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Justin bought me a shoe rack for Valentine's Day. Conveniently, I had just ordered new shoes. He gets me.
RudĩϐЯaЯïan, Katy S, caj needs a haircut and 4 other people liked this
I approve of this man so much.
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
me too. Of course, post-shoe-rack I crushed his hopes that he could a) take a commission crafting job and b) go to a big party with some old friends by reminding him that we promised to go visit my grandmother that weekend. So that was crappy. :( Ah, well. Life.
- Jenica
Apparently sleeping isn't much of a problem.
chaz2b, Nakachi, Iván Abrego and 22 other people liked this
I think you just gave me sleep envy. :)
- ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)
Wow.
- Betsy
I've never used the sleep tracker. I'm afraid of what it might show.
- Katy S
so effen jealous. mine stays in the 74%. once it went up to 87% but i had taken an ambien that night.
- Lnorigb
How are you tracking this? I'm interested.
- Brian Johns
Brian, FitBit.
- Derrick
Before you go to sleep, you long press the button on the fitbit to start the timer. When you wake up, you long press again to stop. It'll keep track of movement during that time to guess your sleep efficiency.
- Rodfather
Amazing piece of technology.
- AJ Batac :)
how does it know when you actually fall asleep??? (do you know how much money I had to spend to have a sleep clinic tell me these things?? and how many electrodes??)
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
It knows when you stopped moving - even small restless motions - and calls that "asleep". It then puts red spikes in every time you move in the night, on the assumption that sleeping people don't actually move.
- Jenica
key word in Rodfathers comment, "guess."
- Lnorigb
You can move during non-REM sleep, but you shouldn't be able to move during REM sleep (although people with certain parasomnias obviously do), and the assumption is that the longer you're in REM, the better quality your sleep is.
- Victor Ganata
It seems that even if the world is caving in around me (and the past couple weeks have been particularly stressful), I can still get a relatively good night's sleep.
- Derrick
Heap of shit IMHO. Mine died after a month
- Mo Kargas
There's an iPhone app for that.
- Nakachi
What if your sleep movement is to take off the FitBit? :-)
- Betsy
I did that the first night. :)
- Jenica
There are no bad bosses | Penelope Trunk Blog - http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2004...
Just Joe, Sir Shuping is just sir, Cristal Blue Persuasion and 4 other people liked this
"So take another look at the boss you call bad. Think about what motivates him: What is he scared about that you can make easier? What is he lacking that you can compensate for? What does he wish you would do that you don’t? Once you start managing this relationship more skillfully, you will be able to get more from your boss in terms of coaching and support: You’ll be able to tip the scales from the bad boss side to the learning opportunity side."
- Jenica
from Bookmarklet
This line? "What is he scared about that you can make easier? What is he lacking that you can compensate for?" This line terrifies me. The"bad boss" I had would have seen any attempt to do those things on my part as undermining and sabotaging and trying to displace her. I think there really are bad bosses. But, let's presume I'm missing something. What is it I'm missing??
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
Rudy, I'd say you just identified that she's scared of losing her place and power. So how would a hypothetical employee work around and with that fear?
- Jenica
I just cannot agree with this at all. The power difference between a manager and the managed means that no matter how well you react to someone who is a poor manager, there will always be things that are out of your control which can affect you adversely. I don't mean you shouldn't try to always do your best, but foisting the blame on the person with less power in the dynamic feels counterproductive and more than a little unfair.
- Jennifer Dittrich
I don't take Penelope Trunk seriously at all. I've read some of her writing, and saw her speak once in person, and I'd rather take work advice from my dog.
- Rachel Walden
The thing I took away from this essay is a reminder that we all have agency, and can choose where we use it. A bad boss -- or even a good one -- does not have all the power. And if you choose to exercise some, where you can, there are strategies that can make that more effective.
- Jenica
Also, there are bad bosses. There are bad employees. There are bad people. Working to make the best of every situation is great and important, but there are bad bosses, and they can do real harm. This I know.
- lris
I agree, Iris. But I still like the reminder to choose where we apply our ability to act. :)
- Jenica
I guess my problem lies in the phrasing (and the absolutes) -- I really do think people should be proactive in trying to address workplace problems, but I worry about blaming/shaming people in a bad situation by telling them it is their fault for not fixing it.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Here, I fixed that for her: "So take another look at the Spouse You Call Abusive. Think about what motivates him: What is he scared about that you can make easier? What is he lacking that you can compensate for? What does he wish you would do that you don’t?"
- Rachel Walden
the last time i had this conversation about what I believe about employees and bad supervisors and bad institutional fit, a librarian got so angry he got up and left the preconference workshop I was teaching. So I think that the better part of valor in an online forum is to just shut up.
- Jenica
I think the take home lesson from this article is the last line: "The point, after all, is for you to shine, and no one shines when they’re complaining." Yes there are things that are totally and completely out of our control when it comes to who manages us and who we manage. But, if we can identify the common problem areas and develop ways to work successfully with and through them, we...
