I got a call about 20 minutes ago from a friend telling me that my website, this website, the website I HAVEN’T UPDATED IN WEEKS was mentioned in the NY Times. So, um. Hi. I’m updating! This is me. Updating. Just for you. La de da. If you are interested…

The webcomic xkcd has the goods on librarians this week: The Advantages to Dating Librarians It’s true. It’s so so true. The librarian Achilles Heel. Geeks: check out the alt tags for more funny.

Alexandra and the Pickle My friend Alexandra was on Gothamist the other day holding this huge pickle. Her archivist colleagues are all so proud. Finally, an Archivist Poster Girl!

Sorry I haven’t updated in a few weeks. I’ve been busy downloading music from this quasi-legal Russian mp3 site. But not at work (hi library colleagues). And there was some vacation involved. And dog-sitting. And basement wall dry-locking. Speaking of the theft of intellectual property, at work recently I’ve been…

Overheard at the Cornell University library: “PubMed? That’s the bar you go to when you visit ClubMed.”

Apparently there have been at least two masturbation incidents in the stacks this week. This will come as no surprise to anyone who has worked in a library, but some people find the library to be quite arousing. Is it the books? I’m told that Henry James can be rather…

So my friend Clay (of reference desk fame) and I have just gotten out of our dance class, and we are talking about books. A woman overhears us and starts talking about a book she is reading on the subject of Jack the Ripper. “What was that book?” she asks,…

This is how librarians talk when they think no one’s looking. The following excerpts are from actual email conversations: Me: Good news! The ALA now has a Library Worker’s Day! ALA loves library assistants! What I like most about this day is how close the phrase ‘library worker’ is to…