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My lights keep turning off. Every half hour. It takes a LOT of waving to turn them back on. Do I embrace this as a weight-loss routine or do I complain to the lighting people and see if it can be fixed?
Galadriel C. and Laura Lou Who liked this
both?
- D0r0th34
take up semaphore?
- marthalib
oh, or rhythmic gymnastics!
- marthalib
Bring in a Roomba. Clean floors and lights on. Win-win! :)
- Laura Lou Who
the world is determined to turn you back into a dancer. EMBRACE YOUR DESTINY. Or, alternately, ask for a longer time-out setting. :)
- Jenica
30 min. definitely seems short for an office.
- Kirsten
what about one of those treadmill workstations? ;)
- ÉllbeeÇee
I vote for a desk lamp
- Abigail wants more eggnog
Yeah, I'm thinking a post-Christmas trip to Ikea is in order.
- lris
YES
- marthalib
during normal working hours? that's just wrong.
- DJF
"It's not a bug, it's a feature" How many architects will it take to fix this particular light bulb?
- Chris Rusbridge
Apparently several. A specialist has to come in and make all "programming" adjustments, and he's not due in town until next week.
- lris
I'm sorry to be all mean, but this makes me glad I'm not in the 4th floor office anymore. (It had the same kind of lights.)
- Laura H.
For you librarians whose libraries have Facebook Pages: who administers it? And how did you figure that out? I have a new job. At the old place, I set up the page and was the only one who ever bothered with it. We're setting up a FB page here at the new place, and it looks like we're going to be more formal about it. Your input, please!
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We have a Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/pages...). We on the Web Content Team set it up and administer it (one person in particular) because it's in our "jurisdiction." Because we have a Web Content Team, it makes doing things like this fairly easy.
- josh neff, geek at large
Our User Services Librarian is responsible for it... but it's only been a few months. I dunno yet if we'll expand that role to include other staff, or keep it localized for the sake of accountability/responsibility. Things that are un-owned tend to languish, I've found.
- Jenica
I set it up, and administer it along with our Marketing and Communications department. I'm not exactly sure who decided they'd have a hand in it, but they're like the Borg and end up taking over almost everything, so...
- cecily
I manage my library's Facebook page, because I'm the only person here. :-) http://www.facebook.com/pages...
- Stephanie_Thankful
I set it up, and added a few other people as administrators, but no one else ever touches it.
- kristin buxton
I administer the Penrose Library page. I set it up about 1.5 years ago. I have a couple of other people as administrations, but same as with Kristin, no one else touches it. Then again, I don't touch it all that much, maybe once a month. I will send out some announcements on FB and Twitter. I have grown tired of FB quite a bit.
- joe is...
I led an implementation group with members from various areas of the library (branches, IT, collections) to set ours up (http://www.facebook.com/uclibra...). We ended up giving each person one day of the week to check and respond to comments, and I'm backup if someone's on leave. I add events whenever library admin asks, and all our blogs feed onto the wall using Social RSS (though that can be buggy and miss some). It's been running this way about 6 months and so far everyone seems happy.
- Deborah Fitchett
I am the webmaster at our library, and I maintain it and keep it updated. There's others who are administrators, but like others here, no one else touches it. I mostly provide updates via Twitter, so we kill two birds with one stone for the time being.
- Miriella
So here is the deal: knitting is my coping mechanism during times of stress and I'm going to turn my stress into something positive. I am knitting through stash yarn. I will make two hats from these colors and will gift them (free shipping too) to two lucky peeps. All you have to do is comment here and I will draw random names.
Caroline, rowlikeagirl, Kamilah Gill and 23 other people liked this
I'm intent on turning badness into something happy and cheerful! And I will do this several times till the end of the year as I knit through stash.
- Mary Carmen
I love the fact that I just found out you knit! I crochet for the same reason.
- aden
Eventually I will knit some hats made from wool I spun myself, but we are not at that point yet.
- Mary Carmen
Oooh, hats!
- Kirsten
You're already making me something, so...I WIN!
- josh neff, geek at large
I like it! Happy knitting! Hey I know some folks that spin yarn from Pet Hair (if you run out of stash :) http://www.vipfibers.com/facts-a...
- PetuniaGreenBeans
stash yarn?
- JSNFLMNG
stash yarn = yarn that you buy that you have not knit with. at some point you become less of a knitter and more of a collector of yarn. and i spin too so i have fiber EVERYWHERE
- Mary Carmen
I'm a coping knitter too :) (also..I appreciate the raffle entry but I'll pass it on to someone else. I'm covered at the moment)
- Abigail wants more eggnog
I think I could knit from stash for at least two, possibly three years. i have an entire walk-in closet full of fiber.
- Mary Carmen
I loves me some knit goods. Sign me up!
- John Seals
Oooh! Me! (Is that cheating, when you're close enugh to teach me how?)
- ωαřмaiden, MFA'd poet
(Ignore this for the drawing!) As a knitter who also really hates wearing hats, I'm out of the drawing, but I think this is a lovely idea. :)
- Jenica
its open to anyone and everyone.
- Mary Carmen
count me in
- DJF
ooh, a hat that would likely fit? Count me in!
- holly
love turning bad into good. count me in for a hat (size wee :P)
- krista godfrey
make me a hat and donate it to a shelter.
