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Archive for November, 2009

Re: Sarahmania

Posted in Book recommendations, Politics (National), Presidential Election 2008, tagged , , , , on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past week or so, you can’t have failed to notice the launch of Sarah Palin’s new book, “Going Rogue“.  I have read her much anticipated tome and recommend saving your money and borrowing someone else’s copy.  Books by politicians tend to fall into one of two categories—a [...]

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Re: Amusing Picture Friday

Posted in Humor, LOL Cats, tagged , on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here’s a few favorites I’ve been holding back. Friday the 13th seemed an opportune time to share them. Enjoy!

Finally, the truth about Batman ….

I want to get this picture made into a name tag and wear it at work …..

Always wondered what old Smokey was doing out in the woods with a shovel. Now we [...]

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Re: Little Triumphs

Posted in Cataloging, Librarianship, Library Life, Oral History, tagged , on November 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Every now and then you have a little moment that reminds you why you are proud to be a cataloger.
Cataloging is an arcane science.  I like to think of it as a kind of cryptography–you analyze the object in hand and then “code it up” so that people can find it when they do a [...]

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Re: It’s The End of the World As We Know It

Posted in Miscellania, Popular culture, Sickness, tagged , on November 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I’ve been down for the past five days with a nasty sinus infection so I’ve had the opportunity to watch repeated trailers for the disaster flick “2012″ while on serious antibiotics. The idea that the world will end in 2012 due to a Mayan prophecy wasn’t as unbelieveable as the idea that the government will [...]

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