Archive of 2007 November

Introducing a 7-year-old to the concept of “library”

on November 30th, 2007 in Books, Comics, Librarianship, Links by | Comments Off

Modern Day Prometheus or why my boyfriend is the greatest guy ever. Can you believe I get to kiss this man? My first question was a slightly judgmental “where were his parents during all of this?” I’m remembering week after week of library visits when I was a kid. We…

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I Brake for Library Sciences

on November 25th, 2007 in Avenging, Librarians in popular culture, Links, Products by | 2 Comments

It’s the Holiday Season, which means new stuff in the Librarian Avengers Store. I’m pimpin’ some new oval stickers this year. They look just like those European country abbreviation stickers that folks have on their Toyotas. Only these are cooler, because they signal that you are secretly a member of…

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A Self-Aggrandizing and Slightly Anti-Intellectual Anecdote

on November 23rd, 2007 in Career, Education, Video games by | Comments Off

Gus, housemate, and Erica, me, were having a discussion on the airplane to Michigan. Gus is getting her PhD in something nifty, like Education and Video Gaming, or MMORPG Search Behavior. Or something. I dunno. I kinda tune out a bit. Ever asked a social scientist about her thesis? Don’t….

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To the Car I Rented to get to Trader Joe’s:

on November 10th, 2007 in Life by | 7 Comments

Dear Toyota Prius, I do not have a passenger. That is cat litter. Stop beeping at me.

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