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Setting the table for our Thanksgiving dinner.

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My brother is quite the singer-songwriter! Who knew?? - http://www.youtube.com/watch...

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really good...... - VAL D.

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I know! Apparently he stays up late, singing into his computer while the rest of the house is quiet. - lris

he should go to an open mike night - VAL D.

This is very nice. He's quite good. - cecily

I drew the almond, and then it looked lonely.

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There are some talented people here on FF. - Derrick

Watched Kung Fu Panda with my parents. Now watching football with my dad for the first time in my life. (Thanks for all the football lessons, folks.) :-)

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Such a precious moment. - Julian

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Dad has an encyclopedia open to "football" and is quizzing me on terminology. Heehee. - lris from iPod

Also, yes, we do have a full encyclopedia set. In fact, we have two: World Book and Britannica. - lris from iPod

Ask him who is allowed to throw a forward pass. - Steve is older than ever

enjoy.............. - VAL D.

Which players on offense are eligible to receive a pass? - Julian

Sweet! Did you pass the test - Matt Lorfeld from Viigo

I'm sorry. ;p - laura x

I hate car dealerships. Everyone talks down to me because i'm a girl. This is a machine, not my baby.

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Ever looked 'em dead in the eye and said just.that? Hehehe - ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift

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time to get out the knives ... better yet, the lasereyes. - marthalib

It's not just because you're a girl. They talk down to me like that too. I think anyone who doesn't give off the air of knowing exactly what they're doing gets talked down to. - Internet's Tad

i shopped for a bike and the sales person told me to, "pick a pretty color." ONE SALE LOST, PAL. - Marie is organized.

I'm now in the "You turned down our offer of pretty new tires" hazing period, this time featuring "we don't have a car for you to drive today after all (never mind that we'd "reserved" one for you last week) so we called Avis to bring one over." - lris from iPod

Marie, that's hilarious. - lris from iPod

it's hilarious now, but it made me all twitchy when it happened. :( - Marie is organized.

There was an article, or a book chapter, that I read once that documented that the best salesmen treat all customers the same, and never made any assumptions about their skill or budget, regardless of sex or race. Because you never know a) who that person might refer to you, and b) what their budget might be, regardless of how they present in the store. (cf old American Express ads) - DJF

I vote for Laser Eyes... PEW PEW PEW.. wait, Avis? Iris, what type of dealership? - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

That went... poorly. - lris

Don't know what brand you're talking about, but seeing as how this industry puts bread on my table, it worries me when people have a bad time with dealers. And with the industry being in the state it's in right now, I can't fathom how you'd get treated poorly. If you're a mind to, go to the brand web site and lodge a complaint/concern. Also increasingly the auto companies are increasing their presence on social media. @ScottMonty is the go to guy for Ford. You can find him on FFeed and on twitter - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

Yeah, I'm a little surprised, too, Barry. I don't know if this makes you worry less or more, but I drive a Honda, so I'm already not helping your state's economy. The dealership in WI was wonderful to me. The dealership here? Worst. Experience. Ever. No exaggeration. - lris

I'm with Barry. Perhaps an email &/or tweet is in order? - marthalib

I've done the "speak with the manager" thing. I'm looking forward to the ubiquitous post-service survey, though... I wish I could take the phone survey in red pen. - lris

I'm sorry it was so sucky Iris :( We were amazed at how going through the Costco car program seemed to immediately cut the crap... and sad that it took that to actually be treated like intelligent people instead of mindless drones with $$. - Nikki D.

Well Honda or otherwise, the dealer experience has to change. Competition is that stiff, margins are that thin. I'm surprised frankly that you were treated that way at a Honda dealership (and yes, I forgive you). I'd always assumed (perhaps wrongly) that they were "different". If you're ever in the market for a Ford, give me a holler. But definitely avail yourself of the survey and any online presence the company may have. - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

Wow. That was a lot of upper-management groveling just now on the phone. Apparently there have been Meetings today, and trainings scheduled, and I can rent from them at a 25% discount from now on, and I have the general manager's cell phone for "anything I might need" (the mind boggles), and I may not have to pay for my next routine maintenance... So yeah, they screwed up. - lris

Excellent. I mean, FAIL, but partial rebound. - Steve is older than ever

You need to call the manager's cell & say, "The Library Society of the World owns your ass, buddy. You won't know when, you won't know how, but someday we will call you & ask a favor of you. It would be unwise of you to refuse us this favor." Then hang up. - joshua "magic" neff

