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Maybe this makes me sound self-entitled and deserving, but I really am disappointed that I'm expected to pay so much money to read so many research articles online. I would love to be able to read more professional research (beyond an abstract) but not at these steep prices. It would be fine at $1 an article or something but not $20-$50+ each.
Christopher Harley, Katy S, Louis Gray and 7 other people liked this
agreed - check out PLoS, http://www.plos.org/ - all open source all the time - as of last year, anything funded by NIH has to be freely available online, so things are changing, slowly
- William Harryman
Have you tried your local libraries (public and university)? Public libraries can sometimes surprise you, especially if there is statewide access to databases. Universities sometimes have agreements with publishers that allow the public to access the articles if they are on campus. Of course, open access journals like PLoS are the easiest for getting to.
- Jaclyn
the library option is good, especially if you know someone with a college id to get inter-library loans for journal articles - some schools allow the public to buy access to the library, which is also a good option
- William Harryman
Jaclyn, I would, but our public libraries are on furlough so they're closed because we can't afford to keep them open. And, AFAIK, university libraries (at least, access to their benefits like rights to journals) are restricted to students. Like William said, I think I'd have to find a student willing to let me use their access.
- Rochelle
(1) Some public libraries have online databases, so those should be open even if the branches are closed. (2) I'd check out the policies of some of the nearby universities just in case - I know some allow visitors to use their computers if you're on campus, and from those computers you can use their restricted resources. The UW website, for instance, says if you use one of their Guest...
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- Jaclyn
Rochelle, and research supported with federal money needs to be made available for free. They will disclose it in the abstract "supported by funding from the National Institutes of Health". Through the library of congress you can get the article, and if they won't give it to you free, you can make a shit storm of compliance insanity for the institution. Also, writing directly to the Author, they'll usually send you a PDF, if you copy and paste the citation.
- Matthew DeVries
Definitely check out your local universities. I'm a librarian at a state university, and our databases are open to the public. At the institution where I got my MLS, residents were able to use the databases for something like $5/day. It really varies. You probably won't be able to get them to Interlibrary Loan stuff for you (that's something your public library would probably do when...
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- Sarah G.
I agree that all research should be available for free or very low cost. I'm lucky that I teach part-time at the local university, so I have a magic login for access.
- Shannon Jiménez
Rochelle, check out www.deepdyve.com if you are seeking access to professional research articles for very low cost. At DeepDyve, you can find many of these articles from free open sources, and millions of others from authoritative sources such as clinical journals available to rent for as little as 99 cents. Good luck! - Jen
- Jen Jones
In N Out on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Just a gratuitous picture of an animal style cheeseburger. Carry on. :)
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
If only they tasted as good as that one looks.
- Nicholas Kreidberg
I am so jealous right now. DO WANT.
- Sparky Crocker
That's not kosher and I don't eat meat and I STILL want it.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I ate a salad for lunch, but in my mind I was eating this.
- Derrick
i've been going a lot more lately ever since they opened one by my house ... love it
- Jaime G. Valdovino III
NOM!
- Danny Minick
Aaaaarrrrrggggghhhh! I'm soooooo hungry!!!
- Bren, Photophobe
from iPhone
Trying to be strong, but I have to drive by on my way home. ZOMG. O_O
- Derrick
On my way to bed I see this. Damn you Derrick! I won't be able to sleep now, with my stomach growling for burgernom. Damn you Derrick!
- Rasmus Lauridsen
Just ate it ;p (was really similar, came from another restaurant though, would love to do it again)
- ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,
Have you tried the grilled cheese animal style? Got addicted when I gave up beef. Makes me feel *slightly* less guilty about eating it.
- Jaclyn
You can get your fries animal style as well
- Christine
I noticed your fries aren't Animal Fries. I HAVE A BONE TO PICK.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
INO will always get a fave from my sorry east coast, hamburger-loving self.
- Dave Roth
I kinda want one, since I'm on my way home, but I'm too tired to eat. :(
- Derrick
Too tired to eat In n Out??? Somebody get this man an IV of happy juice. STAT!
- Morgan Haley
i had a cheeseburger with sauce and tomato only and a chocolate shake. mmmmm. chocolatey.
- Baroness Von Cut-A-Bitch
I'm seriously tearing up looking at this...
- Clark Baumgartner 蔵明 馬武刀
That REALLY looks good! Dang! Now I'm hungry!
- Beau "Slick Foot" Liening
Every time I see this I get hungry for a cheeseburger. This is going to kill me if I don't hide it soon.