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- Mary Carmen
I absolutely believe there are people who are just not making an effort to "get" their bosses, or are clueless. I think there are also bad bosses. I have some serious problems with the body of Trunk's advice over the years, though.
- Rachel Walden
I am not the biggest fan of Penelope either, I think she sometimes oversimplifies. However, the other very real option for a work environment that you feel is destroying your soul is to leave. I know that for most people that is not a viable option, but if you've tried to make it work and it doesn't and your losing your sanity, maybe it's time to consider how to make leaving an option.
- Mary Carmen
MC, that makes a lot of sense to me. I guess I'm sensitive - I had a situation where I had a difficult boss (the shining opportunity) and a very terrible boss (who brooked no management) in the same office. Being professional, proactive and politic in your work environment is very good advice.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Jenn, I've had several terrible bosses and terrible employees. It has been a slow, steep, frustrating learning curve over the years to understand them and develop the correct skills to manage them (both up and down). I'm at a place now where I tend to be very solution oriented. I want to solve problems and provide resources to get things done. I allow folks to vent when they need to,...
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- Mary Carmen
To go back up to comment three, I wish I knew. But you can bet I'll be pondering this a lot in the next several weeks. (although, I think new boss and new dean are AMAZING). I think what I like about the article is the shifting of perspective. I;m still a believer that there are bad bad bosses, but if you can't leave the job, and you can't change them, it's very helpful to look at...
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- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
I don't think it's bad bosses or bad employees as bad people in bad positions.
- Andy
I've got to disagree. I had one supervisor who was an alcoholic and another who was seriously mentally ill. There was no way for me to manage their behaviors beyond quitting. The alcoholic tried to frame me for stealing (I'm serious) and the mentally deranged one expected me to call her every time I went to the bathroom.
- Anne Graham
Anne, that is terrible and I think extreme cases that I would put in the abusive category. Go directly t HR, do not pass go, do not try to reason with the crazy people.
- Mary Carmen
MC, I tried but no one would listen.
- Anne Graham
That's terrible, Anne. I don't have an answer for that because inept and/or unwilling HR depts. are a reason I've left jobs.
- Mary Carmen
There are also no bad employees.
- Mary Carmen
i keep hearing that rumor.
- Jenica
Hrm, that duet made more sense before Steve deleted his comment.
- Jenica
Sorry, Jenica. I realized that heaping more scorn on the article wasn't really necessary & hoped I'd deleted it before people saw it.
- Your Neighbor Steve
Sorry, I read fast and type faster ;-)
- Mary Carmen
I don't really like absolutes, but in many cases there are things that people on both sides of a problem can try to do. There are bosses and employees from hell, and HR departments that do nothing, and too many of us have experienced them or known people who have experienced them to discount it, but many times we can do things to help ourselves. I am leery of putting too much of the...
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- Katy S
I think it is a shared responsibility, but I also think that if you're in a position of power you have to be willing to accept what comes with that power. The good and the bad. You really need to be honest with yourself about what you can handle and are willing to handle. I've lost count of the number of difficult conversations/actions I've had to facilitate, usher, perform, etc. It...
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- Mary Carmen
MC - I agree. I tend to be fairly pragmatic about these sorts of things, which is one of the reasons the absolutes grate on me. I think they're an over-simplification. Life (and people) aren't that simple.
- Katy S
I was only going to post separately, but then I actually read the article (after reading the discussion here). Sometimes, despite trying to make it work and filling in for what seems to be missing, there's still just nothing there that is worthwhile for positive progress in one's career. Key word: CAREER. In these modern times (especially in Libraryland), growth and progress will more...
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- Julian
by god, we might have heat. Guess I should have been complaining more.
RudĩϐЯaЯïan, Eric, Kirsten and 4 other people liked this
lololololol (I just almost choked on my water)
- Mary Carmen
I had a weird & meta conversation once with an HVAC guy about how he really wanted me to complain (but couldn't outright demand it), because his priority list was based on complaint intensity (not his idea). We were being too nice. My officemate and I obliged with a nigh-obligetto about the trauma (! oh, the trauma!) of having a hot office, and it's been aces more often than not, ever since.
- Marianne
Remind me to tell you about the spreadsheet we keep with the daily temps.
- Mary Carmen
I guess we have a new guy? So when he said "when did this start?" and I said "Two years ago" he nearly fell over. I told him that I gave up and stopped complaining, and he said, "Let me try." It was like the second coming.
- Jenica
IT HAS REACHED 70 IN MY OFFICE. I could cry.
- Jenica
Blame yourself first: Answers to letters from readers, sort of | Penelope Trunk Blog - http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2004...
"People in corporate life get promoted for their ability to take control of a problem and solve it. If you cannot take control of problems within your own job, you are not going to persuade people you can take care of corporate problems. So on some level, you have to look at your problems like I would look at your problems: Blame yourself first."