- ♫Geek in the 410♫
Mo, I'm one step ahead of you, baby.
- Mary Carmen
love turning bad into good. count me in for a hat (size wee :P)
- krista godfrey
Oh that's such an awesome idea! :D
- Heather
Oooh! Pick me! Pick me!
- tab thinks you're awesome
Okay, I'm in. Also, I need to learn how to knit.
- joey
OH I AM SO IN! Hats R Awesome!
- Sparky
I love hats. I look cute in them. Also, I look cute regardless.
- Derrick
very very true, D!
- Mary Carmen
I need a hat!
- Jàson Puçkett
Me! Me! I am a librarian who does not knit!
- Rachel Walden
Awesome! Enter me in the drawing too please :)
- adf
I need a hat. I need a Chimato special hat. This contest is made of win.
- ǎňňǎ
If you choose my name, I promise I will pick up knitting again.
- Julian
w00t!
- MegvMeg
I don't know who she picked but these two peeps are looking hawt in their hats MC made. Derrick: http://ff.im/c30lq Marissa http://ff.im/cPLp1
- Jimminy
Next winter I'm going to be living in sub-zero temps all winter long... with guest cottages. :)
- SAM
Vancouver's Nickelback named group of the decade by Billboard - http://www.vancouversun.com/Vancouv...
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Scorpio, Arapprensi, Halit Okumus and 14 other people liked this
Which can only mean one thing - this decade SUCKED.
- cecily
No.
- Derrick
ew
- DJF
WAT???
- vicster
WTF
- Shevonne
Hah, ok Billboard.
- Brett Kelly
NO effing WAI.
- Ayşe E.
heheheh rocks canada again
- johnpiercy
I'm no Nickelback hater...but band of the decade??? Someone needs a reality check.
- FF's Bubba of Arizona
Billboard is clearly being run by lunatics.
- Jenny R.
What about Muse!?
- Nine
Billboard = FAIL
- Joe Silence is not dead
....er......
- Jenica
lol
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
uh
- John Fink
I like Nickelback but no band of the decade.....
- VAL D. Zone
Nickelcreedsmack? No way. DO NOT LIKE.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
LOL They're not even from Vancouver either, Billboard #EPICFAIL
- sofarsoShawn
The story's actually from the Vancouver Sun newspaper, who you would think would know better. But who am I kidding? That paper's written by third graders.
- cecily
Group of what?
- Dave Roth
Terrible Canuckistani band.
- Christopher A Carr
:[
- Anna Haro
Sofar -- they're not FROM there, but that's where they're located now.
- Nine
*Holds up Boom Box and blasts "How You Remind Me" for everyone to enjoy* Bow to your musical overlords
- Joe Pierce
*throws a rather large rock at Joe*
- cecily
My husband talked to Kim's dad in "Kim's the first girl I kissed / I was so nervous that I nearly missed / She's had a couple of kids since then / I haven't seen her since god knows when" of Photograph. #lameclaimetofame
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
Cecily++. The Van Sun is an embarrassment of a local paper.
- Andrew C
All newspapers called "The Sun" are embarrassments.
- DJF
In other news, last week readers of the U.K.'s 'Word' magazine voted that Nickelback is the 'Worst Band in the World': http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/music...
- Kevin Fox
Huh. According to Billboard, Nickelback is the 7th best artist of the 2000s, not first. (Fist place? Eminem) http://www.billboard.com/#...
- Kevin Fox
Apparently the Sun is basing their 'Group of the Decade' award on the fact that the six top artists were single performers and Nickelback was the first 'group' on the list, hence '#1 group of 2000s'. SketCHY.
- Kevin Fox
WoW I think third graders his high-balling it, that's some awful reporting, maybe pre-schoolers? Did anyone figure out really " what the hell is on Joey's head?" #doanybodyno?
- sofarsoShawn
http://www.nationalpost.com/arts... - "Rapper Eminem has been named the top [solo?] artist of the decade, and 'N Sync garnered the title album of the decade for its bestselling No Strings Attached (2000)." Is this just based on sales? I mean, sales are what Billboard's about, right?
- Andrew C
Is this a joke, it must be a joke? It's a joke, right? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
What was the whole title? "Assclown Group of the Decade?" "Audio for tasteless people group of the year?" "Group that caused the most knitting needles jammed into eardrums to stop the agony group of the year?"
- Ciaoenrico
Brutal.
- Bren, Not Grinchy
from iPhone
*weeps*
- holly
"2 monkeys 3 cats a llama and 63 frightened pedestrians." - Joe Pierce .... "Joe, what is a typical crowd at a Nickelback street concert?" - Josh Haley http://friendfeed.com/joshhal...
- Micah Wittman
it must be because of his hair. It's so perrrrty...yeahhh soooo perrrrty
- sofarsoShawn
That classic throw-down: Nickelback - left channel / right channel - 2 songs sync up http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Micah Wittman
i enjoy nickelback, but would someone tell me why the hell green day is not in the top 10? (preferably above nickelback?)
- Katie
If Billboard had any credibility left before this announcement, it's certainly gone, now.
- Curtiss Grymala
It's all based on their approach here -> "Billboard Charts are calculated using custom formulas collecting sales, streaming and radio play." The bottom line, money. So we are all to blame for having such poor taste in music. :D I'm just shocked they actually sold that much/were so popular throughout the decade.
