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Farmer's market math: 2.5 lbs rhubarb + 1 bunch asparagus + 6oz horseradish soft cheese + 1 baguette - 5 bottle deposit returns = $17
Kelli H., Jennifer Dittrich, John (bird whisperer) and 10 other people liked this
This is kind of why I don't go to the farmer's market more often (at least the bottles "netted" me $8).
- Meg V. Meg
Lessee...our total today was..$38ish. But that includes a bottle of wine and 3 lbs of honey.
- Kirsten
We're back to two markets a week (Livermore Thursday nights run mid-May through mid-October). Thursday was, I think, around $20; today will be (I'll guess) around $35...plus fish. (Last Sunday was $75, but most of that was a big hunk o'salmon.) But hey: We're into stone fruit season, so it's all good. (And our supermarket bill is relatively small.)
- Walt Crawford
tell me about this cheese... (i live beside a farmer's market. it kills me. in a good way.)
- jambina
farmers markets are truly dangerous places
- DJF
from Android
I gotta kitten and a macaron. $2.
- Laura H.
from iPhone
Dammit, are kittens in season? I didn't see any. Stupid farmer's market.
- Meg V. Meg
The cheese is soft, spreadable "farmer's cheese" from my favorite dairy in the whole wide world: http://www.ronnybrook.com/ though their website doesn't mention this as a product (IT'S AMAZING)
- Meg V. Meg
omg, it says you can visit their farm!
- Meg V. Meg
LET'S GO
- jambina
I bet it's halfway-ish too.
- Meg V. Meg
i can totally get there.
- jambina
Let me see if/when my sister is interested in driving up.
- Meg V. Meg
Nowhere open will have rhubarb, so I'm settling for egg cream. Tomorrow I will have rhubarb. I WILL HAVE RHUBARB.
Jason - The Opaque, Lisa | #TeamMonique, Zamms and 2 other people liked this
how will you have your rhubarb?
- holly #ravingfangirl
I really haven't seen any rhubarb here, I wonder why.
- Meg V. Meg
I was thinking a crumble/crisp-type item? With whipped cream.
- Meg V. Meg
suggestion: cardamom and vanilla. OMG.
- holly #ravingfangirl
You are killing me.
- Meg V. Meg
someone mentioned them as the perfect combination with rhubarb, so i had to try. THEY WERE SO RIGHT.
- holly #ravingfangirl
Did you add them to the rhubarb part? Or to the cream? I am wondering how amazing the second option would be.
- Meg V. Meg
i've added them to the rhubarb, but you are so right about the cream.
- holly #ravingfangirl
AND MAIL IT TO ME
- Meg V. Meg
Seriously, I haven't seen it anywhere.
- Meg V. Meg
that's it. i am bringing rhubarb something in August. YOU WILL LIKE IT, I PROMISE. ANYTHING RHUBARB I MAKE IS AWESOME.
Zamms, Soup in a TARDIS, Anne Graham and t-ra: not givin up liked this
:)
- holly #ravingfangirl
I'm dubious, but intrigued.
- Anne Graham
maybe the balsamic rhubarb sauce. it may be my new gateway rhubarb recipe.
- holly #ravingfangirl
Kicking professional association ass today and TAKING NAMES dammit.
Zamms and Yo Joe. No, go slow. liked this
come do mine next!
- kendrak
from what you told me you have bigger asses to kick
- LibrarianOnTheLoose
I'm on research leave. I get to cook and clean and exercise and receive packages from UPS, not to mention the awesome research part. I assume this is what heaven is like.
MoTO #TeamMonique, Yo Joe. No, go slow., Marianne and 9 other people liked this
whats your project? \
- LibrarianOnTheLoose
i meant research wise, but could be cooking/cleaning/exercising ...
- LibrarianOnTheLoose
Project is related to academic misconduct hearings.
- Meg V. Meg
BAKED POTATO BAR!!!!!!!
John (bird whisperer), WoH: Professor MOTHRA, Elena and 6 other people liked this
this will be fun.
- holly #ravingfangirl
That's something I need to stay far, far away from. Hog heaven.
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
POTATO!
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
right? GIMME ALL THE TATERS. :) we are having friends over this weekend, and this is the food we are doing. we are providing the potatoes, everyone else is bringing toppings/sides/dessert.
- holly #ravingfangirl
OH. and I am getting the balsamic strawberry rhubarb sauce out of the freezer. :D :D :D
- holly #ravingfangirl
Have you ever had bbq pulled pork on a baked potato? I'd have that if I ever did a potato bar.