- Sparky Crocker
WANTWANTWANT. WHY won't In N Out come to NC???
- Ayşe E.
NC? they won't even come to Oregon or Washington, and we're on the same damn coast. but they did go to Vegas and Arizona, so I have hope...
- Bren, Photophobe
Bren, if they come near you, please leave comment cards saying they need to head to NC! ;)
- Ayşe E.
YES!!!! animal style FTW!
- .LAG liked that
Wondering how I can check in for my Southwest flight 2 minutes after I was able, and still ended up 53rd in line.
One More Reason I Hate Being Facebook Friends With My Teenage Relatives: Their spelling skills make me want to cry.
Amy℠, Helen Sventitsky, Abstinence-only works! and 4 other people liked this
Examples Include: "I'm board," "o well," "I gess," and an unbelievable amount of apostrophe errors.
- Katy S
My sister spells headache as headace ALL the time... and she's 22 :(
- Jason
I'm beginning to wonder if it wasn't such a great idea to allow my niece to use LOL Cat language when we play scrabble. I was trying to take away some of my vocabulary advantage (plus, it is hilarious), but now I'm starting to have second thoughts.
- Katy S
I tried to stay in touch with a teenage girl I met on a tour once, but her use of text speak in emails drove me batty. It's email, there's no character limit!
- Jaclyn
Confession: I am envious of people with children and/or pets because they always have someone/thing to photograph. Me? I've got a cluttered apartment and a bicycle.
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I always feel guilty for taking pictures of my pets, though, like I'm a cat lady who couldn't think of anything that people would actually be interested in.
- joey
Bicycles deserve camera time too!
- Janet
Let's see pics of that bike Cecily!
- SAM
Have you ever visited http://www.dpreview.com/? They *hate* it when people post photos of their pets. I post them all the time: http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- Benjamin Golub
DP Review hates *EVERYTHING*. They're like the curmudgeonly uncle who smells like pee that nobody ever wants to come over for the holidays.
- cecily
I have more fun shooting plants and architecture, than I do my kids. http://www.flickr.com/photos... Kids photos bore me, in general. I only shoot my kids when they're doing something interesting to me. Also, I have a a lot of fun shooting random stuff in my house. I'm actually about to take more photos around here in a little bit.
- Anika
I think we need to give Cecily some assignments.
- Steve is older than ever
I'm just reading this thread. Cecily, I like your photos. I do not like photos of pets unless they're reptiles. I see Steve just posted what I was going to say. You have an assignment. You have to shoot a red building. A flower in a unique setting. A sign. And a building over 4 stories.
- Anika
Ooh, I like that idea. I love Cecily's photos, too. Maybe we could have a group here for photo assignments every week or something.
- joey
Anika, do those pics have to have her bike in em too?
- SAM
I prefer shooting plants, insects, and random things because they don't go away or complain while I'm fiddling with my camera settings. :-)
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
I'd like to see a photo from a part of town where you have never been and something that is all texture.
- Steve is older than ever
Welcome to the world of taking photos of your bike :) checkout my flickrstream, ha
- anna sauce
I was thinking the same thing a few days ago.
- Kenya
I like assignments. :)
- cecily
I'd also like a photo of your bike that is unrecognizable as a bike.
- Steve is older than ever
Oooh.... that one might be hard.
- cecily
I wouldn't mind do a photo assignment a week. It would get me out of the house and I can stop taking pics of my stinkin' kids and plants. LOL I can start a room for us.
- Anika
A part of town I've never been in might be hard because I covered a lot of ground while I was on my vacation. What's the timeline?
- cecily
Commenting to keep an eye on this - esp if Anika makes a room.
- Jaclyn
I think a week. It can be like a scavenger hunt of sorts. ;) We can post new assignments on Sunday night, with pictures being "due" by Friday. I was going to name it Weekly Photo Assignment, but that's my linear thinking. Anyone have a catchier name?
- Anika
I would be willing to rent my kids out for photographic purposes to reputable people. They're expensive to feed, though.
- Abstinence-only works!
Hehehe. ha3rvey makes me laugh.
- SAM
Cecily, I was in a Chuck E Cheese's recently and just tried to make the best of it, photographically speaking http://friendfeed.com/micahwi... :)
- Micah Wittman
Here's the room:http://friendfeed.com/your-ph...