- sofarsoShawn
While as a Canadian I'm happy that this is the case, it is only marginally better than if it had been Celine Dion.
- Kenton
WHAT. I need someone to yell about this to. They suck more than Creed does.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
not a fan... but Billboard is measuring mainstream tastes. I, for the most part, do not have mainstream tastes. So am neither disappointed nor surprised.
- T. Brent, technopeasant
heh great remark, the first comment by cecily
- Halit Okumus
can we at least agree that the best thing about nicklebag is the guy quit perming his hair?
- royce kitts
Group. Of. The. Decade???????????
- Martha
I hold a special place in my heart for Nickelback since the day after I saw them live I found out I was pregnant with Josiah.
- Mellissa Claus
There's barely a handful of artists in the top 100 I would willingly listen to.
- dthree
You're all so anti-Nickelback, which is fine - but I see no suggestions for who should have been the band of the decade!
- Mellissa Claus
OK so we have a lot of Unshelved comics for Derrick :) But what other advice / support do we have? Me - remember that it's about people, not information, books or tools of any sort. Especially when the people *are* tools ;)
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Thank you, Pete. :)
- Derrick
Know who knows for when you don't know yourself.
- Pete
meet/keep in touch with a bunch of a people you trust that you can bounce ideas off of, ask questions of, etc and i also suggest finding someone local that can help keep you sane as well
- Sir Shuping
It is a very small profession - somewhere in your network there will be a link to almost anyone else in the profession. This is good and bad: things can haunt you for the rest of your career (don't burn bridges!) but it also means those connections are there to help when you want to get more involved and stuff.
- ÉllbeeÇee
Honestly, I feel like I've already found such a great network of people here even in these early stages. Your suggestions and gentle nudges have helped me discover other people. Believe me, I'm grateful for that even though I'm still a year away from even applying to library school.
- Derrick
Start writing. You can start submissions as soon as you start library school. Get scholarships to go to conferences. Without trying to pigeonhole you--you're a minority male, there are lots of scholarship and internship opportunities but you need to start applying NOW. http://ala.org/ala...
- Abigail wants more eggnog
By "small" I mean in the "it's a small world" sense - not that there aren't so many of us.
- ÉllbeeÇee
Remember it is also an international profession, so feel free to imagine burning those bridges as you discuss it with folk in the UK ;)
- Pete
You don't have to know everything - you just have to know where to look it up or whom to ask. The LSW is wonderful for that. :)
- Laura Lou Who
Derrick, do not play down your gender or your race. Even though there are more than you may think, there are not enough black or male librarians/library professionals out there.
- ♫Geek in the 410♫
There will be things that piss you off royally, whether about the profession, a specific workplace or whatever. Have someone you really trust (inside or outside the profession) that you can vent to. Then figure out what you're willing to live with and what you want to work on changing. Then do what you need to do.
- ÉllbeeÇee
Don't like something? Wait a week or a month. It'll change. Everything changes, and rapidly. (*edit: also, if you don't like it, do something about it, if it's within your power)
- ωαřмaiden, MFA'd poet
Some people have librarian... fantasies. Use this power wisely.
- Pete
Oh my.
- Derrick
Yeah. You;re adding another cliché to your already full plate ;) And what colleen said about change is true; learn to surf :D
- Pete
People's experience of library school varies widely, but the word "bullshit" would loom large in the tag cloud. Accept this, don't worry about this, learn what you can from school, and keep looking for the individual people (professors, fellow students, librarians at other libraries) who will help you learn the stuff you want/need to learn.
- s t e v e
Embrace group work in library school. It's as close as library school offers to the real experience of getting stuff done in libraries!
- D0r0th34
You know, this is gonna sound dumb, but just because we are all excited for you to go to library school, don't worry about us. Like if you look into this further and realize it's not for you? That's cool, too.
- s t e v e
Make sure to never consider yourself above things whether it be shelving or plunging a toilet. Also--be careful of condescension and condescending based on library types (I'm better than you cause I'm academic and you're public/children's...etc)
- Abigail wants more eggnog
don't let people run you over because you're "just a librarian" librarians have power...use it wisely.
- Sir Shuping
You all have no idea how incredibly you've *already* been. Much thanks to each of you. I'm incredibly lucky to have found you.
- Derrick
*snickers behind hand* QUICK! Get the door and lock it before he can escape!
- Rochelle Rochelle
Most useful piece of advice I *ever* got about library school was only 4 words: Don't believe the hype. Goes right along with what Steve said up there.
- Catherine Pellegrino
Best advice? They're only books: Nobody dies.
- Jenica
Oh! Yes, that's the other one: there is no such thing as a bibliographic emergency.
- Catherine Pellegrino
but there CAN be a digitization emergency. example: scanning a copy of a periodical on which nefarious person or persons unknown has drawn a swastika on the forehead of Important Public Figure. when IPF's office calls the library, believe you me, IT IS AN EMERGENCY. (yes, this happened. a bit of Photoshop and FTP-fu fixed the problem within minutes.)
- D0r0th34
Ellbeecee has it on the smallness of the profession. I run in to people all the time from different points and contexts in my career, or people who are one degree away from a ton of other people. This has a big strength - you are never far from an expert, someone to get advice from, someone to work with, someone who can help you out. Jenica: well we have a big push on Health Information in Africa so we like to think we contribute to helping people not die :)
- Fiona Bradley
Make a library friend that will be there for you when you need to talk shop, or when you just need to vent.