- Jenica
from Bookmarklet
Today I did a total of 15 pushups. Real ones, no knees, alternating with PT neck stretches. #100Pushups
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"How to I subscribe to your blog so it magically appears in my inbox?" My role as blogger is not "teach librarians how to use the internet."
Mark Kille, Lix, Catherine Pellegrino and 6 other people liked this
Sounds like spam. And isn't there some magic sidebar widget that does just that?
- Andy
"magically." heh.
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
it was a direct email, Andy, from someone whose gmail includes "deskset". So... librarian.
- Jenica
Ah, the joy of disintermediation.
- Your Neighbor Steve
Sigh. I raised the question of why librarians are now custodians of documentation and plagiarism instruction at ILI-L (after another "how do you tell students how to cite this weird thing?) ....
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And get "of course, because it's part of information literacy, which is a library thing" and "learning how to follow instructions is a terribly important skill valuable for employers" and "hey, I'll do what my boss tells me to do cause I get paid" and "it will keep libraries relevant." Which makes me want to BREAK ALL THE THINGS! Luckily, I'm home with a cold so will not break anything.
- barbara fister
Thank you for letting me vent.
- barbara fister
Because nobody else wanted to take all that stuff? Also, how hard is it to cite things? Author, Date, [Unit] Title, [Container] Title (if applicable), Online address (if applicable), Date accessed. Lastly, who cares about the blankity-blank punctuation?!
- awd
I agree with ya completely. just talked to our instruction librarian (I think ya know her :D) about it last week and that I didn't think the library should get involved in that aspect of the paper either.
- Sir Shuping is just sir
*sends cocoa and a blankie* I can't answer the questions, but I can send you well wishes for feeling better!
- LB so u no it's real
mmm, cocoa [snuggles in blanket]
- barbara fister
by the way, it's not that I'm shirking the work of teaching something that matters, I just don't think it matters to the extent we and students expend on it, so it distracts from things that do matter. And arguing that learning how to follow instructions is an important goal of higher education is ... deep breaths. Calm down, Barbara. Mmm, cocoa.
- barbara fister
barbara, you're my hero.
- Derrick
Derrick, I would kiss you but I'm afraid I'll pass along my cold.
- barbara fister
ha, guess who ELSE is home sick!
- Derrick
I dont think learning specific citation styles and all their specific oddnesses are important, but if we have the chance to teach students good practices for documenting their information use, I think I think that is library relevant and a useful place for us to get involved. *shrug* I do think that the "learning to follow instructions" argument is lame, though.
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
Hrm. I think that teaching citation is important as part of teaching the research process -- it's a part of what one does in order to contribute to the scholarly record. Why shouldn't librarians be teaching that? (I'm honestly curious where your frustration is coming from)
- Jenica
I am with Jenica on this one, but from the other side of the table, as an academic who would love to send my students to a single, central source for citation instruction that would last through their entire time at the university. I would love our library to offer generic citation instruction, far more than I value the Endnote training in version x only that they offer instead.
- Kathryn says love n peace
I am really interested in helping students learn to write with sources without formal documentation. Most writing out of college doesn't involve works cited lists, but rather links or in-text contextual information (e.g. an opinion piece for a newspaper, a blog post). So often students think researched writing is patchwriting (and relevant only to school, not to life) and spending lots...
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- barbara fister
Jenica - as someone who has taught first year writing (a bit) and been asked to include this in library sessions, it's really about learning outcomes. Is being able to correctly format a citation the goal, or is learning to write clearly or think about information critically the goal? I would reserve the "here's how to follow the rules" bit to upper division writing courses in the disciplines where its purpose makes more sense.
- barbara fister
We have plagiarism regulation at our University that demands particular generic standards linked to citation styles and a particular (outmoded) method of scholarly communication. We are required by this regulation to teach & require formal citation - and further - if we see anything that breaches this we are obliged to report it in a central plagiarism recording system. In these...
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- Kathryn says love n peace
Oh, Kathryn - that's scary. And an example of how things can get out of hand. Not understanding how to cite something (or how to write from sources appropriately) is not plagiarism, but it terrifies honest students. I like this statement: http://wpacouncil.org/node/9
- barbara fister
I think the angle that works for me re citations in one-shots or my semester-long class is that knowing how to construct one also helps you read them when you find them in sources and database search results pages. I think that is a worthwhile skill to know how to eyeball a citation and get some preliminary criteria for evaluating how useful that source might be to you for your research...
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- Stephen Francoeur
Oooh, having just helped a student at the refdesk locate some items from colossally incomplete citations, Stephen's idea appeals to me. As does Iris's principle that the specifics of citation format offer a view into what kinds of things are important to a particular discipline and what kinds of things aren't (APA "first initials only" I'M LOOKING AT YOU).