- Anika
I'm like Joey, only I know that I'm already a crazy cat lady. :-)
- Katy S
Haha, Katy I know I'm just in denial ;)
- joey
joey - According to flickr, I have 1100 photos in my set titled "K8s Cats." Now, some of those are pics of people that the cats just happen to also be in, but I think I've gone a bit overboard.
- Katy S
Look at it another way, not having kids & pets breaks you free of the most overused photographic subjects. And it's a good excuse to go for a walk with your camera.
- Kevin Pedraja
but perhaps that makes your brain work harder, thus enabling you to avoid alzheimer's by keeping it primed.
- edythe
Fish to eat/avoid. I'm thinking about this again... I'd like to know more about how to save the fish so that eventually we can eat them again.... - http://www.fishonline.org/
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Monterey Bay Aquarium has a great page if you're interested in this (including iPhone app): http://bit.ly/1sIq7
- Jaclyn
Hive mind: episodes in American history in which people showed fortitude? (I did not write this assignment--junior high civics students are supposed to be looking for "stories about civic virtues," including this one)
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Any of the westward migrations? (Cumberland Gap, Oregon Trail, Mormon Trail, etc.)
- Catherine Pellegrino
Any forced Native American Migration. such as the Trail of Tears
- ♫Geek in the 410♫
Great Depression?
- Rachel Walden
Ma Ingalls showed fortitude every single episode. ;) But, Oregon trail, Mormon trail, all of the westward expansion, anyone who lived in a sod underground home, immigrants arriving in the US and showing the rest of us what fortitude really means, the Dust Bowl survivors, all of us who survived Shrub's presidency with our souls and lives intact?
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
Thanks, all! Here's what I have so far: http://park16.wordpress.com/civics... (and doh! I somehow forgot the Trail of Tears)
- laura x
women at work in world war 2 and related, world war 2 homefront efforts?
- Katie
Slavery narratives? Underground railroad stories?
- ÉllbeeÇee
Different war sieges? Valley Forge? Gettysburg?
- Jaclyn
any number of labor strikes. Civil Rights movement. Suffragettes. Vietnam War protesters.
- marthalib
The Little Rock 9?
- cecily
Japanese-Americans interned during WWII
- marthalib
The suggestion that there was a time in American history when Americans did *not* show fortitude is near treasonous.
- Steve is older than ever
oh, and don't forget the italian- and german-americans who were also interned. lisa scottoline's got info about it as her grandparents were registered enemy aliens: http://scottoline.com/site...
- Katie
Things I don't like about American pro football:
Please to not threadcrap. If you want to talk about what you *do* like about American pro football, do it here: http://ff.im/85EFK
- Steve is older than ever
Knowing the toll the game takes on these guys' bodies.
- Steve is older than ever
The craziness and exploitation that goes on in high school and college football because everyone dreams of being a star pro athlete.
- Steve is older than ever
The payscale, grandstanding, and the ugliness of the "bad" fans
- Aaron the Librarian
The frequent lack of action compared to, say, soccer. The out-of-control commercialization.
- marthalib
How long everything takes. (Has nothing on rugby for fast-paced play).
- Jaclyn
I tried to convince my family that it was all fixed like professional wrestling.
- JSNFLMNG
Yeah, it is often kind of dull.
- marthalib
Love football & the CFL too! The first documented football game was played at the University of Toronto on the present site of University College on November 9, 1861. http://www.usafootball.com/jwc...
- Mekkar
That "offsides" doesn't mean somebody was off on the side? (sorry, just learning about football, haven't watched much...)
- Rachel Walden
How do you explain FriendFeed things to people NOT on FriendFeed? "So we want to eat bacon, and this one guy claims he's not a bunneh, and we spell bunneh with an 'eh,' and this guy shaved his beard and blamed this other guy's cancer for it, and there's this big fight between a cloud and StubHub or something like that..."
Olivia Lovag, scott anderson, AJ Batac and 29 other people liked this
it's like a message board with an innovated threading system like a tree branch, in real time. with pictures and comments happening at real time
- i ♥ derrick #bellymeme
tell them it is like facebook, but it doesn't suck.
- Mike Nencetti
Actually, Mike's not far from the truth. It's like Facebook's news feed without all the extra bull and ads and it updates on it's own. And the people on there probably aren't the same ones you didn't hate in High School.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
Not to mention there's no stupid polls or quizzes.
- dthree
It is like a large cocktail party where you can participate in many discussions simultaneously
- RAPatton
++Mike
- Kamilah Gill
Like FB, but with people you don't know. And they're funnier than the ones you do know, probably.
