I've tried to avoid commenting on the Tiger situation. I sure as hell never felt sorry for the guy, but I wasn't going to go and  attack him either. See, the thing about people I don't know (and most of the people I DO know--is that their sex lives are NONE… Read full post »

From time to time I try to get my parents to join Facebook. This is amusing for many reasons--mostly because the concept of my parents joining Facebook fills my sister with terror.

Occasionally they will ask me what I see in Facebook. Why, if I am so busy, I would fritter away… Read full post »

 I appreciated the comments on this post--now it's time to put up or shut up, athough i don't really know what that means :)

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Well, I am caving to peer pressure. I haven’t posted recently because 1) my head has been up my ass and 2) EVERYTHING IS ABOUT THE HOLIDAYS.

I don’t dislike the holidays.  I usually get very excited. Not really because of the whole magical-non-sperm-in-a barn/baby Jesus part but I am… Read full post »

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Dear Everyone (or anyone who will listen),

I DON’T CARE WHO YOU SLEEP WITH. In my last post, I explained I didn’t know much about the Tiger Woods story and had no interest in learning more. Not because I have him on some sort of pedestal, I just don’t care. I knew… Read full post »

I don’t know what’s going on with the Tiger Woods “case.” I’ve been under a 75 page rock and I like it there. This is what I know about the situation.

He was driving late at night.
His wife smashed up the back of his car (?)
There is probably another woman.

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The New York Times Book Review published the "Notable Children's Books from 2009" today. I was momentarily annoyed as I was reading the selection: I'm not sure if the editors of the NYTBR are too lazy to distinguish between Children's and Young Adult literature or if they actually don’t realize… Read full post »

Working in a  public is interesting for countless reasons. Many librarians subscribe to various library related Listservs—it’s one way to keep on top of book reviews, events and policies as well as commiserate with people who understand an increasingly difficult profession.

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This is not what I am supposed to be doing. I am supposed to be writing an outrageously long final paper for a class. The big decision of my morning was going to be if I should allow myself the time to take my turn in online Scrabble before sitting down… Read full post »