ccharle2

First Half Marathon

This past weekend I ran my first half marathon in Washington D.C. I didn’t have any goals in mind since it was my first, and I just wanted to see if I could do it. The course was all over the southwestContinue reading “First Half Marathon”

Metal May

THE SWAMP IS RIGHT WHERE I SHOULD BE I woke-up this morning feeling like I forgot something – because I almost did! Today May 1st, which means…another year of Metal May! The rule for Metal May is simple – listen to metal by bands that start with the letter “M” for the entirety of May.Continue reading “Metal May”

2014 Eisner Award Nominees!

Comic-Con International announced on April 15th the nominees for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2014. While winners won’t be announced until the San Diego Comic Con, speculation has begun! The Eisner Awards honors high creative achievement in American comic books. Last year I was dismayed by the artistic categories for the lack ofContinue reading “2014 Eisner Award Nominees!”

What I Read (Last) Week:

via Daily Dishonesty Keeping Up With…Digital Writing in the College Classroom | ACRL Rural Hospitals Weigh Independence Against Need For Computer Help | NPR PoemCity | Yankee The common ground between coffee geeks and growers | The Guardian Mechanicsburg’s new seed library will lend herb, vegetable seeds | The Patriot-News The Difference between National ParksContinue reading “What I Read (Last) Week:”

What I Read This Week:

Give Them What They Want | The User Experience | Library Journal It’s Adventure Time | The Awl Arts Crawl exposes community to north campus | The Daily Collegian Fertility Mystery Solved: Protein Discovered That Joins Sperm With Egg | the Guardian 2014 Eisner Award Nominees Announced | Comic Book Resources Why Can’t I BeContinue reading “What I Read This Week:”

What I Read Last* Week:

Adrift by Natalie Serber | The Rumpus We Are The Ionians (Video) | Indie Alaska Mothers are not ‘opting out’ – they are out of options | Al Jazeera Stepping into the Stream: Bringing Netflix-style Video to Libraries | Library Journal How a child’s food preferences begin in the womb | the Guardian A CountryContinue reading “What I Read Last* Week:”

Happy International Tabletop Day!

Yesterday (April 5th) while at work, the library celebrated International Tabletop Day. I set-up my old Scrabble board and a few books on gaming from the collection for people to peruse on their visit to the library. (Click through the picture for ITD’s website.)

What I Read This Week:

Is your BPA-free water bottle as safe as you think it is? | PRI Snake Hill. | S.P. Sullivan (Money line: I have an idea in my head to recreate Parson’s “Snake Hill on the Jersey Meadows” in a photograph at sundown, so I was doing some reconnaissance. I’m a shit navigator so…) A StateContinue reading “What I Read This Week:”

The Cat Swamp Hijacking and Murder

While driving around Sussex County this week, (LOLworkingacrossthreecounties) I noticed on 206-S a historical marker that I had never seen before – the Cat Swamp Hijacking and Murder. I grew-up visiting my Dad’s family in the Byram-Andover-Newton isosceles triangle, and I thought that I knew that route pretty well. Lesson learned – history is alwaysContinue reading “The Cat Swamp Hijacking and Murder”

What I Read This Week:

Thank you University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Justin The Librarian The Lost Art of the Unsent Angry Letter | The New York Times Sinkhole of Bureaucracy | The Washington Post (Spoiler alert – it is an actual hole) When Mothers Get Moving, Children Are More Active, Too | NPR Meet The Super TaskersContinue reading “What I Read This Week:”