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I love my new @fitbit. Almost as much as I love pizza. But not quite as much, hence why I have a @fitbit. #babysteps #fattofit #FARP
LB so u no it's real, lris, Katy S and 9 other people liked this
Fixing the things, making plans to fix other things. Feeling productive and useful for a change :)
Mark Kille, Kirsten and lris liked this
See Also… » Reading denaturalized - http://stevelawson.name/seealso...
Mark Kille, Mama Lawson, lris and 4 other people liked this
See Also… » Publishers hate you. You should hate them back. - http://stevelawson.name/seealso...
Andy, Marianne, rochelle rochelle and 12 other people liked this
The converse, that I find just as interesting, is that small publishers, who don't hate readers, seem to be thriving. (cf. Small Beer, Aqueduct, Subterranean...) This is pretty interesting, too: http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012...
- Marianne
Yes, I was going to see about working that idea in there, Marianne. But then it would have distracted from my bile.
- Your Neighbor Steve
Since it is a short rant, I won't bother to second Marianne. It's sometimes useful to distinguish between the Big Six (who I think of as commodity-pushers, which is unfair to some of their imprints) and all the real publishers out there. I continue to hope to see the Big Six decline and real publishers thrive. (But the distinction wasn't needed for your compact rant.)
- Walt Crawford
Hear hear, Steve.
- Laura H.
I love the way this connects behavior in various parts of the publishing industry. Rant on, Steve.
- barbara fister
"Publishers hate you. You should hate them back" - splendid rant from Steve "awesome" Lawson http://stevelawson.name/seealso...
<3Heather<3, Hedgehog, John Dupuis and 4 other people liked this
Thanks!
- Your Neighbor Steve
It just seems wrong that I was sitting on the couch with a bag of chips when my FitBit showed up from FedEx, but there you go.
Halil, imabonehead, Auntie Buttinsky Botts and 36 other people liked this
lololol
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
BUSTED!
- caj needs a haircut
But you had to walk to the door to get it - see it's working already
- SteVe C
haha, and in my defense I haven't really eaten a whole lot since coming down with this cold. :)
- Derrick
Giver yourself retroactive credit for getting off the couch to get the package.
- Your Neighbor Steve
I'll give you props for ordering it in the first place.
- Rah-PM 2012
I might open the box, but I feel a nap coming on...
- Derrick
Ooh open the box so you can track your sleep!
- Your Neighbor Steve
Open the box so you can charge it #practical
- Katy S
LMAO
- Rah-PM 2012
I felt a smidgen guilty wearing mine as I devoured half a box of Thin Mints. ;)
- Kelli H.
Accepted to the MLIS program at Pittsburgh! 1 down, 3 to go. Feedback is most welcome!
Elizabeth Brown, ♫410 I Coach 'em Up♫, Kaijsa and 20 other people liked this
Still waiting to hear from Illinois Urbana-Champaign, UW Madison, and U of Washington.
- Lily
I did Pitt at a distance, let me know if I can answer any questions.
- Rachel Walden
I went to Pitt almost 15 years ago--I can't speak to the program these days. The city of Pittsburgh, though, is super mega awesome.
- Mark Kille
Congrats!
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
Congrats. Two opportunities to go to the UW.
- Just Joe
edonnelly.com - Downloebables - http://www.edonnelly.com/loebs...
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For the classicists in the audience: a guide to the Loeb Classics that are available for free on the web, via Google Books and the Internet Archive.
- DJF
from Bookmarklet
Lady on QVC just described chicken shaped cookware as "sophisticated." I don't think that word means what she thinks it does.
April, Brent, Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart and 12 other people liked this
In her defense, I'd say sophisticated is a relative term. Compared to this lady's norms, chicken-shaped cookware could indeed be sophisticated. Compared to, say, a homeless San Franciscan or an Iowa farmer: Probably not.
- Walt Crawford
http://www.qvc.com/qic... res ipsa loquitur
- Sarah G.
oh dear.