- Catherine Pellegrino
I was just about to write what Stephen wrote. I teach how to read a citation, and when I do that, I mention that this is also important for how to construct one. Here at UIUC, The Writing Center carries the onus for teaching citation, but the library is happy to point to the Diana Hacker and OWL sites, and keeps well worn copies of the latest APA, Chicago and MLA style guides on hand at the desk.
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
The only time I teach about plagiarism in depth is when I do ESL classes, and that's more because of the (presumed?) differences in understandings of citation and use of others work...
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
(also, to completely threadjack, every "how do you cite this weird thing" question on listservs makes me want to write back YOU HAVE A BRAIN, DO YOU NOT? JUST MAKE UP SOMETHING REASONABLE which is maybe why I don't read listservs any more.)
- Catherine Pellegrino
I wish students were learning to read citations as they learn to create them - but from what I can tell, they don't, which is truly odd. How many students who have worked on a works cited list still have trouble reading citations? 70%? 90%? it's a lot, which makes me think they see it as rule following rather than as a form of linking and communicating.
- barbara fister
just remembered a panel presentation I was on at a composition conference last spring - should anyone feel like avoiding getting stuff done http://homepages.gac.edu/~fister...
- barbara fister
Barbara, I think you've nailed it here: "Is being able to correctly format a citation the goal, or is learning to write clearly or think about information critically the goal?" My feeling is, of course the critical thinking issues are the goal. (And frankly, far more fun to teach.) I'm completely ignorant of the ILI-L background, but is your frustration with approaches that focus solely on the rules following? And demands that librarians also focus solely on the rules following?
- Amandadon't
^^^^ yes. And I'm being unfair to ILI-L - there have been plenty of thoughtful comments, but a few just pushed my buttons and gee, I think they all had to do with the importance of following rules and workforce preparation/decorous behavior, which says something about me :) The other problem for me is the assumption that if it's related to information literacy it's our job, while I think it's everyone's job. There's a weird martyr complex combined with territorial behavior that bugs me.
- barbara fister
... though all this gave me an idea for an exercise - have students look through a works cited list, make some choices about which citations to follow up or not and then have them explain what clues in the citation have triggered their choices.
- barbara fister
Barbara, that's exactly why I try not to teach the transfer that way. I teach them to understand what they're seeing in database results, and why it's important to be able to tell if they are looking st a book chapter, journal article, book itself. And then once they grok that citations are all about findability, I remind them that the same principles apply in their won writing, and the citations they need to create. I just think it's more transferable that way
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
If it were taught in that order generally, it would make a lot more sense to students. Instead I think their search practices and their learning to cite are totally disconnected until about the junior year.
- barbara fister
Love that presentation you linked, Barbara -- it lays out the ideas really well. I'm also interested in the territoriality thing. On campuses where the library is *not* seen as a legitimate teaching partner, and boy have I been there, being asked to participate in and/or "own" citation work may be a bonus. It's then up to the library to make their teaching robust and focused around the critical thinking issues, of course.
- Amandadon't
Thanks - that insight is one I'll bear in mind because it helps me see much better where people may be coming from. You all rock. Now I want to hug all the things. But I won't because they would get my cold.
- barbara fister
Research on our students has shown that less than half of incoming students can identify a citation for a journal article as being a citation for a journal article or a book chapter as a book chapter. Other research has indicated that undergraduates need help understanding the function sources play in their work (they think "gather and report" where academics think "assess and use"). So...
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- lris
I am tired of being the citation police. I just want our students to cite things good enough so that the reader can find the item. The student has some republished report put out by a quasi-governmental agency as a book chapter? Pick the easiest way to cite it. It can be as a government document, as a book chapter, or as a webpage. Whatever--as long as the reader can find the thing.
- Just Joe
Well said ^^^ You've done a much better job of saying what I was trying to say in my other thread. I think there needs to be standards for citations, but I think they need to be simplified and updated to reflect current means of publication.
- marthalib
Book length treatment? Transforming Information Literacy Programs: Intersecting Frontiers of Self, Library Culture, and Campus Community (ACRL Publications in Librarianship No. 64) http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail...
- awd
Just discovered that the pricing for a certain highly liked (by faculty) A&I database would cost my current place of work (FTE 23,000+) only $190 more than the same database cost my former place of work (FTE 9,000+). *stomps foot in frustration and injustice*
I'm sure they'd accept more if you offered. ;)
- Your Neighbor Steve
Oh yes, I'm sure!
- Galadriel C.
Now granted, my current place of work is part of an awesome consortia, but still.
- Galadriel C.
but still. yes.
- Jenica
Yup.
- Kirsten
me thinks something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
- Jen
trying to decide if I should register for Computers in Libraries or just spend my days at the firepits.
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I think you stay home and be bitter, just like me.
- DJF
really. We should all be in the bitter party. Right here, on FF
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
No.....come to DC. You can sneak into my session and then drag me to firepits afterwards for a restorative.
