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…

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…

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)

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…

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.