Archive of Avenging

Hot Librarian Necklace

on November 7th, 2008 in Avenging, Books, Librarianship, Library tourism, Shopping by | 1 Comment

From the department of products-inadvertently-marketed-to-librarians: Hot Librarian Necklace

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So proud

on November 5th, 2008 in Avenging by | 2 Comments

I am so proud of my President, Barak Obama. Today, for the first time since 9/11, I feel unified with my country. No matter who or what you voted for, we are all in this together. Yes we can.

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West Coast Phrases To Know

on October 13th, 2008 in Avenging, Life, Linguistics, San Francisco by | 6 Comments

My mother, the real librarian (not a digital muckety muck thingamajig like me), will be visiting me here in San Francisco next week. Since she will be hanging around with non-Midwesterners, I thought it would be good to provide her with an introduction to west coast language. I know, right?…

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Monorail kitteh @ library

on October 10th, 2008 in Avenging, Cat, Librarianship by | Comments Off

Certain, especially awesome public libraries have live-in cats. I suspect from the lack of spine labels, that this is a privately-owned and operated library monorail lolcat.

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Domestic Violence: Legal Resources

on September 16th, 2008 in ALA, Avenging, Feminism, Librarianship, Links, Research Obsession, Women's health by | 4 Comments

A friend is going through this. She needs legal advice and low-income resources. Here’s the best of what I’ve found: WomensLaw.org – Incredibly clear and useful site with an excellent FAQ, state-by-state help, info on shelters, courthouse locations, legal forms, advice. Battered Women’s Justice Project – Contact list for state…

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Allergy alert stickers

on September 12th, 2008 in Allergies, Avenging, Products, Shopping, Women's health by | 8 Comments

I have a life-threatening peanut allergy. My lungs fill up and my throat closes and WOW are nuts a bad thing. Which is why I want these vinyl “No Peanuts” stickers by Jeeto. Chuck and I have been trying to translate the word “peanut” into 30 languages whenever we go…

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I DOOOOO! RAWR!

on September 6th, 2008 in Avenging, Feminism by | 3 Comments

Current TV has a segment called “Target Women” that I absolutely love. In this episode, Sarah Haskins, who is frikking hilarious, introduces us to the helpful and empowering phenomenon known as Wedding Television. She gently mocks shows like Bridezilla, Rich bride Poor bride, Platinum brides, and other affronts to sanity….

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Zombie Dating Site: Zombie Harmony

on July 25th, 2008 in Avenging, Links by | 2 Comments

There’s a great new dating site online…for zombies! Hurry and join zombieharmony.com! I wonder if eHarmony will be as cool as Linden Lab was about parodies? Linden sent the maker of a Second Life parody the opposite of a Cease and Desist letter. Since, like most sane people, they realized…

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