- holly #ravingfangirl
What are you supposed to do with that?
- Mary Carmen
that is berloody awful
- jambina
It reminds me of the antique covered candy dishes (often opalescent glass, but made of other materials, too) that are in the shape of chickens, lambs, and other animals.
- Katy S
some of the spandex is ALSO polyester.
- Your Neighbor Steve
this may be one of my favourite threads ever.
- jambina
Now that I've looked at the picture: This is a context issue. Something like that, handcrafted in a Sicilian village in 1870, might be "folk art." That, mass-produced in China, is bad kitsch.
- Walt Crawford
Lordy that's hideous.
- Corinne L
I think it's somewhat cute but I'd expect to come across it at a church fair rather than in someone's actual kitchen.
- Deborah Fitchett
Sorry dudes, I'm the one who broke the CIA World Factbook.
John (bird whisperer), Sir Shuping is just sir, Lix and 4 other people liked this
Oh, Meg, Meg, Meg. What are we going to do with you?
- rochelle rochelle
WolframAlpha.
- Akiva
anonmeg?
- Jason (not an Argonaut)
J. Edgar Hoover would like a word with you.
- Micah
"Meg vs. Gitmo," next on Fox.
- Your Neighbor Steve
Maam, could you please step to the side and out of the T$@ line please.
- ♫410 I Coach 'em Up♫
It was nice knowing you....
- Just Joe
Seriously though, is it loading for you? I can't get it to load at all, which seems strange since it was up all last night (twss?)
- Meg VMeg
Down for everyone, http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http:...
- Just Joe
So I *did* break it! Awesome.
- Meg VMeg
Anyone planning on using this? http://blog.gale.com/librare... Seems like a version of the LSW. "Here at Librareo, tomorrow’s librarian superheroes find their own community. Catch up on industry news and trends, seize hold of best practices, and exchange tales of the triumphs and challenges of MLIS with your peers from across the...
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...nation. Not to mention your opportunity to schmooze with the original Librarian Superheroes, who were unmasked at the ALA 2011 annual conference.
- Just Joe
What unbridled fun. O.M.G.
- Stephen Francoeur
So Copying LSW = Sincere Form of Flattery? COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT! LETS SUE EM.
- ♫410 I Coach 'em Up♫
For future MLS-es. It requires that you include your school info, your advisor (wtf?) and your pending year of graduation - 2011 forward. SLIS students only? Seems...limited. How will they know best practices?
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
I thought there was a section for "faculty".
- Just Joe
Just a PDF of an FAQ. [ALL of the letters!]. Seems like a nice spot for MLISes to gather, if they didnt know about the LSW.
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
But, now I am not so sure? Seems like a big advertisement for Gale and LJ.
- Just Joe
Phew, I would *really* want to know what they're doing with school/advisor info. Because "rat out complainants to schools/advisors" seems like a possibility, and I wouldn't want ANYBODY pulling that shit with one of my advisees. They're entitled to bitch without me looking over their shoulder.
- RepoRat
"Gale offers free trials for any of its electronic resources to qualified faulty members." *snicker*
- holly #ravingfangirl
How does your member qualify, I wonder
- Pete
I'm often a faulty member.
- LB so u no it's real
Hell, I don't schmooze over here (and I know no one who would be caught dead schmoozing with me anyhow), what makes them think I am going to go do it over there? Oh, it's for LIS students you say? Please disregard previous schmooze remark. It does seem like more an ad for the company and info mining.
- Angel R. Rivera
LIBRAREO!
- Your Neighbor Steve
(sung to the tune of "Bamboleo")
- RepoRat
Just sent my old department back in California a King Cake. IT'S LIKE I INVENTED FIRE.
Micah, rochelle rochelle, RepoRat and 11 other people liked this
Just, um, make sure they don't send vultures to tear your liver out or shit like that.
- RepoRat
Was it vultures? I thought it was eagles.
- DJF
Now I want to watch Clash of the Titans.
- Derrick
Make sure to watch Harryhausen's original.
