Last year I pointed out that my local Target was selling a semi-skanky (and of course, Highly Accurate) “Librarian” Halloween costume. This became a popular post, and I inadvertently helped sell dozens more of the silly things. To counteract this, and help bring the universe a bit more into alignment,…

Yeah. I couldn’t resist. You know how we’ve had all of this discussion lately about, er… attractive librarians and the Halloween costumes that celebrate them? So I was thinking, what would REALLY bring those reluctant readers in to the library? Imagine a neon sign buzzing, zapping and blinking: “Librarians! Librarians!…

Hi everyone – Happy Halloween! I bought myself new web hosting today, so the site might be funky for a bit whilst I drag everything over. Fear not, I’m not going anywhere. I will be in Ann Arbor until Monday to ogle the Royal Shakespeare Company. I got a flu…

It’s Friday. Who needs serious content? Not I. Attention crazy dog people: If you must dress up your pet for Halloween, at least do it in style. Attention crazy cat people: Think your cat is big? Invite him to view this gallery of top 15 amazingly fat cats. All of…

Ah the joy of working in a traditionally female profession around Halloween! Take your pick, ladies and gentlemen, do you prefer your objectification in the form of Sexy Librarian, or Old Lady Librarian? Here are the search results from yet another hunt for Librarian costumes. The first two you may…

This is the second sexy librarian costume I’ve found. One more and it’s officially a trend. This one is especially flattering. They call it a “Sexy Secretary” SLASH “Sexy Librarian” costume. Because as you know, the two jobs are interchangeable. Or at least the outfits seem to be. I love…

Target sells these INCREDIBLY accurate Librarian Halloween costumes in its online store. Still, why spend $59.99 on a costume when we librarians can just open our closets and wear one of our many ALA-mandated cape/miniskirt combos? Not to nitpick, but my book-skirt is a bit longer. Update: Holy cow. Here’s…

We had a great Halloween – I put a bunch of candles out in the yard, and we got bombarded with neighbor kids until we ran out of candy. Then Chris dug up the confetti eggs from Easter and we started giving those out. They got a great reception, especially…