Re: Librarianship is My Business

There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of [...]

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Re: Avast There, Maties!

Cap’n Scratchy reminds the rest of you lubbers that tomorra be Talk Like a Pirate Day! What’s that, mess mate? Ye’ve never heard of Talk Like a Pirate Day? Then click here at once. Rated “Arrrr” for naturally pirate-y goodness.

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Re: Bits and Bobs

Jennifer Macauley has included my post on “What Library 2.0 Means to Me” on her Library 2.0 Roundup-Redux page, a handy source for thoughts on Library 2.0. There are opinions from well-known librarians as well as from your average Jane librarians like myself.
If you are looking for more librarian blogs to check out, have a [...]

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Re: Tora, Tora, Tora!

In this picture, I am the orange cat. The black kitten represents my day so far. Admittedly, we only had a four day work week, but those four days have seemed very long indeed. Sudafed, take me away!

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Re: Other Duties as Assigned

File this one under “Things They Didn’t Tell You in Library School.”
We have been invaded by phorid (rhymes with horrid) flies. Think of a bunch of flies slightly smaller than your thumbnail with a passion for light-colored walls (of which the library has many) and a serious attitude problem. Now that the cooler weather has [...]

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Re: Self-Portrait of the Artist If She Were Picasso

Wish you were artist, but lack something important like talent? Have no fear. Click on Mr. Picassohead and soon you too will be dragging and dropping just like the master–if the master had been born in the computer age. Check out my portrait right ‘chere.

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