- DJF
California King Cake? Is that a new type of bed?
- WoH: Minding her Steves
I love king cake and I'd be excited as hell if someone sent me one (if I hadn't recently gone low glycemic, heh).
- Spidra Webster
Holly, you're right. And it was made by Harryhausen.
- DJF
Mmmm. Cake. Wheat-free, gluten-free, sugar-free cake....oh, never mind.
- rochelle rochelle
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."
Your Neighbor Steve, Kirsten, John (bird whisperer) and 3 other people liked this
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
Lily, Elizabeth Brown, Just Joe and 15 other people liked this
There will always be someone who dislikes your blog post and will tell you so. No exceptions.
- Andy
Everything in the keynote will be tweeted.
- Andy
Respect for diversity will be proclaimed, but respect for diversity of opinion will not be practiced.
- Andy
The Annoyed Librarian is an internet troll collecting a paycheck. Yes, they are.
- Andy
Serious issues can and will be discussed right up until you get the first reply.
- Andy
Intellectual freedom conversations are really about porn.
- Andy
Ranganathan memes are always hilarious.
- Andy
If you mention someone by name, expect pearl-clutchers to call you out on -- not what you said, but that you DARED TO NAME SOMEONE.
- RepoRat
"They" as in plural, right?
- Julian
The worse the library music video, the more it will be shared and loved. No exceptions.
- Andy
Ranganathan memes? Where? I want to see that!
- Dominique Papin
Ranganathan porn, on the other hand, is a non-starter.
- Your Neighbor Steve
"Ranganathan has a posse" has a whole new meaning.
- Andy
OH POSSE WITH AN O GOT IT MY BAD
- Your Neighbor Steve
This is what happens when I can't DM people.
- Andy
Blog topics, like the seasons, come in cycles. Posts about stereotypes, professional standards, generational differences, the librarian job market, the American Library Association, and "what we didn't earn in library school" are inevitable and inescapable. (fixd as per RR, martha)
- Andy
(as well as "what we didn't learn in library school")
- RepoRat
You either love that people find librarians to be sexy or hate that it objectifies the individual. No middle ground. Choose wisely.
- Andy
"Rockstar" is a more complicated compliment/insult than you might think it is.
- Your Neighbor Steve
^^^ It's the best/worst thing you can call someone!
- Andy
Any pro-library article will be shared ad naseum, regardless of actual content.
- Andy
You either love articles about hipster librarians or hate that it's yet another librarian stereotype.
- Betsy
Change is the best thing ever! Except when it's not.
- ellbeecee
Don't do this: "Why, oh why, can't I get a job?" *whine* Don't do this, EVER.
- marthalib
added to the blog topic cycle rule, martha
- Andy
Get annoyed when people think that all you do is read all day long, then give out book awards en masse.
- Andy
just when you are feeling optimistic about the profession and where we are going , you will receive another "please unsubscribe me from this listserv" email that has been sent to the entire list.
- Kathryn says love n peace
If you are still reading library listservs, these unsub emails are nature's way of telling you to just say no and stop
- Kathryn says love n peace
Make blogs posts complaining bitterly about library vendors, then go back to buying their stuff.
- Andy
For every librarian call to action, there will be someone who will tell you how it won't work, won't last, or is otherwise unfeasible, even if that call to action is to read the rest of this sentence right now. No exceptions. EVER.
- Andy
Modified Rule 34. If it exists, there is porn of it. And someone is probably watching it at a library. No exceptions.
- Andy
(I'm so going to make this up into an image file. I'll post it when it's ready)
- Andy
Librarians will argue about anything and everything until the issue has been thoroughly beaten to death. It's not our fault, we just can't help ourselves.This comes from our vast experience arguing with faculty, students, administration, executives, and the general public. And each other.
- Andy
The internet is for Google, lolcats, and second guessing oneself. In that order.
- Andy
Every second guess deserves a third guess from someone who is completely unknowledgeable about content or context. No exceptions. And they may or may not be right.