- Hedgehog
I'm not going to be bitter. I'm just not going to be there.
- ellbeecee
oh, I'll be in DC, and I'll be at the firepits, regardless. I'm just pondering whether or not i should go pretend to learn stuff, too.
- Jenica
So, the question is, "will you learn things in the sessions that are worth the cost of admission?"
- DJF
pretty much.
- Jenica
oh, hell with it. I just looked at the budgets. we're good. I'm registering.
- Jenica
this also makes it easier to rationalize the trip when you're writing your annual report ;-)
- DJF
vendor badge.
- ♫410 I Coach 'em Up♫
So basically, our red tape is our own worst enemy. We are, by design, not nimble organizations. #eli2012
By the time we get the data, the students have moved on and the real point is missed.
- Mary Carmen
seriously.
- Jenica
a f'n men.
- ♫410 I Coach 'em Up♫
This is quite possibly the best conference I have ever attended. The content is fantastic and SO RELEVANT.
Eric Sizemore, Just Joe, Anne Graham and 5 other people liked this
Is this educause?
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
This is Educause's Learning Initiatives Conference
- Mary Carmen
Educause is one of two conferences that our CIO attends, so I'm not surprised.
- Anne Graham
so far every session i've attended has spoken to what we have written in our strategic planning/futuring document
- Mary Carmen
will add it to my list for next year, for sure.
- Jenica
filling out travel reqs and organizing calendar. 6 trips in next 12 weeks, 2.5 personal, 3.5 business. not my best-ever planning.
LB so u no it's real liked this
Foursquare just informed me this is my 7th straight week at an airport. #feelyourpain
- Jason Griffey
from iPhone
gee, thanks, Foursquare! Way to rub it in! :)
- Jenica
Wow, less than 20% of students are full time, living on campus and not working. #eli2012
Brent, Eric, John (bird whisperer) and vicster liked this
And here I would have said: "Wow. 20% of students are able to attend full time, live on campus and not work?"
- Walt Crawford
Wow.
- Derrick
I'd ask for a definition of working. The vast majority of our students are full time, living on campus, and either not working or working very part-time campus jobs.
- Jenica
There is a very short list of folks who are allowed to talk to me about intimate, personal issues like bleeding from their ass, you sir, are not on that list, so I am just gonna pretend like I didn't hear that.
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liked for agreement, not because it happened. yeeech.
- holly #ravingfangirl
O_O
- vicster
Well.
- Derrick
I really haven't figured out why people just tell me random, personal stuff.
- Mary Carmen
o_O
- Jenica
For the record, not me, for the record.
- Eric
Awww...does that mean I need to take you off my list for drunk texting? :-p (also, ewwww WTF!)
- Hedgehog
oh my
- just ZONED
I don't mind drunk texts
- Mary Carmen
This pickle makes the roof of my mouth hurt a little. OOPS WRONG THREAD DELETE DELETE DELETE
- Steven Perez
That is not one of my symptoms. So it wasn't me.
- Jyl Bit
Hope FF doesn't have the same policy on breastfeeding as FB
Uli- #10, Jen, Akiva and 49 other people liked this
:) I love this pic.
- Que Sarah Sarah
I won't tell. ;-)
- John (bird whisperer)
it's what they're for. Besides, we should all be so comfy while we eat.
- Jenica
<3
- Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Such a sweet pic! Look at Malcolm's hair! Awwww. :)
- LB so u no it's real
It's like food and a comfy pillow all in one. :P
- caj needs a haircut
If I recall the policy correctly this one wouldn't be banned on FB either.
- Bruce Lewis
My policy is that I love breastfeeding and any pictures of said activity are most welcome. :)
- Kelli H.
ıt is very interesting in picture maybe mother and her children. it is nice
- Hüseyin Erol
<3
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
I'm calling the cops. But I'm smiling while I do it because breastfeeding is one of the best things humanity has. STILL CALLING THE COPS.
- Akiva
This is just incredibly beautiful. Thanks for standing up (rhetorically), Laura.
- Uli- #10
this, right here, tonight? this is why I plan for, direct, and project manage everything. because if you don't things get fucked up.
uh oh.
- holly #ravingfangirl
:(
- LB so u no it's real
Dude's getting a project manager for all commissioned work whether he wants it or not, from here on out. I was supposed to be arriving at my weekend party right now, not sitting on my couch anticipating a 3 hour drive.
- Jenica
:(
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
So FF has the plague, huh??
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yes. no hesitation, no reservation. just yes.
- Jenica
agreed
- jambina
Yes. I'm not one, but if I were one I'd want one. Heck, it wouldn't be terrible even for my current role.
- Deborah Fitchett
it depends? I did basic accounting in another job for 8 years... so some may not want? But otherwise I agree emphatically as well.
- Marianne
Thanks, all!