Glad to hear you heard back from someone, though sad that it occurred. - Abigail

LOL, Josh. Also, glad they finally tried to get their acts together. - marthalib

Very glad to hear this! My sense (from Saturn, at least, and from what little I've seen of Toyota) is that those post-service surveys go to Corporate (who/wherever the hell that is) and they are Very Very Important to the dealership's relationship with Corporate. The dealership does NOT want your red pen of death on that survey and will do whatever they have to in order to stave it off. Good on you for talking with the manager! - Catherine Pellegrino

I had a car picked out, a price I was willing to pay, financing arranged. Went to the local dealer and walked out over less than $500 difference in price. Called a not-so-local dealer my family had done prior business with and made a deal over the phone to get the car I wanted at the price I wanted. "Sales manager" from 1st dealership called the next day to see if he could "do... more... - Sally: pecan pie master

Good, love it when dealers burn - Mo Kargas

I miss my Saturn dealership. I lurved them. Not only did they not jerk me around, but after the car got totalled they just GAVE me another one while I was waiting for insurance company to come through, nothing signed or anything. "You need a car to get to work, we'll still be here when all that shakes out. We're just happy you're safe and okay." Everything shook out a few weeks later,... more... - ωαřмaiden, MFA'd poet

I had one similar to Sally. I'd set up from NY to buy a car near my mom's (she was cosigning for me the poor grad student) and when I showed up the car was at a different location over an hour away and the guy I'd dealt with via email wasn't there. The only suggestion the manager I dealt with made was that I wait for them to get the car from the other location. I looked at him (all of... more... - Abigail

Glad it worked out Iris. At least the sales manager understands how high the stakes are these days. - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

Don't get me started. - Josh Haley from iPhone

*turns ignition key in Josh's eye* - Mo Kargas

None of this surprises me for two reasons: 1. GM management never sets foot in a dealership. They have their vehicles delivered to their offices at HQ - serviced there too. 2. All the auto mfgrs used to buy a binder evetymodel year called The Maritz Syndicated Studies - an exhaustive quantitative (ie., a survey) study of the first- and second- quarter buyers and lessees of the model... more... - MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF from iPhone

Feeling glass-half-full about libraries in general, and glass-mostly-empty about everything else.

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Remember the impending holiday. Food, family, rest, etc. etc. - marthalib

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I am with you there--although what Martha says is important to remember. - laura x

I am grateful to the person who keeps the School's vending machine full of oreos. - Stephanie_Thankful

Feeling glass half-full about something is worthy of celebrating, yes? - cecily

Yes. Until I get thirsty. ;-) - lris

Dear cough, ENOUGH ALREADY. Yours, Iris.

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Home. Cat, pjs, blankets, couch. Nap first, then dinner.

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That sounds really nice. The cat is meowing at me, but also ignoring me. No nap for me, but perhaps a hot bath. - Laura H.

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So jealous... I have 6th grade math... and laundry... and work.... *le sigh* - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

I hate naps, actually. But 6th grade math sounds much worse. You win. - lris

You. Hate. Naps?.... but they're like little sleeps... sleep prep... extra sleep... - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

How to lose an entire afternoon: try answering an EndNote question only to find I need the newer version... which refuses to install on either my mac or my pc.

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Heh. And after all that? The problem turns out to be that this prof is many versions behind in the EndNote software (like, from back before "web page" was a citable source). - lris

argh! - Stephanie_Thankful from iPhone

Wow. A couple of alumni just bought us three massive digital collections.

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ummm...any chance your alumni wanna become honorary alumni here? - Sir Shuping

Lesson learned: you cannot use Quicksilver to start Quicksilver. If you want to start it back up after quitting it, you have to actually click through to the program. Tedious.

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self-medicating with sugar and caffeine

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I got a surprise thank-you gift from CLIR of Godiva truffles. NOM. - D0r0th34

Data for Research - JSTOR - http://dfr.jstor.org/about/

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The DfR service is provided by JSTOR for use by the research community. It provides a set of web-based tools for selecting and interacting with content from the JSTOR archive. The service also provides the ability to obtain data sets via bulk downloads or using a REST API. Features provided by the site include: * Full-text and fielded searching of the entire JSTOR archive using a powerful faceted search interface. Using this interface one can quickly and easily define content of interest through an iterative process of searching and results filtering. * Online viewing of document-level data including word frequencies, citations, key terms, and ngrams. * Request and download datasets containing word frequencies, citations, key terms, or ngrams associated with the content selected. * API for content selection and retrieval. - lris

The Library Study (IPA) - http://www.csufresno.edu/anthrop...

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The Institute for Public Anthropology recently completed a report on their study of the Henry Madden Library. (PDF download available.) - lris

Managed to stave off total household chaos for one more week. Bills paid and laundry done.

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Curling up in bed with a hot water bottle and a book. And no, I'm not taking bets on how long I'll be awake.