- Jaclyn
I was trying to explain it to my mother today. She didn't really get it. No surprise.
- Amy℠
It's like any small community, with its own traditions that baffle outsiders.
- John E. Bredehoft
It's show and tell for grown-ups. http://ff.im/5cEpN
- Josh Haley
I've used Mike's comment. It's like Facebook or Myspace but not as crappy.
- Rodfather
Not to mention the whole STEVEN IS A BUNNEH thing. Or the DO ANYBODY NO thing. :)
- Roberto Bonini
I was thinking about this today too! Best I came up with was way too long to explain in an elevator ride. Because not only can you post to FF, you can import all your other social networks' activities, comment on your friends' feeds, have people comment on your stuff, watch babbies be born or grow up, fall in love with Derrick, congratulate people who got engaged, create a group for your specific interests, join other groups... It really is it's own little world.
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
from iPhone
Watch babbies be born? Did someone live-stream a birth?
- John E. Bredehoft
Any of y'all use light therapy to help with seasonal affective disorder? Recommendations? Things to consider?
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The best light source for treating SAD is the sun on beaches of Cozumel
- DJF
Shit, that's depressing.
- Steve is older than ever
more seriously, a former coworker had full-spectrum fluorescent bulbs installed in her office fixtures.
- DJF
colleague uses one (blue light, makes her look like a smurf). she seems to enjoy it. not to be used for long durations of time
- krista godfrey
several friends use full-spectrum compact florescents, but I can't testify to their effectiveness personally...
- Jenica
I had a lightbox when I lived in Iowa and Illinois, but I didn't really find it that helpful, although my friend swears by them. Just move back to the midwest for a few years and then back here, and you'll just be thrilled by how sunny it is here in the winter. Yeah, I didn't think that would work.
- laura x
Tanning bed.
- The Archangel ωαřмaiden
Yep I use a blue lightbox although mine is not Smurf blue. 20 minutes in the mornings starting around late Oct.
- Nikki D.
Nikki (or others), advice on brands, wattage, whatever? I have just started thinking about this, but want to avoid seasonal crash this year. And Laura, I totally agree, but I still think the limited daylight hours get me.
- Steve is older than ever
Steve, I fully expect them to start getting to me in a few more years.
- laura x
I've been wanting to know the same things: brands, wattage, etc. I looked into it a little bit last year but, ironically, was a little too lethargic to follow through.
- lris
I used just a regular blue lightbulb while I drank tea in the mornings when I lived in Scotland. (Found out the hard way not to use it in the afternoon). From the research I did it seemed the blue light was the important bit, rather than the full spectrum. Seemed to help.
- Jaclyn
so what happened when you used it in the afternoon?
- DJF
You stay awake way too long.
- Nikki D.
Don't forget your vitamin D3!
- Rochelle Rochelle
Keeping in mind I'm a 6th generation-born Californian now living in Seattle, after 6 years of denial I got my weapon of choice & wonder why it took me so long: http://store.lighttherapyproducts.com/index...
- Nikki D.
Some blue lux research articles, can research more if you'd like: http://pubmed.gov/19016463 http://pubmed.gov/16165105
- Nikki D.
Lightboxes do not bring puppies, rainbows & Xanax but it keeps me from wanting to kill everyone by February and/or curling into an anti-social ball of hibernation. This was routine & magically vanished by March every one of those 6 years before I got the lightbox.
- Nikki D.
Thanks, NIkki. Rochelle, I think I must have a deficiency by now.
- Steve is older than ever
:-) Rochelle
- lris
Sure thing. Also how to shop for & use the things properly http://www.mayoclinic.com/print...
- Nikki D.
10,000 lux, 20-30 minutes in the early morning. http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept... http://www.columbia.edu/~mt12... http://www.cet.org/documen... (<--- pdf)
- MegvMeg
This is the one I bought http://www.amazon.com/NatureB... The ion thing makes it sound hippie dippy, but there are studies indicating that ions can help? I mean, it's not homeopathy, for example.
- MegvMeg
Things I like about American pro football:
Please to not threadcrap. If you want to talk about what you *don't* like about American pro football, do it here: http://ff.im/85EJE
- Steve is older than ever
With only 16 games in the regular season, each game means something. Teams that lost yesterday are seriously bummed out.
- Steve is older than ever
Snow. I generally don't like snow much, but games in the snow are great.
- Steve is older than ever
I love the fans. I love the tailgating and the craziness. I love the intensity the fans have for the sport and how much we all enjoy the game.