- anna
Name All The Presidents In 8 Minutes Online Quiz - Mental Floss - http://mentalfloss.com/quiz...
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I missed 8. :(
- LB so u no it's real
from Bookmarklet
"Old White Protestant Man, Old White Protestant Man, Old White Protestant Man, Old White Protestant Man, Old White Protestant Man, Old White Protestant Man, Old White Protestant Man, Old White Protestant Man, Old White Protestant Man, Old White Protestant Man, Old White Protestant Man, Old White Protestant Man, Old White Protestant Man, Old White Protestant Man, Old White Protestant...
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- Spidra Webster
LOL
- Anika
ha. i suck at this game.
- Jenica
I so couldn't do this.
- Derrick
pff I'm not even going to try that one. I can only remember about half of them
- Sir Shuping is just sir
ROFL, Spidra!
- LB so u no it's real
America is getting younger.
- Julian
Spidra wins this game.
- TINY REPTILIAN PYROMANIAC
Spidra killed it.
- John (bird whisperer)
I'd have no chance!
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
You'd probably do better than we would on a quiz of Australian PMs.
- Spidra Webster
I'd be pretty hopeless at that, too! I never had to learn them all.
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
I got 10, lol.
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
I missed Harding and McKinley. #obnoxiouslygoodmemoryforthigslearnedingradeschool
- ellbeecee
If you're from Ohio, you have less of a reason to not do well on this. Lots of Presidents from there.
- Julian
Chris Ballew, Jason Finn, Andrew Mckeag, Dave Dederer.
- Mike Nencetti
ETA: I only got 22. I don't think I ever had to learn them all, either. Megan's list is the best.
- Corinne L
I missed 12. I got the first 7 and then went blank. In my lifetime, Ford was the least memorable.
- Greg Guitarbuster
Name All 50 State Capitals Online Quiz - Mental Floss - http://mentalfloss.com/quiz...
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And now I just feel stupid.
- LB so u no it's real
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Rochelle used to be able to do this, I think.
- Akiva
Many people use either the Rockapella song or the Animaniacs song as a helper.
- Spidra Webster
I remembered a couple from Animaniacs. :)
- LB so u no it's real
I got 16. :)
- Jenica
I think I missed 12.
- LB so u no it's real
This one I got all (but did have to look at the list of states they linked. I always forget Idaho and montana for some reason.
- ellbeecee
I missed one - Nevada (sorry Kelli H.)
- Friar Will (:^)
Name All 50 States Online Quiz - Mental Floss - http://mentalfloss.com/quiz...
I only got 45. :(
- LB so u no it's real
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This one is going to have to wait for a bit. I'm heading outside.
- Anika
:)
- LB so u no it's real
I got 48. I thought I had Wisconsin but I never typed it in. And I forgot about Delaware.
- Akiva
All 50 in under 2 minutes. Thanks, Mrs. Hunt, for teaching me Fifty Nifty United States.
- Kristin
Wow. I was under one minute when I finally got to 48.
- Akiva
I had 2 minutes left when I finished with 49, completely stumped as to what I forgot. NEW JERSEY.
- Jenica
I spent my last 2 minutes trying to remember 2 more. Got Montana, then...Pennsylvania was the last one.
- Anika
I quizzed myself once on all 24 MD counties. Took me hours and ended up missing 2.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I literally couldn't get past the advertising before closing the tab.
- Derrick
D, AdBlock!
- Akiva
so, i should maybe eat something, huh?
John (bird whisperer) and LB so u no it's real liked this
Now I have Weird Al's "Eat It" as an earworm.
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
I Feel Crappy food is the strangest assortment. Just made myself a fruit smoothie -- banana, coconut milk, frozen pineapple, whey protein -- and then put italian sausage meatballs in the toaster oven to heat up. I dunno. it all sounded edible.
- Jenica
All i have been craving in my sickness is pizza. go figure.
- Mary Carmen
Individually, they sound awesome. Then you eat them together and it's not so awesome. :(
- caj needs a haircut
do you have a favorite charitable organization, one that you have no qualms about making donations to? if so, list it here:
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kiva
- jambina
the local animal shelter
- Katy S
RSPCA Australia/Queensland
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Medicins Sans Frontieres
- Catherine Pellegrino
Heart Foundation
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Cancer Council
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Red Cross
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Leukaemia Foundation
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
American Friends Service Committee
- Catherine Pellegrino
Guide Dogs For The Blind
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
St Vincent de Paul
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Salvation Army
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Royal Flying Doctor Service
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Careflight
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Compassion International
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Medicins Sans Frontieres.
- Derrick
Medicines San frontieres, planned parenthood, survival international
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
National Foundation for Transplants
- Catherine Pellegrino
our local food bank and local women's shelter. mostly material items to those (supplies are seriously short in this rotten economy). as for larger organisations? Planned Parenthood got some doremi from us recently as did American Heart Association. there's others.
