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Danger: Batman Under Pickup

Posted in Uncategorized on January 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Danger: Batman Under Pickup

Originally uploaded by SA_Steve

I came across this photo on Flickr and nearly laughed myself to death. Check out SA_Steve’s sign pictures. They’re a riot.

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Re: Heads Must Roll

Posted in Heads Must Roll, Librarianship, Patrons Behaving Badly, Patrons Without a Clue on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Off with their heads Originally uploaded by Jenny Watters
A couple of weeks ago I got a request from a writer for a multi-part interview we had in our oral history collection with a well-known regional artist. I hate getting requests from writers or reporters of any streak because the concept of planning ahead [...]

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Re: Learning 2.1–Just Like That But Different

Posted in Animoto, BBC Language Center, CDBaby, LastFM, Learning 2.1, LiveMocha, Pandora, Retroland on January 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »

In which our journey of enlightment continues.
#37.) Pandora and LastFM–I can see where these two services would be of interest to acquisitions librarians or people doing listeners’ advisory. Basically, both websites allow you to type in the names of groups or musicians and then the site pulls up music that is similar in style. [...]

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Re: Crunchy on the Outside ….

Posted in Great White Shark Research, LOLShark on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

My rule of thumb with marine life is that if the creature approaching me is bigger than me and the boat combined, I’m outta there. Possibly by revving my feet so fast that I plane over the water like Wile E. Coyote after the Roadrunner.
The picture is taken from this article in the Sept. 2005 [...]

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Re: Hit Me

Posted in Blog Views, Blogology, LOL Cats, Tagging on January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

So I got back from holiday break, expecting to find a modest trickle of hits, and was astounded to find that the blog had scored an unbelievable 111 views. What could people be looking at given that my trademark witty banter was absent? The answer: LOL Cats. Yes, friends, people in search of their LOL [...]

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