Archive of 2005 September

Speaking of sloth…

on September 28th, 2005 in ALA, Favorite Posts, Library school, Library tourism, Life by | 2 Comments

Here’s some baby sloths. (thanks Kafkaesque) These sloths remind me of the time I went to a residence hall library program with my friend Ryan “Galaxor Nebulon” Hughes. (Hi Ryan! Where the hell are ya?) They had brought in a bunch of rainforest animals to the residence hall to, I…

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Puppies and kitties are the antidote for midday sloth

on September 21st, 2005 in Life, Links by | 4 Comments

Puppies and kitties rescued from New Orleans will make your day. I went to the humane society today on my lunch break to pet the cats because of these photos. Now I’m scraping cathair off of my sweater with scotch tape. In other news, Chris and I will be gracing…

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Speed Searcher

on September 9th, 2005 in Avenging, Librarianship, Life by | 1 Comment

I just signed up to do remote reference shifts for the emergency library service in Louisiana. You should too, my geeky librarian dears. This is what we went to school for. (via librarian.net)

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Rescue Helicopters grounded for Bush Photo-op

on September 8th, 2005 in ALA, Life by | Comments Off

Bob Byler’s brother was flying a rescue helicopter in New Orleans last week. He tells stories of tearing the roofs off of houses, and airlifting people out of their submerged houses. However, for several hours he and his fellow emergency helicopter pilots were forced to stop their flights. The President…

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Back

on September 8th, 2005 in Life by | Comments Off

Hey folks – sorry about the lack of posts. I just returned from a long roadtrip to visit my family in Michigan. Did you know gas is expensive? Here’s some assorted photos from the trip, including the Mad Max-esque gas lines in Ontario.

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