- Andy
Any online copyright conversations are over the moment someone declares that they are not "the copyright police".
- Andy
Andy, you need a committee to plan this image file of yours. 'cause there's always a committee.
- Betsy
Riffing off that: as soon as a library committee is discussing your blog, you're in trouble.
- RepoRat
Unless you don't work at that library.
- Andy
heh, right. I shoulda added "at YPOW." Though don't underestimate the librarian grapevine...
- RepoRat
We should form a taskforce to investigate the feasibility of creating that committee.
- Just Joe
According to the internet, public librarians are really just porn pushers, school librarians are just failed teachers, academic librarians are just wannabe scholars, special librarians just couldn't cut it in the regular librarian job market, and those who teach library science graduate programs are just failures.
- Andy
Don't forget that professors of practice in library schools are failed librarians! *resembles that remark*
- RepoRat
Ah yes. "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach." Fixd.
- Andy
BINGO.
- RepoRat
Librarians should embrace social media as a means to connect to their community and engage in conversations in new spaces. But using it it to promote themselves is VERBOTEN.
- Andy
There are only happy librarian drunks online. No exceptions.
- Andy
Complaining about patron behavior is inevitable and unavoidable. The pettiness of the complaining is directly related to the frequency of complaints.
- Andy
When in doubt, blame the ALA.
- Andy
Anonymous posting is either good or bad with no middle ground whatsoever. Choose a side.
- Andy
When I choose a side, do I have to put my name on it? My real name? But everybody knows me as xxZyffie!
- Betsy
(Damn, I actually kinda sorta like xxZyffie for a name.)
- Betsy
Violent unending sociopathic rage is always one vendor login away.
- Andy
Most librarian blogs are terrible. Even more library blogs are worse.
- Andy
the acquisitions department's filing scheme here used to be, "keep multiple paper copies. put them everywhere you can think of."
Your Neighbor Steve, Kirsten, lris and 3 other people liked this
I don't even agree with all of *my* principles. And sometimes I'm stuck with me for hours on end in a vehicle. Life's tough.
April, Ken Morley, LB so u no it's real and 7 other people liked this
I love English Muffins. I only wish we called them crumpets, because that's such a fun word to say.
Dwi Erna Widiastari, Micah, Brent and 6 other people liked this
I love them too, with some butter and maybe some jelly of some sort.
- John (bird whisperer)
yummy!
- Amir
Crumpets are good too - but they are very different to English muffins :-)
- Helensleydale
PS - Toasted muffins and nutella <3
- Helensleydale
I know they're technically different, but English Muffins are the closest thing we have to crumpets. My point was more that I love saying "crumpets" and don't get enough opportunities. :)
- Que Sarah Sarah
Crumpets are closer to pancakes than to muffins
- I like big Botts
←Seattle ... Paradise→ - http://www.signspotting.com/46991
Tamara J., Friar Will (:^), Rodfather and 4 other people liked this
Since it's February 4 in Australia and New Zealand, I think that jambina's LSW birthday party should start now.
Nakachi, Your Neighbor Steve, Jason P and 21 other people liked this
Many happy returns.
- Megan F
Happy!
- Jenica
Yay--Happy Birthday to Amy!
- Hedgehog
I shall start drinking now.
- Zamms
awww, thanks Megan! Zamms - i already have ; )
- jambina
happy bday Jambina!
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Happy birthday!!!
- Galadriel C.
here fishy fishy! hope it's a great one.
- tara
23?
- Just Joe
I vote for 23. If she's 23, I'm 24, and I liked 24.
- Jenica
Happy birthday from NZ!
- Deborah Fitchett
Happy birthday to you!
- Meg VMeg
Heard a campus printer jam from fifty feet away. Reacted like the dog from Up. #ITSproblems http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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lris, CW✔ and LB so u no it's real liked this
First thing we do, let's burn all the job descriptions.
Galadriel C., lris, RepoRat and 3 other people liked this
works for me. Only do we have to re-write them or can we just do whatever the heck we want?