- royce kitts
$164 poorer but loads happier - http://cecily.posterous.com/164-poo...
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What is that?
- Admiral Anika
Look at the larger photo, Anika. :)
- cecily
ooooooo
- Jenica
I went in thinking I'd buy one eye shadow, tops. Instead I came out with four eyeshadows, some liquid eyeliner, eye primer, blush, and a lip gloss. I needed to feel pretty.
- cecily
yummy!
- Nurse Katie
Pictures please ;)
- joey
The only camera I have is my iPhone camera, and it isn't picking up the eyeshadows that well. I'll give it another try.
- cecily
Posted here: http://ff.im/cMtfV
- cecily
heh. money *can* buy happiness. not all of it. but some. :)
- edythe
Those colors are powerful. Nice.
- Shevonne
But because my skin is so dark, other than the blue they look really muted when I'm wearing them.
- cecily
it's time for day 2 of Graffiti Your Library -- head for the basement stairs in the periodicals area and pick up a can!
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this is going better than I dared hope. Rock on, students.
- Jenica
our stairwells to the basement weren't supposed to be public use, but 20 years ago we put stacks down there... so the stairwells terrify people, and suck. We're inviting students to spraypaint them as part of our Finals Week Stressbusting activities, to make them friendlier. And it's going pretty well!
- Jenica
http://www.flickr.com/photos... Before
- Jenica
You are the best University Librarian evar.
- DJF
I try. :P I figured that if it turned out badly, we'd slap a coat of white over the top and it'd still be better than when we started...
- Jenica
http://www.flickr.com/photos... The ad. (I'm planning to blog all of this tomorrow)
- Jenica
What DJF said. You seriously rock, Jenica. You rock HARD.
- josh neff, geek at large
That. Is. Awesome. Also, what DJF said.
- Catherine Pellegrino
love it!
- βℜ∀ñÐi
this is the coolest thing ever! you rock, Jenica and your students rock. can i come work for you?
- Christa
Apparently SUNY GEneseo does something similar with whiteboards? (from NGC4LIB today) Not quite this radical but Cyril Oberlander, SUNY Geneseo, another speaker at NE ASIS&T this week told how they had put white boards in the stair wells. He'd write questions each day and leave markers for students to comment. This actually sparked comments on the comments so a "conversation" would...
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- Zen Master the Librarian
Cyril is great -- he's doing amazing stuff with the IDS Project, and GIST is going to change the acquisitions world, I suspect. Next time the SUNY Directors meet I'll pick his brain on this, too. Thanks, Aaron!
- Jenica
<threadjack>what is this GIST, please?</threadjack>
- D0r0th34
This is so cool, Jenica!
- Laura H.
Dorothea: http://toolkit.idsproject.org/doku..., http://idsproject.org/Tools... API-laden materials request tool linked to ILLIAD to integrate acquisitions and ILL into more of a unified "resource delivery" model.
- Jenica
thank you! *happily bookmarks these for class*
- D0r0th34
I think there are some stairwells at Evergreen State College that are similarly painted, or at least there were several years ago. Brutalism cries out for graffiti, IMHO.
- Elaine Nelson
<threadjacking myself> Dorothea, also consider following Kate Pitcher -- http://twitter.com/kepitcher -- she's the CD librarian at Geneseo, and works closely with Cyril on the CD side of resource sharing.
- Jenica
will do, Jenica, thanks again! Elaine, I am pondering all the Brutalist edifices on this campus... and spraypaint... and thinking there may not be enough spraypaint in the WORLD, honestly.
- D0r0th34
Awesome. Love the whiteboard idea, too.
- Bill Hooker
On the subject of whiteboards/graffiti/etc, here's a brilliant version of this from my alma mater: http://www.oberlin.edu/library...
- Catherine Pellegrino
Love love love this idea! and am totally stealing Cyril's idea too!!!
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
I think I'm going to go cry now. Or drink. And drink.
:( i'm sorry
- Sir Shuping
Sorry you are not feeling so happy.
- joe is...
may i offer you a drink? a cookie swap at alamw? a drink? hope you can maybe get to the tail end of the party!
- kate
I'm so sorry, Meredith... I hope things get better soon!
- lauren pressley
"Reed, did mom and I ever tell you about The Great Cookie Swap Twitter Fight of 2009? See, just cuz mom is mad at you (and quite possibly drunk) it doesn't mean she doesn't love you..."
- s t e v e
:(
- adf
Hhhhwah?
- David Rothman (☤)
from Android
aw. sorry, hon.
- Jenica
Hope you found a good drink. ****hugs****
- Abigail wants more eggnog
There's another mother of young children at MPOW and sometimes we just stick our heads into each others' offices and hiss "husbands!! ugh!" They are just so very flaky sometimes.
- Samantha Hines
Found out today that our office overhead lights will now be attached to motion sensors. I hope they've taken into account how little I move, some days. On a related note, does anyone have a perpetual motion machine they could give me?
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Heh, this happens to some of my co-workers. They have to get up every once in a while and jump around, waving their hands.
- marthalib
See that's the kind of thing I'd be easily amused by... I'd try to see how quickly I could make the lights turn off.
