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Archive for January, 2009

Re: You Know You’re a Librarian When …

Posted in True Librarian Confessions, tagged , , on January 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Six Million Dollar Man photo by seeingDeniz (Flickr)
… you are incapable of defacing a book even if it’s for a good cause.
I took a bookmaking class (yes, I’m a “bookie” now ) and while I can make blank books and pamphlets from scratch, I am congenitally unable to “alter” books, even extremely boring, out-of-date [...]

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Re: Coulda Been Worse

Posted in Humor, Politics (National), Popular culture, Video, YouTube, tagged , , on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

No matter how bad the last eight years have been, folks, it’s always important to remember that it might have been worse. YouTube user TheNegativeDude remixed “Dark Knight” footage in order to make this trailer for Oliver W. Stone’s “W” movie. Watch for who he casts as Karl Rove. I was [...]

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Re: Farewell to the Chief

Posted in Barack Obama, Politics (National), Presidential Election 2008, tagged , , on January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Nothing in his presidency became him like the leaving of it …..
The transition was the part of the job he handled the best. A sad coda.

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Re: I Have a Dream Today

Posted in Barack Obama, Politics (National), tagged , , on January 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Barack Obama places his hand on the Lincoln Bible held by his wife, Michelle, in order to take the oath of office as the nation’s 44th President. The Lincoln Bible was on loan from the Library of Congress.
I had a dream, I had an awesome dream …–Lionel Richie, “Say You, Say Me”
Yesterday was the best [...]

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Re: Only a Matter of Time

Posted in Fun Stuff, tagged , on January 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »

We have small red squirrels here on campus, much smaller than their larger cousins elsewhere. What they lack in size, however, they make up for in sheer chutzpah. One day, while walking to lunch, I saw what appeared to be a bagel rolling rapidly across the grounds. Closer inspection revealed that a squirrel had seized [...]

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Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Ox

Posted in New Year, tagged , , on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Ox
Originally uploaded by djwudi

Happy Chinese New Year everyone! 2009 is the Year of the Ox.

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Re: Miss Method at the Movies

Posted in Movie Recommendations, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on January 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »

During the long, dark days of winter, I often find myself watching a lot of videos and DVDs at home and this holiday break has been no exception. Without further ado, I now present Miss Method’s guide to recent (and semi-recent) releases:
Two Opposable Digits Way Up:

Batman: The Dark Knight
Apart from beating the Batman franchise to [...]

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