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What I Read This Week:

Hark, a Vagrant’s Kate Beaton on Comics, History, and Drawing Admiral Nelson | the Appendix Tips on How to Become a Fossil | National Geographic Your Coffee Pods’ Dirty Secret | Mother Jones Who Had Richer Parents, Doctors Or Artists? | NPR What Would Wes Anderson Eat? | Southern Living Your Lifestyle Has Already BeenContinue reading “What I Read This Week:”

What I Read This Week:

S.F. Library Proposes New Code of Conduct with Penalties | San Francisco Chronicle Biologists: Vermont Bats Begin White Nose Recovery | The Daily Record How Lego Survived Against All Odds – And You Can Too | Fast Company Lawmakers Want To Allow State Schools To Secede | Lock Haven Express Trilobites: Variations on a ThemeContinue reading “What I Read This Week:”

Stuff I Read This Week:

Following death of woman from Colorado, concerns grow about birth control safety | Colorado Public Radio Yoga Poses in Israel | The New York Times 5 Ways to keep my reading your first chapter | National Novel Writing Month Why Getty going free is such a big deal, explained in Getty images | The AtlanticContinue reading “Stuff I Read This Week:”

Related to that Buzzfeed “article” about things that are never quite the same after college

The last time I was in my college’s library, we sat in one of the second floor alcoves. He was working on his student teaching final portfolio and I was writing my last paper for that accursed Brontës seminar. I had no interest in that seminar. But it was a reading seminar rather than aContinue reading “Related to that Buzzfeed “article” about things that are never quite the same after college”

ALA Midwinter Meeting 2014 – Review

Phew. Over two weeks have passed I attended ALA Midwinter 2014, and I think my head is back on straight. Prior to Midwinter 2014, I had attended NJLA 2013 and the exhibits of the Public Library Association annual conference in 2012. The ALA Midwinter Meeting is inherently larger than either of those conference since itContinue reading “ALA Midwinter Meeting 2014 – Review”

Sister Mother Husband Dog: (etc.)

“Every choice makes some things in life more possible and some things less — remember upsides and downsides?” I was driving into work the day when I heard that Nora Ephron had passed away. I heard the report on Morning Edition just as I was driving over the Constitution Bridge in Lock Haven. The sunlightContinue reading “Sister Mother Husband Dog: (etc.)”

Humans of New York and Super Graphic

I’ll make this quick, like these books were in a manner of speaking. They are coffee table books in the sense that they do not follow a narrative and intend to engage readers with visual images. I enjoyed both of these books in that sense. Brandon Stanton, the photographer and mastermind of the project, updatesContinue reading “Humans of New York and Super Graphic”

Activities at My Library Today:

Sewer Line Replacement in the basement, which includes jack hammering and trenches; Aftermath of a broken sprinkler head, which rained down tens of thousands of gallons of water down all three floors of the library; Flipped over dumpster; Broken water cooler in the staff room. Needless to say, we are closed from the public today.Continue reading “Activities at My Library Today:”

In The Clear

December 18th, 2013 – Last grad school coffee listening :: to You Blew It!, on repeat; watching :: Chicken with Plums; reading :: The Infinite Moment of Us and This Is How You Say Goodbye.; wanting :: a burrito?; working :: on convincing my sister to see The Secret Life of Walter Mitty on Christmas day, job hunting, and sewing projects; writing :: reviews! and cover letters; loving ::Continue reading “In The Clear”

Midnight Movies @ 7 – The Warriors (1979)

Tonight, as a part of our ‘Midnight Movies at 7″ series, we screened The Warriors. Attendance was on the low side, but we had a good discussion afterwards about the story and cinematography. We watched the “Ultimate Director’s Edition”, which was styled differently from the original edition. That provided for discussion for balancing current fansContinue reading “Midnight Movies @ 7 – The Warriors (1979)”