- Matt Lorfeld
Guilty.
- Derrick
bring pippin to work with you, he'll move the times that you don't :)
- Sir Shuping
That'll probably end up being a good thing ergonomically. Folks have to get up every once in a while...
- Spidra Webster
strangely, the lights never turn out on me
- marthalib
just develop a nervous twitch. doing so has worked for me!
- Morgan Haley
perpetual motion device: small fan.
- D0r0th34
Keep an umbrella in the office and open it when necessary. :)
- Katy S
I prescribe energetic typing. Get your shoulder into it.
- s t e v e
The lights in the lab where I'll be teaching are on motion sensors. It took all I had not to giggle at the instructor who was showing me how to turn them on.
- cecily
Tangent: The best office light system I've ever seen was at the Google Atlanta office. We had lots of windows so the lighting came on and turned off based on how much sunlight was coming into the space. Highly efficient.
- EricaJoy
The questoin is: does the energy trickle for the motion sensor offset the potential energy savings from when people forget to switch off the light? (also, I often end up in the dark in my motion-sensor-lit office - I got a fan to keep the motion going and provide some white-noise, does that energy use offset any potential savings? oh & I forgot to turn off the fan last night, so I had the motion-sensor, the lights and a fan sucking up the power. Penny-wise, pound-foolish is what I say
- Zen Master the Librarian
I also agree with the ergonomics observation -- it's a great reason to remember to get up and stretch a bit during the day!
- Jenica
I once took a final exam in a room with motion-sensor lights. Every 20 minutes the prof had to get up and jump around to turn the lights back on (we were too busy scribbling in our blue books). It was hilarious.
- Catherine Pellegrino
None of this is making me like the new plan more.
- lris
That's kind of the point, lris. ;)
- Catherine Pellegrino
I hate you all.
- lris
You need to watch the episode of Better of Ted dealing with this. The lights wouldn't recognize people of color. It was very funny.
- Alan Simpson
I should go to my boss: "I know I look white, and I know I'm 3/4 European descent, but the 1/4 that's not is REALLY MAD that the lights turn off. DISCRIMINATION!"
- lris
obviously, this is all a ploy to get you to do interpretive dance in your office. perhaps something with scarves.
- marthalib
How often do you really need the overhead lights? I have a small lamp on my desk that works fine for most paper-based projects. Then again, I had the facilities folks remove the bulbs from the florescents right above my desk (too much glare) so it's darkish anyway. When the rest of the lights turn off from lack of movement, there isn't much difference.
- Kirsten
Iris, we still need to go to Ikea to buy lamps
- marthalib
Yes! We'll have to do that soon. And also introduce you to the "pickled things galore" isle at United Noodle.
- lris
"does anyone have a perpetual motion machine they could give me?" On this website, we OBEY THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS. 8^P
- Chieze Okoye
so, no interpretive dance? :(
- marthalib
Is there a Nancy Pearl Bobble-Head you could use?
- Abigail wants more eggnog
*hunts for box big enough to hold waif*
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
The worst is the bathroom lights that are on motion sensors. Stupid idea.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Why library publishing is broken: I just got cited in a Dec 2009 article. They cited a presentation I did in June 2006, noting that the authors accessed the website in Feb 2007. The presentation was a screenshot-heavy analysis of how to use SFX statistics for collection development purposes. Any bets it's out of date?
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it's not just library publishing - scholarly publishing in general is very slow. it is getting faster, thanks to automating the review process, but ya... everything is always old news.
- jambina
The journal I work on has peer review done about 1-3 months before the scholarly articles go to press/digits. The non-peer reviewed stuff could be as little as a week or two behind.
- joe is...
yeah, I know I could have just as easily said "scholarly publishing", but, well, I Iz A Liberrian.
- Jenica
People like me are to blame for this too. I had an article published a couple of months back that took me 1.5 years to write (because I am not required to write for tenure) and 6 months to publication, about an event that happened 3 years ago now. Directly work-related articles I get through quicker but then there is still the publication lag.
- Fiona Bradley
Weather pattern changing. My old broken elbow and broken hip hurt, the nerve pain I acquired when they fixed my elbow is kicking in, and just for good measure my finger knuckles are joining the party.
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Ow. :(
- Laura Lou Who
Now that I see it's dropped 10 degrees in the last two hours, I'm not surprised.
- lris
Ow is right. Hope you can find some relief soon Iris.
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Wow. 5 more degrees down. I think the best Rx will be bed, but I kind of want to keep watching the temp drop. It's oddly fascinating.
- lris
Fireplaces are a good "cure" to very chilly weather.
- Matt Lorfeld
Yikes! Sounds like the hawk is flying through your area tonight.
- cecily
it sure does. that's like 70% of my body. i should post my spinal xrays sometime to induce vomiting.
- Joe Silence is not dead
:( i hope you feel better soon, :(
- chaz2b
hope you get some relief from the pain soon.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Unlike! Hope it's feeling better this morning.
- Catherine Pellegrino
Ankle, toe, shoulder, and thumb over here. *sympathy creak*
- Jenica
I broke a toe dancing the Tarantella once. For years I could tell, down to a margin of a couple of hours, when it would rain. My mom would ask "should I hang out the laundry this morning or this afternoon" and I would know. Unfortunately, my one useful ache has healed itself. Fortunately, now that the cold front is actually here, I feel much better.