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
ooh, i've had it on tots, but it would be great on a baked potato too. #starving #thisisnothelping
- holly #ravingfangirl
WHY AM I SO WARM?!?!?!?
http://www.oactivista.com, Kirsten, Bubba was a rollin stone and 2 other people liked this
because you have a bun in the oven? ;)
- ~Courtney F
Liking for Courtney's response.
- Zamms
I've said it before, I'll say it again: oh, librarians.
Mary Carmen, Fish Are LIES, SophiaAnne88 and 6 other people liked this
We're something else, aren't we?
- Zamms
indeed.
- holly #ravingfangirl
Rosenblum?
- Chelle Chelle Ro Ro
yeah
- holly #ravingfangirl
Oh, that. Eh. *shrugs*
- Katy S
No, no, please, leave Rosenblum at FF's parent (FB). We don't need that mess here...
- Walt Crawford
oh, i am right there with you, walt. this was just a general lament, not a call to debate. :)
- holly #ravingfangirl
They have the most organized and imaginative minds. They have hidden unfulfilled fantasies too, lol.
- SophiaAnne88
uh.
- holly #ravingfangirl
So, that took a turn.
- Jennifer Dittrich
wow.
- Bren
New Blog Post: In Praise of Technical Services Librarians http://sarahglassmeyer.com/...
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Walt Crawford, Kirsten, Jennifer Dittrich and 3 other people liked this
The big push at mpow is to outsource as much as possible.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
Now that all the parents know, so can the world: Jed and I are now Mr. & Mrs. Harris-Keith, as of 4/27/13 :)
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Kol Tregaskes, the king of the interweb, Sir Shuping is just sir and 83 other people liked this
Congratulations!
- Spidra Webster
congrats!
- ellbeecee
congratulations, Mr. and Mrs.! :D
- Smaller Joe Silence
Congrats!
- Jimminy IS Everybody
So frackin cool!
- Shannon - GlassMistress
Ha ha! I knew it! Okay, not really. Congratulations!
- c.a.j.
You sneaky, sneaky peoples! Congratulations xoxoxoxox
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Thanks, all! So very happy :)
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
Wonderful! Congratulations!
- Anne Bouey
Yay! Congratulations!!!!
- adf
I had a feeling this was gonna happen. Congrats! :D
- Colette
Stay tuned; we'll still be doing a public ceremony/celebration, but it probably wont be until next fall. We were impatient and in lurv ;)
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
w00t! :)
- Steven Perez
Gratz!!!
- Lnorigb
Congratulations to you both!!!
- Hedgehog
Congrats!
- John (bird whisperer)
congrats!!
- weelibrarian
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Katy S
OMG This is awesome news!!! I'm so happy for both of you. :))))))
- Running Slow
WONDERFUL!!!
- SteVe C
Congratulations!!!
- Jennifer Dittrich
from FFHound!
OMG!! Congratulations you two!!! <3 <3 <3
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
Congratulations!
- Betsy #TeamMonique
from FFHound(roid)!
Congratulations
- Mo Kargas
congrats
- WarLord
Yay congratulations!!!
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
Whoa! Congratulations!
- Soup in a TARDIS
mondo happiness to you and Jed. May your honeymoon never end.
- ♫410 I Coach 'em Up♫
from Android
Thank you! I have big happy!
- Jed Harris-Keith
Thank you, Ffeeps! We have been dying to tell you all :)
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
Congratulations!
- Stephan Planken
from iPhone
You both look wonderful. Congratulations
- maʀtha
Thank you!
- Jed Harris-Keith
Congratulations, lovebirds.
- Tamara J.
from FFHound(roid)!
Congrats!!!
- imabonehead
from Android
Congrats! I can't believe I was able to keep quiet for three weeks!
- Mary Carmen
from iPhone
:) I can't believe WE were able to keep quiet for so long!
- Jed Harris-Keith
CONGRATULATIONS!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Hee! Thank you!
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
Wow. Congratulations!
- lris
Yay for you both!
- Friar Ticket to Ride
Congratulations!
- Elena
Congrats!
- MoTO #TeamMonique
from Android
Why do I like FF? Because it's another place I can congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Keith. :)
- Bubba was a rollin stone
Congrats, you guys!
- Brent Schaus
Congratulations
- Greg GuitarBuster
Congratulations!
- Maitani
Splendid!
- Pete #TeamMonique
Oh woah!! How did you keep that quiet? So, so happy for you both. Congratulations! :-)
- Heleninstitches
Congratulations!
- Jen
congra;ts !!
- Peter Dawson
Congrats you guys!