- ellbeecee
Good lord no don't re-write them!
- Your Neighbor Steve
I'm on a committee right now "redefining information practice" and writing new job descriptions for info svcs librarians.
- Hedgehog
The majority of ones I read make me feel unqualified or overqualified. The best one I ever read was for the Princeton Public Library which talked more about philosophy than things like "Familiarity with Microsoft Office".
- Andy
I don't think I have a job description. Should I feel lucky or cursed?
- Catherine Pellegrino
Cursed if someone says "wait, you can't do" that thing you have been doing all along. Lucky that no one can say "you can't do that! It's not in your job description!"
- Your Neighbor Steve
Thrilled to share the excellent news that LSW's own Jen Holman (http://friendfeed.com/jsholman) received a most deserved promotion to Associate Professor! Congratulations Jen, on the recognition of your excellent work! *raises glass of champagne and passes the bottle of bubbly along with a silver platter of exquisite chocolate*
Marie, Elizabeth Brown, Megan F and 17 other people liked this
Yay Jen!
- RepoRat
YAY JEN! Congratulations!
- rochelle rochelle
Woohoo! *has a piece of chocolate*
- Kirsten
Congratulations Jen!!!
- Hedgehog
yay congrats!
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Yea!
- Just Joe
Huzzah!
- Stephen Francoeur
Also: is there a good way to figure out which libraries have books bound with human skin? I know of some anecdotally, but wonder if there's a way to get this in WorldCat or some such.
Laura Norvig, Marianne, marthalib and 6 other people liked this
o.O wow LSW don't play
- MoTO Bott
Hrm. No luck so far, but I did find http://listserv.syr.edu/scripts.... A search for "anthropodermic" in their sidebar will find the threads that mention it, at least.
- LB so u no it's real
WorldCat would be hard because only some copies will be bound in skin? And because you can't limit your search to the notes field in WorldCat.org (though it looks like you can in FirstSearch). There are published lists of titles, but I haven't looked for a list of holding libraries.
- Meg VMeg
Meg, that's a good point. I wasn't sure if there would be some field that would include this. Thanks. And thanks, Laura!
- Rachel Walden
Brown University Library has it in 590: http://library.brown.edu/find...
- Meg VMeg
Barry, you should always pay your fines and return books on time!
- LB so u no it's real
Thank you!
- Rachel Walden
Great LSW question, or greatest LSW question? You make the call.
- Jason P
LB - apparently
- MoTO Bott
interesting, Harvard uses the form/genre "Human skin binding": http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu/...
- Meg VMeg
This article might help? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed...
- Your Neighbor Steve
Thanks all.
- Rachel Walden
Discussion of the topic in general on the rare books discussion list Ex Libris: https://listserv.indiana.edu/cgi-bin...
- Your Neighbor Steve
ick. I'm going to have nightmares.
- marthalib
Of course. The 590.
- Just Joe
Huh, that Harvard book is "In-library use" only.
- Just Joe
[ewww]
- barbara fister
ellbeecee, marthalib, lris and 8 other people liked this
and thought provoking.
- MoTO Bott
and had lots of pictures of Malcolm.
- LB so u no it's real
At this point maybe you were mistaking it for restarting my current blog. :-)
- lris
Peter, Laura, and Ramona at home
Mark Kille, marlene, Julian and 76 other people liked this
<3
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3
- Soup in a TARDIS
Yay!!! Congrats! <3
- Yvonne
<3 ! J had that hat!
- Catherine Pellegrino
Lovely :)
- ellbeecee
<3
- LB so u no it's real
from Android
I love how Ramona is nobly bearing her share of the "burden."
- RepoRat
Further proof that Ramona and Molly are distant cousins.
- Catherine Pellegrino
thanks for taking time out to post this photo. Squeee!
- barbara fister
Oh how lovely!
- Galadriel C.
<3!
- Kirsten
Congratulations!
- Laura Krier
Laura, I'm so happy for you! xoxo
- Kaijsa
Beautiful!