- Mary Carmen
Watching the inanity of the really intense fans -- laugh out loud funny
- Aaron the Librarian
The teamwork. I have never had that all-male team experience work for me in my own life, so I like to experience it vicariously through football.
- Steve is older than ever
Super Bowl Sunday with the extended family. Food, beer, people you love. Perfect.
- Jaclyn
Da Bears (by that I mean the strong tradition and team loyalty, pretty colors, etc...)
- JSNFLMNG
How it brings people together. I have sat in bars on Sundays and watched all different kinds of people, from different backgrounds, age groups, etc. cheer their team on. It is fantastic.
- Mary Carmen
I can't wait to wait to watch the Chargers after work tonight. Are you ready for some football? Why, yes. Yes I am.
- Derrick
Bootcut FTW (eat it skinny jeans)
Jenny R., nakachi, tinypants - Hagitha of FF and 6 other people liked this
I don't think I've ever thought anything positive when I've noticed a guy in skinny jeans.
- Heather Solos
i'm 6'5" so i'd look like one of those fing stilt clowns in spandex - a look i try to avoid
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
My husband is 6'4" and I now have the giggles picturing him in skinny jeans.
- Heather Solos
Does any guy look good in skinny jeans? Either you look like an ice cream cone or a heroin addict, neither of which is attractive.
- Jaclyn
HAHAHAH ++++ jacklyn - some may disagree on the attractiveness of ice cream cones though
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
My favorites are the sagging skinny jeans. I want to ask the wearers, "Is your ass emo, too? Is that why this is happening?"
- nakachi
"is your ass emo too?" would make such a great tshirt Nakachi
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
++Nakachi
- Derrick
The Urbanophile: Labor Day Open Thread: Best and Worst Midwestern Cultural Traits - http://theurbanophile.blogspot.com/2009...
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"For me the worst part of Midwest culture is the active discouragement of the pursuit of excellence. It's not just that people in the Midwest value the average or think good enough is good enough. They do, but it's more than that. People in the Midwest tear down anyone who dares to have a higher standard or show a greater ambition. It's not just that Midwesterners don't value excellence - they don't want anyone else valuing it either." Yes.
- Kamilah Gill
from Bookmarklet
THIS is the malaise that we have here. "This sort of attitude is so self-defeating because it is toxic to talent attraction. The Midwest requires that anyone who lives there surrender his ambitions, or else be subjected to endless questioning, discouragement and ridicule. Who is going to sign up for that except someone with some pre-existing roots or connection there? Not very many...
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- Kamilah Gill
And I can just hear my grandmother saying "You aren't bragging on yourself, are you?" when I mention something I've done. It was said in jest, but the point came through. Of course, this is also the message that many women across the country received for ages. I loved my grandma, but I still see ways in which this attitude affect me and others in my family. Not good at self-promotion ---->>>
- Katy S
It's funny, I used to have this conversation in Scotland all the time. "They tell you Americans that you can be anything you want, even President," people would complain to me. "Here, it's about not getting above yourself, not thinking you're better than everyone else." They said that optimism, while occasionally annoying, was one of the fun things about Americans. Interesting that it's a regional thing within the U.S. too.
- Jaclyn
Yes, it seems okay to achieve, as long as you don't talk about it. Of course, there are some who do settle and think that everyone else should settle. But I've noticed, in dealing with my family that it was okay for my aunt to brag about my feats, but not for my mom. Definitely not okay for me. Problem is, 'brag' means 'talking about it'. LOL So conversation would be like, "How is your son?" "Oh, he's okay. He made the honor roll at school." "Oh, that's wonderful." "I guess."
- Anika
But, here in LA, it's the total opposite. People brag about the most mundane thing. I heard one woman going on about a medal she won at the race. Thing is, they give everyone who enters a medal. But she really wanted those back pats.
- Anika
My SWOT spread for today. Cards from The Fool's Errand. http://www.fools-errand.com/05-the-...
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Arugula Salad with Lemon-Parmesan Dressing: Cooking Club : bonappetit.com - http://www.bonappetit.com/magazin...
Use as topping for pizza (no sauce, just mozzarella). Even the veg-averse hubby liked it.
- Jaclyn
The closer I get to 40 weeks, the more I'm addicted to birth stories. Want to tell me yours? (Guys & childless: you can ask your mom).
I can invent a birth story would that count? :)
- Sir Shuping
You could, but have you ever asked your mom your birth story? I've heard some pretty interesting ones (including emergency c-sections, police escorts, and baby-snatching) from friends and family.