- Joe The Sausage
you all are awesome. thanks for this list. please continue to add.
- Marie
Our big ones last year were the local food bank, homeless shelter, women's day shelter, and a program for people transitioning out of prison.
- Catherine Pellegrino
what is a women's day shelter? i've never heard of that.
- Marie
Planned Parenthood, my college Theater Alumni, local classical music station
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
http://www.stmargaretshouse.org/ Basically, a place for women in difficult circumstances to get a shower, some food, some clothes, job training/search help, help with their kids, etc. Not a homeless shelter, exactly, but serves similar needs.
- Catherine Pellegrino
MSF. Planned Parenthood. My local NPR affiliate. Reason2Smile, my cousin's nonprofit linked to a school for orphans and at-risk children in Mpatwa, Kenya.
- Jenica
Guardian Angel Basset rescue :)
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
Lambi Fund of Haiti, Southern Poverty Law Center, local food bank, local no-kill animal shelter, Planned Parenthood, Free Software Foundation, Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Anne Graham
MSF, Local Food bank.
- Hedgehog
In addition to some of those mentioned, I'll note any of Feeding America's affiliates (formerly Second Harvest), LearningAlly, Nature Conservancy.
- Walt Crawford
Red Cross
- just ZONED
MSF, Capital Area Food Bank (Austin), Planned Parenthood, Southern Poverty Law Center, Heifer Foundation, Amnesty International, Mobile Loaves & Fishes (Austin), Partners In Health, Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Ali Forney Center, Any Baby Can (Austin),
- Que Sarah Sarah
Courage Center St Croix, Goodwill Easter Seals Minnesota,
- WarLord
I have a memorial registry set up at Heifer in honor of my mother. I also have donated items to the SPCA thrift store in Sacramento. Doctors without Borders (sounds much cooler en francais), Habitat for Humanity, ADRA (they frequently match donations), Planned Parenthood (the one I use will take donations directly). I will definitely do another event to get items for Maryhouse, which is part of Loaves & Fishes here in Sacramento.
- Corinne L
Red Cross.
- Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
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Samaritan's Purse, local animal shelter and crisis pregnancy/prenatal care centers, our church, some of the places others have mentioned.
- LB so u no it's real
You can use http://www.charitynavigator.org/ to check out a charity if you're not sure about it. Local charities are also a good bet because you can get to know them and find out if their priorities line up with yours.
- <3Heather<3
My local Humane Society http://hssv.org, Planned Parenthood. Various local children's education nonprofits.
- Rachel Lea Fox
ACLU, Women's Prison Book Project, Kiva, my high school music camp, NGLTF, Minnesota Aids Project, Project 515, Center for Constitutional Rights, Planned Parenthood if they would stop sending so much goddamned mail and stop freaking calling me on the phone.
- marthalib
Oh, also, not a non-profit, but Wellstone Action.
- marthalib
And the local hospice. Theyve been hurting lately, and they do great work.
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
Local public library. (usually in the form of overdue fines but who is counting?)
- Hedgehog
Partners In Health
- Micah
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United Way and Goodwill.
- Kelli H.
Red Cross. Brown Dog Foundation.
- ~Courtney F.
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the animal rescue group I volunteer for (Second Chance Companions). the foundation for my library.
- holly #ravingfangirl
oh! yes! also MSF and EFF!
- jambina
Seva, the Vietnam Friendship Village Project, and my local Second Harvest food bank.
- Laura Norvig
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Rape Crisis Center
- Gabrielle
and the dog rescue group from whom we got Duncan
- marthalib
WIRES
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Last Chance Forver, a bird of prey rescue/ rehab in San Antonio.
- aden {Chickadee}
st. bernard project, MSF, Feminist women's health center in atlanta.
- tiffany
Grameen Foundation, Opportunity Intl., Shelter Network, Larkin Street Youth Services
- Jeanine W.
A+
- Ali Yolcu
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, Red Cross, Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma (where I also donate time and energy).
- Kirsten
Humane society
- The original Kevin
when J said "I'm gonna kill the power", I thought, "Ok, i have battery in the laptop." I did NOT think, "That will also kill the internet."
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IT IS A UTILITY, DAMMIT.
- Jenica
It did not kill the internet. It killed your router. The odd thing about the science library at MPOW is that when the power fails (which happens regularly), the wireless nodes in the ceiling keep running. They must be wired into the emergency lighting circuit or something. So, while all my desktop-equipped coworkers are complaining, I could sit in my pitch dark office typing away on my laptop via the emergency wifi.
- DJF
to quote a friend on facebook, "So you reached for the iPad."
- Jenica
and made a note to put the cable router and wireless AP on the UPS ;-)
- DJF
ACLTS Program on the Ithaka Report, I’m still thinking about it – Hedgehog Librarian - http://hedgehoglibrarian.com/2012...