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
VERY HAPPY FOR YOU....CONGRATULATIONS!! :)
- Harold Cabezas
*runs around flailing* YAY!
- t-ra: not givin up
Congratulations, you two! Well done!
- Anne Graham
*dances with happy*
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Congratulations!!!!!
- the king of the interweb
warm weather challenge: finding the "cool, dark place" to store the homemade liqueurs while they infuse. #boozeworldproblems
SteVe C, Zamms, Meg V. Meg and 3 other people liked this
You can keep them in my soul
- Pete #TeamMonique
#boozeworldproblems is the only problems I have.
- Zamms
Strange craving for a grilled peanut butter, banana, and bacon sandwich. How does that happen? The only ingredient I even have for it is butter, for the frying.
Or are you supposed to fry it in the bacon fat? In which case, I have none of the ingredients.
- Meg V. Meg
oh man. now I want one.
- holly #ravingfangirl
i may have to kill this person on FB who earwormed me with "The Rainbow Connection".
Rodfather, Scoble, Alex Scoble, Zamms and 2 other people liked this
also: i initially typed "Rainblow" LOLOLOLOL #atleastiamusemyself
- holly #ravingfangirl
But it's such a cute song.
- Friar Ticket to Ride
oh, it's the original.
- holly #ravingfangirl
There's the Yo Gabba Gabba version...
- Zamms
NO.
- holly #ravingfangirl
It's with Paul Williams himself!
- Zamms
i just can't with Yo Gabba Gabba. i have tried...
- holly #ravingfangirl
Oh, come on...you've totally done worse than that. :D
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
that is completely different. :D
- holly #ravingfangirl
Really? I mean keep in mind I have a kid and Stockholm Syndrome, but I've always liked it. Plus, Paul Williams!
- Zamms
it totally creeps me out. and i know they have great musical guests but... maybe if i listened to just the audio?
- holly #ravingfangirl
Fair enough. Here, try this, which does not feature the main characters, but does feature Of Montreal: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Zamms
hmm. not bad.
- holly #ravingfangirl
It's pretty surreal to see "TEDx Audition" on my appointment list for this afternoon.
Julian, MoTO #TeamMonique, Steven Perez and 31 other people liked this
break a leg! uh, not literally of course.
- RepoRat
Before his recent performance in the fifth-grade version of The Tempest, I told Luke, "break a leg." Before slamming the door he yelled back "I hope you snap your neck!" Really got in the spirit of the superstition there.
- Steele Lawman
Heading over to the audition!
- lris
How did it go?
- Yo Joe. No, go slow.
I think it went well. It was fun :) I got to totally geek out at someone and have that be what was expected. :)
- lris
SURREAL
- lris
I want to like this all over again. :D :D :D
- Catherine Pellegrino
Student worker's response on hearing what we did: "Oh, that's so CUTE!"
- lris
Lurve this! Hope you get to the next step!
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
I AM DONE FOR THE SEMESTER AND I HAVE THE SUMMER OFF FROM SCHOOL AAAAAAAA HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!! *gets ready for work*
Steven Perez, Heather, Kirsten and 13 other people liked this
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- lris
HUZZAH
- Soup in a TARDIS
w00t...
Brent Schaus, Anne Bouey, Tinfoil 2.0 and 20 other people liked this
Huh, but it won't include the link. How strange.
- Meg V. Meg
Dang.
- Stephen le Francoeur
I got the link but no map. Can't win 'em all.
- Stephen le Francoeur
Is Delaware the only place you've not been? Please tell me Delaware is the only place you've not been,
- Zamms
I have been to all the places. ALL THE PLACES.
- Meg V. Meg
amazing!!
- $tephanie•Cog$ciLibrarian
Yay, you!
- Kirsten
I would say go, meg, go! but you obviously already have!
- holly #ravingfangirl
That's a lot of interstate travel!
- Walt Crawford
CANADA NEXT
- jambina
Yes, we have been trying to think about what's next. Canada is on the shortlist.
- Meg V. Meg
Wayne says "Hi, I'm in Delaware." http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Yo Joe. No, go slow.
apropos of nothing, but that site uses too many colors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... Though it does make the US look like Skittles and Skittles are delicious.
- Mark Trapp
Isn't there some math proof about the minimum number of colors needed in a map to guarantee that no two adjacent regions will have the same color?
- Stephen le Francoeur
Four Color Therom? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- kendrak
I can't be certain, because I don't remember the exact colors and states, but I get the sense that the online map is trying to mimic a particular kind of color-in-the-states map that people used to (still do?) stick to the side of their RV/camper thing and fill in as they drive around. We saw a LOT of these on our epic cross-country road trip in the early 80s. EDIT: ah ha! http://www.signsoflife.net/rv-trav...