- lris
Toe as weather oracle! To Iris: "Will it rain tonight?" Iris: "Hold on, let me consult my toe."
- marthalib
That's exactly the way it happened, Martha.
- lris
'Go not to the Iris, for she will say yes and toe'
- Pete
bwahahahahahah
- marthalib
Good morning, invisible internet people!
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Good morning, beautiful poetess/librarian/dog mom! :)
- Laura Lou Who
Hello- a poet and a poem in one :)
- Pete
Good morning, Colleen!
- Jenica
Hiya, cutie!
- josh neff, geek at large
Gooooooooooood Mornin'. :-D
- Jason Griffey
You look far too cute and perky this morning. Stop that!
- Laura H.
keep looking cute! it will make my day go better to see that smiling face :)
- Sir Shuping
Paper Thin USB Key Turns Magazines Into USB Distribution Method - http://www.getusb.info/page...
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Dinner is:
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cheddar cheese, triscuits and wheat thins.
- ωαřмaiden, MFA'd poet
the Presidential Scholars Holiday Dinner hosted by the Prez and his wife. So, campus catering.
- Jenica
unknown at the moment...
- ~Courtney F.
whatever sounds good at 9:30 p.m.
- Abigail wants more eggnog
pot roast. wanna come over?
- Mary Carmen
chili. But I don't have any cornbread.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Your cracker to cheese options ratio is off. Please revise.
- SAM
Beef stroganoff
- tab thinks you're awesome
Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and green beans.
- Aaron Hood
The baby back ribs, black eyed peas, cornbread and cabbage dropped off by a student who's mother was visiting from down south.
- Derrick
Bean soup and biscuits.
- Katy S
maybe just eggs tonight...........
- VAL D. Zone
Dunno yet, but it will be at a restaurant with a most-likely tired job candidate and the director of tech services. And anyone else who happens to invite themselves along.
- Kirsten
Derrick you have scored big today that is for sure.................
- VAL D. Zone
Speghetti, Meatballs.
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
as yet undetermined. grocery run in order.
- Rachel Walden
>>MESSAGE REDACTED<<
- ha3rvey (sup homepants)
Leftover chili from this weekend maybe?
- ÉllbeeÇee
just one pancake jason??
- Sir Shuping
Fried taters, mustard greens, and corn nuggets.
- Laura Lou Who
"I figer I like sum'them french fried taters. Mmmmhmm."
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
No biscuits with mustard Jeremy?
- SAM
Just found out a friend committed suicide.....wow what a shitty end to a shitty day.
Oh no! I'm so very sorry!!
- Katy S
I got the same kind of news on Sunday. Sorry you had to get it too.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
oh MC.... so very sorry to hear...
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
:( i'm so sorry
- Sir Shuping
unbelievable.
- Mary Carmen
aw, I'm so sorry..Hugs and prayers
- Marissa
*hugs* :-(
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
(((((((((((MC)))))))))))
- Steve
Aww... sweetie that blows. So sorry...
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
from iPod
:(
- Michelle Martinez
Oh no :( *hugs* I've been there; there are no words. I am so sorry. By all means make use of your employee assistance program if you have one.
- Nikki D.
Damn. So sorry to hear it.
- s t e v e
I'm very sorry for your loss, MC. I think Nikki's suggestion is a good one.
- Spidra Webster
i'm so sorry you have to experience this, Mary. *HUGS*
- Joe Silence is not dead
Thanks y'all. I have someone I can talk to.....already left a message.
- Mary Carmen
Mary so sorry to hear that. Thinking of you. I'm here for you
- Bill Heslin
So sorry :(
- Rodfather
never easy to here news like this .. regardless of the day .. this is not a good time of year for some ..
- johnpiercy
OMG I'm sorry sweetie. Glad you've called someone. My offer still stands. *hugs*
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Oh shit. I'm so sorry, Mary.
- Jàson Puçkett
My condolences, MC.
- cecily
Oh, wow, MC. I'm so sorry to hear this. Jeremy, I'm sorry for your news as well. :(
- Laura Lou Who
oh mary, i'm so sorry.
- Kendra <3 Three Lions
I'm sorry for you. And deeply sorry for the tormented soul that thought it was the only answer left...
- T. Brent, technopeasant
:( *hugs*
- Steven Perez
I'm not hitting the like button, because I don't like suicide. Oh Mary, I'm so sorry to hear this. *hugs*
- Mol, Santa Claws
I am so sorry:(
- anjelina
Sorry. Just... sorry. *hugs*
- Pete
How terrible. I'm sorry. *hugs*
- Yolanda
Im sorry to hear that, my condolences!
- Halil
Oh hell, Mary Carmen. I'm so very sorry. You know I'm sending you all of my love. Hugs, sweetheart.
- josh neff, geek at large
wow. you know my experience in this regard. let me know if you want to talk about it.
- Rev. Dr. W!cKeD Rock
oh, MC, I'm so sorry. *love to you*
- Jenica
Oh god, Mary Carmen! I love you lots girl.
- tab thinks you're awesome
Oh God, MC. I'm so sorry. Sending good thoughts.
- Ayşe E.
OMG no. My deepest condolences. This week has been terrible.