- Jaclyn
Dandelion and burdock - I'll be on the lookout for a version of this drink that contains real ingredients, especially Fentimans. If anyone has seen some at a store and/or tried some, please let me know. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
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The Nibble blog is saying that Dr. Pepper is an overblown version of dandelion & burdock. So, since I like Dr. Pepper, I should enjoy D & B's subtler version of the flavor.
- Kamilah Gill
We emailed the Fentimans marketing guy, and he responded with a list of retailers that sell it in CA, which I thought was pretty nifty. (We're in love with the Ginger Beer). Maybe you can do the same to see if they sell it nearby?
- Jaclyn
Thanks for the tip, Jaclyn! I'm going to try Goose the Market first (there are articles, photos and individuals online saying that they carry Fentimans, but not whether they have Dandelion & Burdock specifically), and then, if they don't have it, I'll try your suggestion.
- Kamilah Gill
I think that, just maybe, as a belated 33rd birthday present to myself, I'm going to get something I've wanted for a while... a tattoo. :)
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What of?
- Jaclyn
I'm going to have the word cosmos (written in Greek) put on my forearm. (κόσμος)
- Dan Messer
interesting choice, like the greek, ;)
- chaz2b
Mr. 9 is singing the National Anthem tonight (w/ all of Dennison Elem. 4th grade) at the Colorado Rockies v Diamondbacks game. Go Rockies!
The name I really want..., DO ANYBODY NO Laura B. and Jaclyn liked this
Although I can't condone rooting for the Rockies, that's pretty awesome for Mr 9.
- Jaclyn
That's ok. I do understand why some people like the snakes...
- Joe....
Nah, I'm a Dodgers fan. So I'd root for the Rockies over, say, the Giants, but they're too close for comfort at the mo. At any rate, hope he has fun!
- Jaclyn
So awesome! I sang the anthem with my choir at SF Giants (can't stand them either, I'm an A's fan) and Sacramento Kings games, some of my best childhood music memories.
- Nikki D.
Things you should never say to a pregnant woman:
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Wow, are you sure you aren't having twins?!
- EricaJoy
Your husband (or other assorted partner options) has a big head, that baby is going to hurt!
- EricaJoy
My [female relative/friend] had [normal pregnancy symptom] AND ALMOST DIED!
- Anika
It's going to be painful I tell you.
- AJ Batac
(Oh, I have a ton of these.)
- Rochelle
Aren't there enough people on this planet?
- Anika
What do you mean you don't want an epidural? Don't you know how much it's going to HURT?
- Rochelle
You're having a water birth? You know, the baby could drown.
- Rochelle
Can I be in the delivery room? I've always wanted to witness a birth.
- Anika
You're totally about to pop, huh?
- Rochelle
You're still pregnant?
- Anika
(While waddling around at 9 months pregnant): Have you told your husband yet that you're pregnant? (Yes, I was asked this.)
- Rochelle
You're going to have a [sex], I can tell by how you're carrying. (and apparently x-ray vision)
- Anika
You should name the baby ____.
- Rochelle
Don't lift your arms up like that. You could make the umbilical cord get tied up around the baby's neck.
- Rochelle
How much weight have you gained?
- Rochelle
What would you do if your kid turns out to be a serial killer?
- Anika
When are you scheduling your C-section for?
- Rochelle
I hope you're getting sleep now because when the baby comes, you know you're not going to sleep again for YEARS.
- Rochelle
Are you going to have more kids? (Let me get through this pregnancy first.)
- Anika
You know how hard it is to lose baby weight, right?
- Rochelle
After this, you should have 18 more!
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Upon the announcement that I was pregnant with my second kid: WOW, you're fertile!
- Anika
When people say these things to me, I swear it will take all of my restraint not to punch them.
- joey
Do you know that sex isn't ever going to feel the same?
- Rochelle
Joey, you get to come up with some really creative snarky answers. :)
- Rochelle
I won't care, I'll just be glad to be pregnant. :)
- Melanie Reed
Actually, I would suggest people just not talk to pregnant women. I know perfected my laser-glare during my first pregnancy and almost came to blows too many times. I did assault a couple of people and cut off friends who said stupid things to me.
- Anika
Wow, do you eat a lot? You look big for 6 months.
- Jaclyn
COWORKER: When are you due?! Tomorrow?! ME: Um... no, not for another 3 months, but, gee, thanks.
