MeMeMe of magpies and cats in bowties I can admit it, I’ve always been a bit of a magpie, collecting shiny bits that caught my eye. Anyone who’s been to my house can attest that I like to have my things about me, little bibs and bobs of things – paper flowers, say, or pretty candles
MeMeMe it's a sine Ever since I can remember, one of my chief cravings when I’ve not felt well (at least, when I’m both not feeling well and eating) is Jello chocolate pudding, the kind you get in the refrigerated case. Just being honest. by crgreene More than once in the last
MeMeMe what's in a word? From my couch of enforced idleness, I’ve had more time to noodle on the internetz than usual. TweetStats is a nifty little service that lends a little faux rigor and quasi-scientific analysis to your Twitter stream [Over half my tweets (51.38%) are replies, concretely illustrating the importance I
Librarianing For those who are about to present … we salute you. Maybe you, dear readers, do a fair amount of presenting; maybe you don’t. Maybe you’ve given up on me altogether after my protracted silence on this channel. If you are out there (*tap tap* *tap tap* *hellooooo*) and you do ever give talks as part
MeMeMe On cobblers' children You can probably think of several of those old sayings: cobblers’ children never have shoes; doctors’ children are always sick; etc. I have a new one for you: cg’s blog rarely gets updated. And when I say updated, I mean both in terms of posts and in terms of
Librarianing Seek, and ye shall ... N.B. I don’t normally post about work-related matters … heck, lately I don’t post at ALL, so who knows what qualifies as regular? In any case, I started out intending this for our department blog at work and it has stubbornly and irreversibly formed itself as you will
Librarianing Pretty much the pinnacle The Old Spice Man wearing a towel, standing in an awesomely fake bathroom set, talking about libraries …and peanut butter. Yeah, I’m satisfied with that. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu-KBxOtJxs&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0]
MeMeMe Then YES. Like many other things, a sense of accomplishment is relative, I suppose. It’s been a good week for that sort of thing – on Monday a copy of our new book was delivered into my hot little hands. (So I guess for those of you who were wondering, since I
Nerdery The man your man could smell like, behind the curtain You may already keep up with TWIT or their YouTube channel. But if not, I offer this. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDk9jjdiXJQ&w=480&h=295] One continuous shot. Even more glorious. I’m on a horse.
Movies & TV The Broadcast Day Has Ended NYT: Converters Signal a New Era for TVs…”The nearly 20 million homes that rely on rabbit ears for reception will receive as much as $80 to move to digital.” I think I’ll let the gov’t keep my $40, but I really can’t believe it’s finally