- Mary Carmen
from iPhone
Well, you know I'm completely in love with Ramona since my last visit. I suspect my reaction to Peter will be the same. Much love (and an extra scritch behind the ears to whomever would like it most) to you all!
- Louise Alcorn
Thank you for sharing the pic! :) Love to all of you.
- Laura H.
What a great picture.
- lris
seriously
- Meg VMeg
How well I remember those initial days after bringing each of our children home for the first time. I knew our world was changed forever, and was nearly overwhelmed by the awesome significance (and responsibility) that those moments represented (but in a good way.) Enjoy this very special time.
- Mark J
Baby X
Kol Tregaskes, Galadriel C., Tiddy Bott and 128 other people liked this
<3
- Kristin
*very quiet squeeeeee*
- LB so u no it's real
Bless you, child
- I like big Botts
from iPhone
Wonderful wonderful.
- Brent
Hello, Peter! Welcome to the world!
- Fikisha
Brilliant and wonderful and all sorts of good things!
- Soup in a TARDIS
Love you, Laura.
- RepoRat
congratulations!!!
- Bren
Congratulations, and welcome to the world Peter Malcolm Keen Crossett. Lovely name!
- joey
Congrats
- Robert Anstett
Congrats! <3
- John (bird whisperer)
Congratulations!
- Katy S
Yay Congratulations!!!!
- Carlton Hackett
Love love love
- Meg VMeg
**squee** Congratulations!!
- Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
How sweet. Congratulations!
- Trish R
*Kisses little babby foot.* (No germs on baby that way).
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
YAY! :)
- Micah
Congratulations! He's so teeeeeeeeeeny and perfect!!!! Great job, Mama! xoxoxoxox
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
Welcome to our world, Peter. Congrats, laura. :)
- Derrick
Little babby is little!
- Benny Bucko <Team Melly>
Congrats again!!!
- Katie
Congratulations, my dear Laura. He is beautiful.
- lris
Congratulations!!!! Beautiful baby.
- Hedgehog
I think you look like Laura H. in this pic, btw.
- LB so u no it's real
:D
- marthalib
yay!
- holly #ravingfangirl
awwww....congratulations!
- tiffany
He's beautiful. Congrats!
- Mary Carmen
So adorable! <3
- WoH: Minding her Steves
LOVE. rest. xo
- jambina
Welcome Peter!
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
Happy Birthday, Peter! He's just wonderful, Laura!
- vicster
Congratulations!
- Tamara J.
Welcome to the world, little one! And congratulations to you and papa, Laura!
- Corinne L
Yay!!!! Congrats.
- Jason Griffey
from iPhone
Congrats!
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Congratulations!
- Stephan Planken
I love this peek-y photo.
- Your Neighbor Steve
Congratulations to you and your beautiful babby! Welcome, adorable Peter! *teeny squee for teeny baby*
- Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™
from Android
Awwww. Congrats!! So beautiful!
- Gabrielle
congrats!
- imabonehead
Congratulations!
- Anne Bouey
Congratulations- and what a fine name :)
- Pete
congratulations!
- امير کبير
Many many congratulations and much love to both of you!
- Catherine Pellegrino
from iPod
congratulations to everybody involved!
- esther
congrats!
- Sir Shuping is just sir
So much love and congratulations to you!
- ellbeecee
Congrats!
- Christina Pikas
He's beautiful! Congrats!
- aden {Chickadee}
from Android
He's peeking out at you!
- Betsy
Brilliant! Love to your beautiful little family. Welcome, Peter!
- rochelle rochelle
from fftogo
What a cutie.
- Kirsten
Congrats to you all, and welcome Peter!
- Shannon - GlassMistress
Nicely done, Laura with an x. Unca MoTO is glad to make your acquaintance, Peter.
- MoTO Bott
I will check back in when his eyes have opened and he's got more fur. ....
- Nine
Congratulations, good wishes, and hopes for a good rest!
- Galadriel C.
Congratulations.