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
You aren't planning to breastfeed, are you? It'll make your boobs all flat and floppy. Your husband wouldn't like that.
- Rochelle
So do you want to schedule an abortion? (Friend's doctor, thinking she was a teenage mom. She changed her name to her husband's soon thereafter :P).
- Jaclyn
"Is the baby kicking right now!?" *places unwelcome hand on belly*
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
(Oh, I almost forgot my favorite one!) Was your pregnancy planned?
- Rochelle
"You have heartburn? That means the baby is going to be really hairy." O_o
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
Haven't you figured out how that happens yet?
- Sarah is Novembery
What kind of birth control are you going to use after the baby is born? (From my doctor, asked pretty much at every prenatal visit.)
- Rochelle
anything beginning with "you should." "you should eat more greens. you should have an epidural. you should not have an epidural. you should breast feed. you should bottle feed. you should GO FUCK YOURSELF."
- Sarah is Novembery
++++Sarah.
- Anika
Oh, and similar to what Sarah said: anything like "oh, you're not ___, are you?"
- Rochelle
[My brother]: "You have a baby in there?" to a family friend visiting one day; a man.
- Micah Wittman
How about: "When are you due?" and the woman turns out NOT to be pregnant? There are several good variants on this one, such as "Do you know if it's a boy or a girl?" Always breaks the ice.
- Cristo
How did THAT happen? :)
- Cristo
70 minutes to go and then it's hello, vacation!
Woo hoo! Have fun!
- Jaclyn
The Best Gin You’re Not Drinking. - http://drinkupdate.com/archive...
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Hendrick’s Gin is a little harder to find and a little more expensive, but it’s well worth the search. Made in Scotland, it clocks in at 88 proof. And wile it has the usual botanical infusions of juniper, coriander and citrus peel, what makes Hendrick’s so unique is the addition of cucumber and rose petals.
- Ben Hanten
from Bookmarklet
Alcoholic! =P
- Shevonne
I like Hendrick's.
- joey
Bombay Sapphire is pretty good
- Shevonne
I sometimes drink Beefeater with lime.
- Ami Iida
Hendrick's IS good, but I like that Bombay stuff. WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
- Derrick
I love Sapphire - But am willing to try Hendrick's, don't know if it's in Ohio yet.
- Matthew DeVries
I was a huge Sapphire fan until I tried Hendricks. Now if I could just track down some authentic Genever.
- Kyle Hebert
Yeah I was on Sapphire until Hendrick's, too. I love gin, but hate tonic. That means the gin has to be good enough to go with just ice or as a gimlet.
- Ben Hanten
Ben, I don't know if you have it in your part of the world, but there's a pop called Squirt out here, that is the most magical gin mixer ever there was. Take a highball, ice to 3/4 full, a jigger of gin, top off with squirt.
- Matthew DeVries
And Tanquerey? Freaking horrible stuff. I have no clue why it's so popular.
- Matthew DeVries
Matt, Squirt is available here and we actually keep it on the "guns" at the bar.
- Ben Hanten
Tanqueray is bad, but it's the highest alcohol, so.... You know how those gin drinkers can be. Now Tanqueray Rangpur is great.
- Ben Hanten
Love Hendrick's! Serve with a little stick of cucumber - yum!
- Jaclyn
although, there is the new beefeater 25... harder to find still, but worth the look
- Melissa Maskevich
I think Tanqueray is what gin is supposed to taste like. MMMM.
- Simon Cartel
Rectum? Gin is supposed to taste like rectum? Not in my world!
- Matthew DeVries
Sorry, my gin doesn't taste like ass. Maybe you buy your liquor from the crack dealer?
- Simon Cartel
One of the only things I learned in my mandatory typing class in high school was how to get comfortable with the number pad. That has actually proven useful. I also learned how to transcribe without reading, though I'm a bit rusty at that.
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I am grateful at least once a week for my mandatory typing class in high school. we didn't have number pads, tho, and I was chastised for using the wrong thumb to hit the space bar. I still hit the space bar with my left thumb, and no one has died. and I type pretty fast. thank you, Miss O'Grady.
- Stephanie_GoBigBlue!
I can do both :)
- marthalib
... your typing teacher srsly cared which thumb you hit the spacebar with? w. t. f. (I use my right thumb, but that's training from my Kinesis keyboard.)
- D0r0th34
she was a little nuts, but on the other hand, my typing skills are pretty hawt.
