the question about how one retrieves the antelope ) -
a useful quote (albeit 10 years old) from my school readings today...
"Just as the ability to suture doesn't make one a surgeon, the ability to surf the Web does not imply that one understands the principled use of information."
from: Coiera E. "Medical informatics meets medical education." MJA 1998; 168: 319-320
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/apr6/coiera/coiera.html I'm taking "Applications of Medical ( Read more... ) -
some observations on children, family, and polyamory; a spot-on horoscope; and More!
Children need to be raised by more than 1 person; to do it right, it really does take a "village" or at the very least 2 adults and hopefully also an extended family. Kids need to learn that there are multiple ways to solve problems, and as many different viewpoints as there are individuals, and that unconditional love is available even from people ( Read more... ) -
new verse required
i once wrote a song about driving a U-Haul truck. it's a silly song although accurate in the details of U-Haul truck-driving as I knew it then. But yesterday I drove my friend's U-Haul truck from Providence RI to Philly, and it was a brand new, never-rented, shiny smooth vehicle, complete with "new car smell" and a fuel economy meter -- so, I'll ( Read more... ) -
important: if you live in PA, U.S.A
Your Right to Know: Pennsylvania Restricts rBGH-Free Dairy Labels ( Read more... ) -
don't yell if you don't hear from me til 2008
'twas fabulous seeing many of you my beloved friends all at once in NYC on Sunday, however, that was but a short happy prelude to my current Week of Doom -- I have several term papers due on Monday as part my management portfolio for my management class, plus a grant proposal due to be postmarked that same day, and on top of that there's school ( Read more... )