- rowlikeagirl
:-(
- Kol Tregaskes
:(
- JA Castillo
My condolences. :(
- Mathew A. Koeneker
sorry to hear this sad news.
- Morgan Haley
helping a student who "can't believe I got to senior year and am so stuck on the library stuff".
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Better late than never, right?
- Jàson Puçkett
that's what I told her. I also reassured her that up to this point, she was well-served by our online resources, which she was able to figure out on her own. Now she's doing senior-level work in History, and has to dig deeper into backfiles and non-digital scholarship, and it's a more arcane process. She felt a little better, I think.
- Jenica
Haven't been able to keep anything down but toast since Sun. morning. 1st thought was food poisoning, but this is way too long. I miss food!
Oh no! That sounds awful. :(
- Rochelle
Aw, poor you! Feel better soon.
- Jenica
Go to your doctor if the vomiting goes on much longer. I was throwing up for days and found out I had gastritis and was in the hospital for a couple of days, because my potassium levels were way low they wanted to monitor my heart and I had an upeer GI scope done. That was back in 2005 and now I suffer from GERD because of it.
- Mol, Santa Claws
Thanks! I'm not throwing up anymore mainly because I'm barely eating anything. Even nilla wafers is causing bad stomach aches. :(
- Meredith
If you suddenly were given a snow day (and I don't care how improbably that may be in your location, just imagine), what would you do with the day?
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Prepare for the apocalypse.
- FF's Bubba of Arizona
Play Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, watch DVDs, read comics, maybe play with Legos.
- josh neff, geek at large
A whole lot of nothing. Lots of dvd watching, Friend Feeding, and staying under the Smurf sleeping bag.
- aden
play with the cats, watch some dvd's, maybe think about cleaning, go walk in the snow and take pictures
- Sir Shuping
Read next to the fireplace.
- Derrick
my life is a snow day............:-/
- VAL D. Zone
I'm going to Josh's house, after a stop to pick up Aden with her Smurf sleeping bag. :) Legos and Smurfs!
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Derrick, I'm so jealous of the fireplace. :) That was the one thing that I really was hoping for when we bought our house. I'll just have to come visit you sometime.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
I guess I'd be outside shoveling.
- Jordan Hofker
That depends: does my son's daycare have a snow day too? If so, play in the snow with J. If not: TEA AND BOOKS OH BABY YES.
- Catherine Pellegrino
Hey, Junebug, I also have a fireplace! ;)
- josh neff, geek at large
That's right. I forgot Josh. :-D
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
I have a fireplace, but our UPS and U-verse router are in it. The TV is in front of it.
- ha3rvey (sup homepants)
Curl up in front of the fireplace and cuddle with my honey :) Do some online shopping and I'm assuming the snow day comes due to significant snow fall. I'd make show cream, love that stuff.
- H0llywoodWh0re
How do you make snow cream?
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
I'm having one today? But technology forces me to work from home.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
from iPhone
bake
- suzanne
Go for a walk with my camera in hand.
- cecily
Read. Maybe go cross-country skiing.
- laura x
ditto josh on the zelda, though i don't have a fireplace :( probably clean the apartment, too. depending on how the cleaning goes, may also fit in some writing/knitting time. and yes, i'm planning what i may be doing tomorrow ;)
- Katie
Sleep, knit, play Borderlands, sleep some more.
- Mary Carmen
oh yeah, probably also do some xmas baking.
- Katie
I was thinking about baking tomorrow if we do end up having the college closed. Probably should look through recipes to make sure I have what I need on hand.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Video games and a nap.
- Jàson Puçkett
good point. i'm 99% positive I have everything, but could probably stand to pick up extra flour and butter. and some eggs. damn, my shopping list is already pretty full.
- Katie
1/2 day on a snowy photo stroll, 1/2 day snuggling with kittehz
- vicster
Finish watching Big Bang Theory, catch up on my Hulu queue, and start reading Red Seas Under Red Skies.
- Jenica
In theory? start packing. In reality? listen to music, do stupid dances, watch tv... my brand of nothing
- Lo
-18F. That is all.
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32F, and snowing.
- Jenica
*sends blankets*
- Laura Lou Who
Oh, that's all. Glad to see it's not really notable.
- Stephen Francoeur
owwwwwww!
- D0r0th34
yeah, I know what you mean. It's only 61 here, and it's gonna rain. Couldn't wear my shorts this morning. :(
- FF's Bubba of Arizona
You live in Crazy Frozen Land.
- Jàson Puçkett
It's a preview of my January. I stalled on wearing my winter boots to work today, probably my last chance at street shoes in the morning, if the snow holds up. So I have lots of sympathy.
- Jenica
Also, I have become a total wuss, as I not only drove to go swimming this morning but also drove to work. My poor little car.
- laura x
oh, man. And I thought our 6 degrees F was bad.
- Kårín Dalzĭel
Eeep! *hands Laura a cup of hot chocolate* Come January/February, it will likely be -double digits here too. For now, it's 17 with a dusting of snow and a brilliant winter sun.
- Galadriel C.
4º + snow = 2 hour delay for elementary school
- s t e v e
16 F
- marthalib
Not so cold here (27F) but we got our much-delayed first dusting of snow, which rapidly became an ice rink. Gotta give my SB peeps credit, though: lots of very careful driving going on out there.
- Catherine Pellegrino
I need new winter boots.