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"I would like to believe there are some plans, some five year goals or strategies aligned with campus that will help us more forward. Otherwise, I worry that individual librarians will rapidly burn out trying to move things forward while the institution is slowly oozing along towards irrelevance."
- Jenica
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amen, Ab. Which is why I led with "we should worry." :) Thank you for the very nice writeup!
- Jenica
You're welcome!! Those notes have been floating around bothering me since last summer :)
- Hedgehog
And just like that J says "I'm going to the hardware store." PLEASE BUY ME A SNICKERS BAR.
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I need a J.
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
I keep a stash in the house and my desk at work at all times. One should never have to go without snickers.
- Hedgehog
Everyone needs a J. He is fantabulous.
- Jenica
Those little Dove Promises? Dark chocolate with the almonds? Yeah, that.
- Derrick
Perhaps I wish I had (more) time to be a J.
- Julian
I've got a J, but he's not so great at running errands. Yet. ;)
- Catherine Pellegrino
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New post: On weeding http://www.attemptingelegance.com/...
Was there a negative response to the weeding project 3 years ago? Maybe folks will be cool with it, and just see it as how things work?
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
from Android
the weeding project that's been ongoing for the last few years years was approached in piecemeal ways, with faculty involvement at the comfort level of the librarian and the faculty liaison, individually defined. So reactions ran the gamut. Some departments said, "Ok whatever", but others chose not demand that we not weed, while others demanded to review every single decision and be...
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- Jenica
Just out of curiosity, in the absence of a compelling external mandate that X% of the collection has to go (remodeling, ADA compliance, etc.), would you recommend or dis-recommend the piecemeal approach that your library took in the past?
- Catherine Pellegrino
I can't speak for the library as a whole, but my part of it was....interesting. I had one of the reticent departments, and let them involve themselves more than I wanted to. But it opened up a lot of conversations about how their students were using the library and how I could help them change that reality. And then I left, so I have no idea if that led to finally getting them in for instruction or not....
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
from Android
Also, in my case, I owned that the deselection was my decision, but I was open to input. I strongly suspect that some of the librarians let all their decisions be overridden, or completely made by departmental faculty. Which I don't think accomplished any goals....e
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
from Android
The piecemeal approach is great for librarians (confidence in the project, process, and comfort with the process, project) and faculty (awareness of library issues, awareness of collections), and relationship building (all of the aforementioned). It's hell on workflow and workload further down the line -- cataloging never knows what they'll get, or when. It's also hell on consistency,...
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- Jenica
(also, precisely what Rudy said.)
- Jenica
Thanks, that helps; MPOW is embarking on our first-ever departmental liaison program, and one of the responsibilities of the liaison librarians (which is all of us) will be weeding their respective areas. We know, going in, that some librarians and departments are going to be more...um, "vigorous"...about weeding than others, so I'm guessing that in our case, it's a "better this than nothing" kind of situation.
- Catherine Pellegrino
"Weeded collections circulate more. If I ever get a tattoo, that's what mine will say." <-- my grad school sidekick, commenting on the post. :)
- Jenica
Catherine, yes, it totally is better than nothing. And you learn a ton about the collections and the faculty when you do it that way. If you're comfortable with the pros and cons, it's a good approach.
- Jenica
I'm tempted to just get a tattoo of a weed-whacker. ;)
- Catherine Pellegrino
But it's so true! I deep weeded the children's chapter books at La Crosse (they won't let me do that here) and circ went up something like 10%. Picture books went up even more when they weeded.
- Hedgehog
I wish I could like my own threads. I so appreciate the interest and affirmation.
- Jenica
Secretary just said, "are you going to go home after your 11 meeting? You're starting to look white. Er." So, uh, I guess I look as crappy as I feel.
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Am I crazy because I actually like this for the bridesmaids' jewelry?
- Mary Carmen
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You're getting married on Long Island, right? <---- sorry. couldn't help it. (I honestly think, lover of rhinestones that I am, that it's a certain kind of fabulous, but might slide over into Way Too Bling if you're not careful.)
- Jenica
Keep in mind the dress is very simple. Cocktail length. No bling on it at all.
- Mary Carmen
Go for it! I think it rocks! And, it adds a nice splash of color(s). (Note: I rarely wear jewelry)
- Katy S
Bridesmaid gown. It will be in royal blue: http://ff.im/QPuf2
- Mary Carmen
that would be awesome. :)
- Jenica
i like it.
- holly #ravingfangirl
It reminds me of some of the antique costume jewelry that the woman I'm named after had. She had really funky style.
- Katy S
I like it for an occasion like that, honestly.
- Jennifer Dittrich
I'm Team Way Too Bedazzled, but if you asked me to wear a cowsuit, I totally would. And this is way prettier than a cowsuit :)
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
I love it.
- ~Courtney F.
from Android
Now to get my mother to love it.....
- Mary Carmen
I think it's pretty!
- LB so u no it's real
Love that!
- Auntie Buttinsky Botts
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