- Catherine Pellegrino
Kendra, yep, that's it.
- Stephen le Francoeur
I have earned beer. Beer, I have earned.
Kirsten, Steele Lawman, Zamms and 4 other people liked this
Julian, Kirsten, Yo Joe. No, go slow. and 6 other people liked this
PRWeek is a monthly. Has been for a few years.
- $tephanie•Cog$ciLibrarian
Apparently I do a lot of flying to the West Coast :)...
Smaller Joe Silence, Meg V. Meg, Jennifer Dittrich and 2 other people liked this
Megan loves summer, Marianne, Betsy #TeamMonique and 3 other people liked this
There is a Seinfeld or Kids in the Hall skit for every life situation. #trufax
Kelli H., Zamms, VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS and 4 other people liked this
Seinfeld only if there are only two non-white people of color in your UWS/Morningside Heights life. Which means none.
- ♫410 I Coach 'em Up♫
er, ok.
- holly #ravingfangirl
Non-white people of color. As opposed to white people of color. Because we're on the Internet.
- Akiva
My new favorite book title is STABILITY OF COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATE STRUCTURES: BIOFUELS, FOODS, VACCINES AND SHIPWRECKS
Galadriel C., Zamms, LB: #TeamMonique and 7 other people liked this
I love science books most of all.
- Jezmynne Dene
Bring it, Monday. http://flic.kr/p/eh5J5L
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Pete #TeamMonique, Wulffy, Iván Abrego and 18 other people liked this
You are a brave woman, issuing Monday a challenge like that.
- Friar Ticket to Ride
i ain't skeered.
- holly #ravingfangirl
*stays far away from holly 'til Tuesday*
- Hookuh Tinypants
"Oh, if it's for your thesis, maybe you should use the *real* databases" #discoverylayerburnout
Sir Shuping is just sir, LibrarianOnTheLoose, Yo Joe. No, go slow. and 3 other people liked this
isn't that the whole point of a discovery layer?
- kendrak
to get tired of them, so we don't have to use them anymore?
- Meg V. Meg
as far as I can tell, discovery layers exist to create conference talks about discovery layers
- Pete #TeamMonique
Discovery layers exist because we're convinced undergrads are too stupid to learn how to use the real databases.
- Zamms
Or maybe we're too lazy to use real databases anymore?
- kendrak
or maybe small pots of data are less useful than larger pots of data to explore against?
- awd
We're holding onto the dream of federated search.
- Zamms
We should create a conference about how to create conference presentations about discovery layers.
- Yo Joe. No, go slow.
"federated" was doomed from the start... response times take too long without holding the indexes locally -- and if you'r eholding the indexes closely, you may as well integrate them into one master index to rule them all with 3 or 7 or 9 subindicies that mkae sense depending on the data supplied in the original indexing
- awd
It's not that undergrads are too stupid, it's that they're too busy. But for a thesis omg yeah.
- Deborah Fitchett
Or maybe discovery layers are appealing partially because database interfaces suck? We should push to fix the systems we pay for instead of agreeing to buy more systems to stick over the top. (Side eye to Sierra, which I'm fairly sure we're going to get.)
- kaijsa
It's not that Summon doesn't give you lots of good results; it's that you can't rely on it to give you *exhaustive* results, and for a thesis literature review you really need to make sure you've covered all your bases. Maybe some fields it would be okay, just not any I've ever been involved in.
- Deborah Fitchett
exhaustive in what sense? Given that Summon, EDS etc are bigger than any 1 database & say, I use " Add results beyond your library's collection" + login before searching to get access to Wos/Proquest A&I/ERIC results etc or in the case of EDS uncheck "Available in Library Collection (Physical & Online)", how is this necessarily less exhaustive than the pre-discovery days of going to one...
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- aarontay
That's not exhaustive, that's *exhausting* ;)
- Meg V. Meg
I do have sympathy for the argument that Summon , EDS, make it difficult to do precise searches to be fairly sure you have done a comprehensive search that you missed something though (I think I don't trust the relevancy enough so I would go very deep....). And of course no argument that Summon/EDS + databases would be more powerful than either alone. Lastly, I wonder does it really...
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- aarontay
Asking honestly: are 317 million results useful? I suggest subject indices for advanced research not just because of their depth, but because there's *some* sort of selection going on there. I'm really torn -- some days seriously anti-discovery, some days seeing its benefit for the naive searcher. But the tech doesn't live up to the promise, so usually I feel that the millions of results aren't actually that useful.
