I went to see Children of Men today, which was fantastic, disturbing, hopeful, and cautionary. I cried a bit, but left not resenting the movie for making me sad. Beforehand, we saw four trailers which ALL fell into the new Librarian Avengers Film Rating System. There was a Creepy Child…

Movie ratings suck. “Rated R” doesn’t tell me anything I need to know. I need to know if a movie contains cannibalism, synthesizers, or Jim Carrey. I need a rating system that reflects the diversity of obstacles lurking in today’s cinema. Introducing… The Librarian Avengers Film Rating System Rated A…

We had a breakthrough this week in human-cat relations. Plover, our newest cat, was adopted from the pound, and came with a bit of post-traumatic-stress disorder. He had a rough time in cat jail, and has been on edge for the last six months. Then we got him a shoelace….

It snowed in Austin, Texas yesterday. Schools and universities were closed, giving everyone an unexpected day off. Long lonesome roads became treacherously icy. Heartbreak hotels shut down. Cacti cooled. Longhorns lost heat. Scorpions shivered. Corrupt Texas Governor Rick Perry wasted a bunch of money. The governor used state funds to…

As a librarian, I feel obliged to share this method of procrastination resource with others: These clever folks figured out how to link directly to stuff on sale at Amazon. So if you want to look at 80% off Office Supplies for some reason, you are now able. This ability…

FOUR JOBS YOU’VE HAD IN YOUR LIFE Historical Reenactor (1800s) Historical Reenactor (Renaissance) Waitress/Bartender (Dublin) Designed a website for a group of Butterfly Researchers FOUR MOVIES YOU WATCH OVER AND OVER The Quiet Man A Room With a View The Commitments Standing in the Shadows of Motown FOUR CITIES YOU’VE…

My brain and my bookmarks are getting more tightly interwoven as the years go by. A few hours away from my desk and I start itching for the hive mind. Here’s a few of the tabs I’ve had open lately. Wild Turkey Sounds Dojo, a JavaScript toolkit that takes the…

I got my New York Public Library card in the mail today. Anyone who lives in New York state is eligible for a card, so I now have access to the library’s impressive collection of online resources. I spent the morning refreshing my Spanish at the NYPL’s Online Language Learning…