- Walt Crawford
Good to meet you Peter, give mummy an extra snuggle from all her ffriends ;-)
- Helensleydale
Congrats!!!!!!!!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
from iPhone
Congratulations!
- Jennifer Dittrich
Congrats!
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
Congratulations! welcome to the world Baby X :)
- Anna Lynn M.
congrats
- Amir
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
- Mark Kille
#YAY :]
- !lker yoldas. )°(
You know you've been swamped with research when you automatically flip to the back of your pleasure-read to look something up in the nonexistent index. Twice.
smallq, Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart, mjc and 17 other people liked this
I love this.
- marthalib
Heh. I have done this. Way to grow your brain into librarianship!
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
I'm always showing students how to use a non-fiction book. You know, look at the ToC, the index, the introduction, maybe skim a chapter, etc., then decide if it is relevant to your thesis or whatever and then read it. It sounds ridiculous, I know, but so may people don't know about the index.
- marthalib
see, my pleasure reading often includes books that contain indexes or reference lists, so I fail to see the problem here ;-)
- DJF
I'm with DJF here, other than the "twice." On average, one of every three books I read for pleasure is nonfiction, and probably 95% of those have indices.
- Walt Crawford
The problem with a college workload is that you're forced to make a distinction between the two! These days, "pleasure-reading" denotes anything I can get through without the consistent use of post-its and a pencil.
- Lily
That's not a bad definition.
- Walt Crawford
Photo of LauraX and baby Peter on Laura's Facebook page!
Megan F, Mark Kille, Nakachi and 24 other people liked this
^Yep. :)
- LB so u no it's real
I'm with Steve.
- Julian
Welcome to the world, Young Peter Malcolm X.
- MoTO Bott
To quote her mother, on Facebook, "Peter Malcom Keene Crossett, 7 lb 10 oz, 20 inches, all is well." *AHEM*
- Jenica
yeah, but I'll be calling him Pete or Peter Malcolm X as well :)
- marthalib
Plenty of people go by their middle names. :)
- Your Neighbor Steve
Now I just have to find her a Malcolm X board book
- marthalib
Why do folks think she called him Malcolm (for his middle name)? #notacoincidence
- marthalib
<3!
- Kirsten
Hurrah!
- barbara fister
Baby X happened! Oh yay!
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
i just subscribed to LSW to get baby x news
Anna Lynn M., Just Joe, Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart and 19 other people liked this
well, we won't kick you out, even though you admitted this :)
- ellbeecee
DO YOU HAVE A LIBERRY CARD?
- Laura Norvig
from iPhone
Now you have to stay. But you don't have to stay... but you'll stay.
- Julian
He has a LiBARRY card.
- Spidra Webster
Gabba gabba we accept you one of us
- Your Neighbor Steve
See, the LSW is much like the Hotel California. You may unsubscribe anytime you like, but you can never leave. :)
- Dan: Bibrarian
I can live with that.
- MoTO Bott
LiBARRY card. I see what you did there.
- marthalib
Megan is the business.
- MoTO Bott
No, Lexis, I did not mean 'restrictive justice in the twenty first centaur'
Just Joe, Marianne, lris and 7 other people liked this
It found what I wanted- restorative justice in the twenty first century- but offered this gem as an alternative.
- Pete
I thought our OPAC was being funny with its "Did you mean" alternative to the keyword search "Madame Bovary Norton" (I was looking for the Norton edition). It asked, "Did you mean Madame Bovary's Ovaries?" (It turns out that's an actual title.)
- Betsy
but a book on the "twenty first centaur" sounds much more interesting. I mean is the centaur still alive? were they born at the dawn of time? :)
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Is centaurian justice restrictive? I suppose they are kind of sticklers for rules.
- LB so u no it's real
we need a new website: damnyoudidyoumean.com
- RepoRat
^^THIS
- Catherine Pellegrino
I would be interested in a discussion of this topic
- marthalib
The first twenty centaurs were very liberal, but the twenty first had been nobbled by lobbyists.
- Pete
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