- marthalib
Awful, isn't it Bubba? They're predicting 24 inches of snow!! (above 6000 feet that is...just rain for the valley)
- ÉllbeeÇee
Something that looks like snow (but is probably thick frost) on the cars, plant life and roofs (prob. in high 20s overnight), but it's all the way up to 36F now (at 7:50 a.m.). But then, this is sunny California. [My wife went out and checked. It's snow...oddly enough.]
- Walt Crawford
Laura, I wish you lived closer to me so we could drive over to Saratoga together and sit in the hot springs!
- Kaijsa Calkins
Mmmm. . . hot springs. I have been in the warm library for two hours now and I'm still feeling chilly.
- laura x
DonorsChoose.org: David Free's Mustache - http://www.donorschoose.org/donors...
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Dude. Francoeur linked this earlier but I hadn't seen it, and think it needs a post of its own. I'll be making a donation later today. I'd like to get a signed photo of Free's 'stache, but looks like I will have to negotiate that personally.
- s t e v e
from Bookmarklet
c'mon, rockin' 'stache aside, who doesn't want to help kids who need books?
- Jenica
They suggest you let them take 18% of your donation for overhead, so I donated $30.49 instead of $25 (thank you Wolfram Alpha for the math). It will help buy books in a Chicago school. Also, who does Dave look like with that mustache?
- s t e v e
autographed glossies of the stache can be possibly be arranged. thanks to everyone who has donated!
- Free?
Update: the project to which I donated is now fully funded and I got a nice email thank-you from the teacher. There are still three projects that haven't yet met their goals, so don't forget to send 'em some money if you are so inclined.
- s t e v e
Does anyone have a cook book that they'd recommend? (Writing up my Christmas wish list for family)
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The Gourmet book is really good. http://www.amazon.com/Gourmet...
- Derrick
I have that Gourmet book. It's EPIC.
- ha3rvey (sup homepants)
"How to Cook Everything" by Mark Bittman is good, too. Actually, all of his stuff is good.
- ha3rvey (sup homepants)
I love the Pioneer Woman cookbook . http://www.amazon.com/Pioneer...
- Michelle Martinez
I just added "Please To The Table" to my amazon wish list. It's a Russian food cookbook.
- ha3rvey (sup homepants)
General or some particular type? I like The Bread Baker's Apprentice by Peter Reinhart for breads. Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook by Hensperger and Hartman is nice. I like the King Arthur Flour baking cookbooks (there are several). The Secrets of Jesuit Soup Making by Rick Curry has some good recipes in it, too.
- Katy S
I have the classics. I generally cook americana, with a splash of german and southern touches. So anything that can spark me out of that rut is good.
- Sarah G.
I've gotten a lot of pleasure from the Moosewood New Classics.
- laura x
Rick Bayless's books are suppose to be good and fairly accessible.
- Katy S
Depends on what you like, but my favorite is The American Wholefoods Cusine - http://www.amazon.com/America... The editorial reviews on Amazon give a good overview.
- Rochelle
I also want to pick up "The Encyclopedia of Cajun and Creole Cuisine" by John Folse. I loved his show.
- ha3rvey (sup homepants)
What Katy S said, "Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook" http://www.amazon.ca/Your-Mo...
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
Donna Hay's Off The Shelf - Moosewood - NIck Stellino's Mediterranean Flavours
- jambina
The Joy of Cooking is my reference classic. It's almost always on my kitchen counter, open to something I needed to look up.
- Jenica
watching the latest social fiasco, I can only say: http://powerpointcomics.blogspot.com/2009...
It is so unbelievably sad how many people don't understand.
- Laura H.
I seem to have missed the latest social fiasco, and I'm not sure I'm sorry.
- D0r0th34
Unless, of course, I *am* it and just haven't noticed.
- D0r0th34
No. You are not it. Purely local. :)
- Jenica
And just to clarify, I really just mean it's sad how many people don't understand the difference between reply and reply all. And *I* am complaining about people on mailing lists in general. :)
- Laura H.
Just signed off on a $78,000 invoice. Betting our Purchasing dept gets questions from downstate on that one... information is not free!
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@jenica26 sure it is, haven't you heard, everything in the internet happens by magic, it doesn't take any $ or time to do. I suspect elves.
The New York State Senate is gonna go to hell for this.
yes. yes they are.
- Jenica
that said, faculty colleague's child gave me one of his candy canes at the grocery store, and it completely turned my day around.
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5 y.o.s are the best sounding boards for one's "good"-ness :)
- Zen Master the Librarian
I figure if I was nice enough that a five year old shared his candy, that means two things. One, he's a great kid with good parents. Two, I don't suck.
- Jenica
Guess what kind of day I had based on my groceries: Wedge of brie, loaf of ciabatta, tub of frosting, and 6-pack of Mike's Hard Lime.
Dear NY State senate: you told the world today that you (& by extension we residents) are nothing more than bigots. You suck.
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they are so full of major suckage
- αnnα vαȵ scoyoç
dude. I've been offline most of the day... they didn't pass it? goddammit.
- Jenica
UNLIKE. (Er, that would be "unlike the NY state senate." Not "unlike Dana.")
- Catherine Pellegrino
It seems the Dems, at every level of government, are completely incompetent at getting anything meaningful accomplished. I may have to once again leave the party and join the Greens...
- Dana Longley
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