- Amandadon't
"Less is more" argument has it's points. Still I wonder. Assume a case where you manually did a search separately in 5 quality databases. Then someone (say Ebsco which does have quite a few A&Is) came along and offered you a option to search all 5 of them at one shot. Would you take up the offer? Why not? How about we ramp it up to 10 ? 20? At what point do you prefer to search...
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- aarontay
Sure, but where exactly, among your 317 million results, is the stuff you would have missed out on? And if you can't point to all of that stuff, then aren't you still missing out on it? And, really, if you're getting 317 million results from a truly exhaustive search for your thesis lit review, then you need a more narrow topic, and subject indices tend to offer better ways of helping you move towards that.
- Meg V. Meg
Staff you missed out on using only databases? That's more of an empirical matter on how often that occurs, but grad students have told me they found very relevant stuff in Summon they missed after months of looking at databases. I myself have had this experience. Of course the reverse happens as well, though i really think people who are not smart enough to use the articles they find to...
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- aarontay
Oh well, computer science. :-) (Though I suspect compsci students would still go to specialised subject databases like gitHub, they just wouldn't realise that's what they're doing.) It's different if you're doing something like chemistry where (never mind the utility of structure searching) key databases just aren't indexed by Summon. Or like fire engineering or earthquake engineering...
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- Deborah Fitchett
Who was the person back in the 80s who said that 30 results was a good amount of records to find in a narrowed down results list? I thought it was Mary something, but not Mary Ellen Bates.
- Yo Joe. No, go slow.
I love Aaron's point (if I'm reading him right) about how easy it is to get caught up in databases as if research = searching databases. In my narrow experience, it seems like expert humanities faculty know and respect the subject databases in their field, but actually find most of their sources through the stuff they read and the citations therein, or through searching things like Google and Google Scholar.
- Steele Lawman
Citation mining! It's a better rabbit hole to fall down because you're more likely to stay on topic.
- Zamms
Yeah I usually end up finding more stuff mining citations (forward and back). But isn't there a empirical test we can do here? I vaguely remember someone posting a informal test of eds or was it primo here and was surprised at how well it did, but I can't remember the methodology.
- aarontay
Empirical tests are hard--while we can measure recall, it's tougher to test whether a novice researcher with a vague question and limited understanding of relevant terminology will be able to find "relevant" items. I've lost count of the number of undergrads who come to me because they've tried the discovery layer and can't find anything but then have eureka when we go to a subject database (or even an aggregator). The items *were* indexed in the discovery layer, but they just couldn't get at 'em as easily.
- Megan loves summer
Anyway I don't know, much smarter people than me have debated the virtues of discovery systems before me not sure what I add to the conversation. I do spend crazy amounts of times running through searches done by users including looking at refinements they do and staring at the top 10 results. Essentially even at this superficial level, when they do well they do very well but...
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- aarontay
I agree with kaijsa if the existing non discovery interfaces were intuitive in any way at all we wouldn't be trying to throw discovery layers on top
- LibrarianOnTheLoose
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Wonder if things like this will ever help us discover better http://cs.stanford.edu/people...
- barbara fister
wow Barbara that is too effing cool
- LibrarianOnTheLoose
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Library Hand
Maitani, copystar, Betsy #TeamMonique and 17 other people liked this
It's kinda beautiful, no?
- Zamms
i think it's time to practice
- kendrak
Wow, HT 108 looks almost like Smith Corona font
- awd
HT 123 B3 is nice
- Rochelle's favorite Royce
In the old handwritten catalog cards, didn't library hand require that the letters slant to the left or is that just my imagination?
- Stephen le Francoeur
Seems to be case in some of these old cards: http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibit...
- Stephen le Francoeur
Vendor emails are amusing....."I was wondering if you could provide a contact information for the current end-users as we would like to contact each user to get feedback on the products you subscribe to" um....I don't think I can give you all 6273 student emails and all 400+ faculty emails....thanks, though!
Sir Shuping is just sir, lris, Zamms and 6 other people liked this
jeezus. privacy, O Vendor, heard of it? we tend to like it around these parts.
- RepoRat
Sends the vendor 6,673 emails with a different wrong email address for each one.
- Yo Joe. No, go slow.
send em a bunch of hotmail addys
- Rochelle's favorite Royce
Paging Aslan. Aslan to the snow-covered courtesy phone please. Narnia's endless winter has landed in southern Minnesota.
Kelli H., MoTO #TeamMonique, Kirsten and 9 other people liked this
Southern Minnesota wants to be western New York.
- Steele Lawman
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