Did you know that Katherine Hepburn and Spenser Tracey were in a Librarian movie together? Did you even know there were librarian movies? It’s called Desk Set, and we’re about halfway through watching it. Desk Set somewhat unintentionally gives an interesting window into professional life for women in the late 1950′s. Apparently it involved lots [...]
Election
Oog. I have a CNN hangover.
2:17am – U.S. election
I should really go to bed instead of hitting refresh on cnn.com every two minutes. Remember that episode of The Simpsons where Bart gets a scary clown bed and can’t sleep? It’s like that. “Can’t sleep. Republicans will keep the Senate. Can’t sleep. Republicans will keep the Senate. Can’t sleep. Republicans will keep the Senate.”
Vote early, vote often.
Today is U.S. election day. Today. Tuesday the 7th. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Today you need to find ten minutes before, after, or during work to drive/walk/bike/train/carpool/drunkenly stumble to your local firehouse/school/residence hall/public space and vote. It’s easy. Here are two things that often stop people from voting: WHERE DO I VOTE? Call your [...]
List of Truths
Patrick Stewart in The Tempest was the most amazing theatrical experience of my life. The frikkin’ ALA wrote me up in some magazine, causing my server to explode. Michigan is cold and the residents can’t drive. My laptop is running on reserve battery power…
Michigan Alumni Nostalgia
I’m alone in the University of Michigan Science Library, enjoying free wireless (thanks to my alumni account) and a wealth of power outlets. I’m sitting in a window-alcove that overlooks campus, level with the green copper towers of West Hall. During school, I came here to watch the University’s resident Peregrine Falcon as he perched [...]
Site down for a bit tonight…
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 shot this afternoon, and I [...]
Want to volunteer at the library? Pass a drug test, sister.
Ah, Gainesville. Come for the Snowy Egrets, stay for the affronts to human dignity! Bill Mahr at The Huffington Post wrote an excellent screed last week about Levy County Florida’s county-wide drug screening policy which has cut the library’s volunteer population by 3000%. Mahr is slightly fuzzy on the details of our favorite profession, referring [...]
Amazon customer reviews: Bananas
I spent the afternoon poking around the more obscure areas of Amazon.com (It’s snowing, I’m lazy) and I came across a distributor that sells fresh groceries. The page layout is the same as any other Amazon product, the content is just a bit…different. I love reading what other people think about something before I buy [...]
Star Wars Dog Costumes
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 your cat’s body issues should [...]