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And the answer was... 10 minutes. I kid you not. - lris

Was that a new record? - Laura B ♥s leftovers

Watching the sunrise, sipping hot chocolate, and reading The Winter's Tale. Taking friends to the airport soon and then planning on having as boring a day as possible.

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Playing "how many colors can I use to paint a white coffee cup." So far, nine.

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blue, purple, brown, black, gray, green, red...? - Sir Shuping

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grey, light blue, dark blue, tan, orange, pink, green, black, yellow. - lris

sounds about right...i always found white the hardest thing to paint because it's never just white...it's every color around it too - Sir Shuping

it was red and yellow and green and brown and scarlet and black and ochre and peach... - D0r0th34

Andy Warhol would be proud. - Julian

Heh. No, Andy Warhol would suppress a smile and then suggest some art classes. - lris

I think the stuff that you've posted puts Andy to shame - Sir Shuping

I read that too quickly. I thought you were painting a grid of white coffee cups, with each one having a solid color. - Julian

Go for eleven! - Steve is older than ever

how did the cup come out? i'd love to see a picture of it :) - Sir Shuping

Students in the coffee shop were making up lyrics to the songs on our librarian album cover cards.

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You need to run a contest, I think. At least one verse and the chorus. - Steve is older than ever

contest++ - D0r0th34

Wishing the sun would take its over-eager cheerfulness and go hide behind a cloud or something.

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Making myself a Twitter Times page: http://twittertim.es/ijastram

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Still no content. *sigh* - lris

Yeah -- same here -- no Twitter Times page for me yet either. - Peter Murray

This is the longest hour in the history of the universe. - lris

Mechanic to me: "Yes, that will be covered by your warranty unles we find any damage." Uh... so if nothing's wrong, it's covered. Great.

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That's a poor warranty. - Chris Z.

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Also, they unblocked FF since I was here last. - lris from iPod

Does your warranty cover it if she's found to be a witch? Oh, wait... - Catherine Pellegrino

LOL. Probably, but only if the witchiness isn't my fault. - lris from iPod

sounds like the car warranty people have been talking to the health insurance people. - DJF

Feeling pulled in many directions and a little overwhelmed. But now I have to go sit in the dealership's lobby for an hour or two, so I guess I'll just have to read a book. Poor me.

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Last Friday of the term!

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Gorgeousness! - joshua "magic" neff

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Happy Iris if very happy... (and purty too) - MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS

Hi, pretty lady! :) - Laura B ♥s leftovers

Hello beautiful Iris! :) This picture made me smile - aden (and junk)

PAHHHHHHHTYYYYYYYYY! - Chris Z.

A most lovely Last Friday face! - Rochelle Rochelle

I'll just hold that thought while I crush the ILL hopes of about 3 more students... - lris

woot! - pea ♥..!..♥..!..♥

Ooooo! What a pretty woman. That color shirt is lovely on you! - Sarah June

excellent photo - marthalib

iris- i've said it before- you are beautiful inside and out. - Pete

yes, I'm sure your viscera are lovely ;) - marthalib

Oh martha, don't harsh my nice ;) I *meant* her character, which from personal experience I can testify is as breath-stoppingly lovely as her face - Pete

heheheheheh - marthalib

No no no. I have an evil interior. Capable of producing lase eyes, remember? - lris

I have seen the truth and I am voting Iris ;) - Pete

This Thread Is Worthless Without X-Rays - Steve is older than ever

For Steve: http://screencast.com/t... - lris

Very nice. Now throw the book at those lazy kids! (I haz one.) - MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF

Yeah, I'm gonna say that Pete is wrong and you are better looking on the outside. - Steve is older than ever

Bah, leave my imagery alone ;) But the underlying theme is correct- iris is indeed gorgeous. - Pete

I TOLD this class that if they wanted to study "globalization of sport" they'd have to start early and rely on ILL. In the last two days, 3 students have been horribly disappointed in our local holdings on "globalization of baseball" and "globalization of basketball." I TOLD YOU. *sigh*

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They never listen, do they? 'You mean what you said was the truth?' - Pete

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well, they'll just have hitch a ride up to the Cities to spend the weekend living in Wilson Library, now, won't they? - marthalib

I always tell the kids that they _are_ going to write the paper at the last minute, but they need to do the lit searching early, just in case. - DJF

Yes. My pretty standard line is "search first, order from Interlibrary loan, and THEN procrastinate to your heart's content." - lris

*writes down Iris' line* Can I use that, Iris? - marthalib

May it work better for you than it has for me... - lris

Mind if I tweet that and credit you? - joe is...

Go right ahead. LIke I said, it's not working out for me so well right now. But be my guest. :-) - lris

Thanks. - joe is...