Archive of 2006 December

Packing for Big Cities in which I do not live…

on December 9th, 2006 in Comics, Cornell, Library tourism, Life by | 1 Comment

Tomorrow morning I’m getting on a luxury Cornell bus to New York City (the place I don’t live, despite everyone’s impression when I say I’m from New York State) for a week long vacation. Yes, I said vacation. For possibly the first time in years, I’m traveling for non-work reasons….

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Librarians: Mimi Smartypants needs our Help!

on December 6th, 2006 in Books, Comics, Librarianship, Links by | 17 Comments

Mimi Smartypants is my favorite blogger. I want to say more about her writing and why I enjoy it, but everything I type comes out like: “blarg! cliche! gush! gush!” So, I’ll just skip that and mention that she recently asked for comic book recommendations for her daughter. This woman…

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Gone Dancin’

on December 5th, 2006 in Avenging, Cornell by | Comments Off

Tonight’s post has been preempted by the Cornell Swing Club’s last dance of the semester. Erica will be attending and trying to improve her shoddy 8-count swingout. You will be returned to your regularly scheduled post in three hours. Thank you.

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We are the Men of IBM…

on December 2nd, 2006 in Links, Tech by | 1 Comment

One of our student employees, Katie, is being recruited by IBM. We’re proud of her, and not a bit surprised. Our other student, Zach, is trying to decide between working at Google or Amazon. They will be lucky to have him. One of the advantages to doing web development at…

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Librarian Magic the Gathering Card

on December 1st, 2006 in Librarianship by | 1 Comment

No, seriously. I’m so proud. So proud.

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