Pugilistic Periodicalistas
It’s warm here! OMG you guys, they have this thing called “The Sun” that you have GOT to check out!
Chris, Scott and I are heading to Las Manitas for Mexican breakfast with Chris’ dad in a few minutes. Just wanted to update really quick and gloat at you. Migas, everyone! Migas! Mwahhahahahah!
Could one of my dear library worker readers tell Doppelganger here at 50 books what we call a (collective noun) of librarians? You know my thoughts on the matter.
Hi there sexy library creatures. I’m spending this weekend doing prep-work for the upcoming South by Southwest Interactive conference. In my case, this means re-dying my hair, e-shopping for warm weather gear, and drinking a lot of water. Chris and I are flying to Austin on the 9th – we’ll be hunting down margarita machines and Shiner Bock soon thereafter.
The cool local burlesque troupe that I wanted to take you guys to isn’t performing this month. Still, I promised a party so I’ll do what every good librarian should: utilize existing resources. I’ll meet everybody at the Frog Design party (they had belly dancers last year). I’ll be handing out Librarian pins and buying beer for anyone with a library degree. If are going to be in town, lemme know and I’ll send you my cell number. Chris is an Austin native, so we’ll be hitting some good Mexican food joints throughout the week. Finally, I’ll leave you with a list:
The Ethos of ALA vs SXSWi
| ALA | SXSWi |
| Gobs of free books | Gobs of free drinks |
| Shoulder Pads | Electronic Notepads |
| Informative panels about last year’s technology | Informative panels about next year’s technology |
| The Caldicotts | The Bloggies |
| Meet Winnie-The-Pooh | Meet famous pornographers |
| Nuclear politics | Nuclear tacos |
| Blue hair | Pink hair |
| Power suits and eye shadow | Power symbol t-shirts and iBooks |
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