Librarians love Liquor

on Sep 30 in Librarians in popular culture, Librarianship, Life, San Francisco, Second Life by

In which I write about my evening as though it appeared in a social column:

Librarians-turned-Software-Goons Sarah Dilling and Erica Olsen spent the evening discussing religion, the raising of rhetorically skilled children, and workplace mentoring this evening over mojitos at local bistro Luna Park. Rumor has it that the field of software development pays more than *twice* that of Librarianship, and offers larger amounts of free food. Where will this double dose of database-discussing debutantes appear next?

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Author: Erica Firment

Erica Olsen Firment is an omnivorous mammal of the genus Ailurus, having an endothermic physiology and a long, furry tail. Erica's range extends to both deciduous and coniferous forests, and can often be found at Linden Lab, working on the user interface for Second Life.

This author's website address is http://librarianavengers.org

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3 Comments

  • Miss Grace says:
    October 6, 2008 at 9:35 am

    So. How do I get into software development?

  • Milan says:
    October 6, 2008 at 5:01 pm

    If any serious grammarians are reading this, I have something of a puzzle to solve – one that has so far perplexed several people with degrees in English.

    Basically, it concerns a sentence of this form:

    (Independent clause): X buying cranberries, Y buying sun-dried tomatoes.

    Where X is a young woman and Y is me.

    Which of these is correct?

    * she buying organic cranberries, me buying sun-dried tomatoes
    * she buying organic cranberries, I buying sun-dried tomatoes
    * her buying organic cranberries, me buying sun-dried tomatoes
    * her buying organic cranberries, I buying sun-dried tomatoes

    My first instinct was (her/me), but I decided (she/me) made more sense upon further reflection.

  • KarenB says:
    November 1, 2008 at 11:00 am

    Dude — it can’t be she/me. Ever.

    That said, given the nature of your dependent clauses, it sounds as if you need she/I.

    I’m willing to concede that there might exist a situation in which her/me would be appropriate, but I can’t actually imagine one.