- Stephanie_GoBigBlue!
i had to teach myself 10-key as i took keyboarding one of the last years they still used the electric typewriters instead of computers. my brother took it at his high school the year after i did, and i was tres jealous they got to use computers.
- Katie
The transcription was inadvertent---building remodeling meant open ceilings and I was listening to the drama class watch Robin Hood POT and MIT next door while typing. I was just irritated that I couldn't test out, I walked in typing as fast as my teacher--who was a first year teacher no less. Poor guy.
- Abigail
(Old geezer chimes in): Number pads? Electric typewriters? We used manual typewriters (loyal Royals, I think) when I took typing class--and boy, do I appreciate that class. (70-80wpm after corrections.) Must admit: Even when I'm working with statistics, I tend to use the top row of the keyboard as a "number pad" and the number pad for navigation.
- Walt Crawford
I learned on a manual too, Walt. In the eighth grade.
- D0r0th34
I learned on a manual typewriter as well. Colleagues still accuse me of being too hard on keyboards.
- Peter Murray
from BuddyFeed
We learned on both manual typewriters and computers. And to this day I have certain words that 'overwrite' others because we typed them so often.
- Jaclyn
I'm often really glad they forced typing on us in middle school (we had electric typewriters and a few computers - guess how our cranky old biddy of a teacher sex-segregated who got what...). I had a summer job at an inventory company, and that really improved my number pad skills.
- Rachel Walden
I learned on a Commodore 64. We had typing again in junior high, and then hs
- Abigail
My parents made me take typing in 10th grade. I *hated* them for it, but am now soooooo grateful. We learned on electric typewriters, with those awful little slips of correction film. I still double-space after periods, colons, and before a zip code.
- Catherine Pellegrino
Hubby stayed up very late upgrading me to Snow Leopard. Not that I'm likely to notice much difference :P. Especially at 4 am.
why are you up so early???
- Sir Shuping
Apparently your third trimester is a common time to get insomnia (one of nature's cruel jokes, I guess). Anyway, since I mostly use the computer for internet, I'm unlikely to notice the cool new features...
- Jaclyn
:( hope that your able to get some more sleep. tell the little one to behave :P
- Sir Shuping
Pio Pio Lavender - http://livieandluca.com/piolave...
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Twitter baby shoes?!
- Rochelle
from Bookmarklet
cuteness!
- Sarah is Novembery
Tweet Shoes
- johnpiercy
hope you have these ,,, I can see the twitter crowd going Ga Ga for these
- johnpiercy
So cute! Why are girl things so much cuter than boy things?!
- Jaclyn
i LOVE those shoes.
- Yolanda
If Joan Holloway Were Portrayed by Anyone Other Than Christina Hendricks, She’d Probably Be Boring -- Vulture -- Entertainment & Culture Blog -- New York Magazine - http://nymag.com/daily...
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""Matt Weiner, the creator, had thought of Joan as pinched and tightly wound, but she's more of a sort of sexual character. I just went in and did the character as I had read her, which was bossy, brassy, everyone-listen-to-me. And then when wardrobe got involved, doing the pilot, I put on this dress, and all of the sudden I had a different walk than I normally had, and Matt turned to me and said, 'That's Joan.' I have my hair brought up a couple inches, and I have heels. I look like an Amazon." —Christina Hendricks is Joan"
- RAPatton
Love her in this role!! Can't imagine any other woman in it.
- Naomi Williams
Va va vavoooom.
- Ayşe E.
As my heterosexual male friends would've said when I was in high school, "She's thick!" ;)
- Derrick
...she's fully realized...yowza. Real-life Jessica Rabbit? o_0
- JA Castillo
I keep meaning to watch this show. I have all of the episodes on my DVR.
- Derek Coward
She's so amazing in the role, too - obviously the perfect combination of brassy and sexy, the woman who knows how to dress and act to get what she wants and maintain her place at the company - but with that depth underneath in her eyes and the way she turns that lets you know that if Mad Men were set today? Joan would be running that company.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
She is so awesome. Perfect in sass, confidence and beauty for the role.
- Carmen
Mad Men Season 1 is on DVD, yeah?
- Melissa
Yes, Melissa, and season 2.
- Carmen
*swoooon* *shuts down*
- Mo Kargas
she's great in this role. I think this is my favorite show on TV at the moment.
- Thomas Hawk
Shoot, I liked her when she was on Kevin Hill, that Taye Diggs UPN series that only lasted one season.
- Bryan R. Adams
şişme gibi duruyo :D
- Sercan Virlan
She was pretty kickass on Firefly as well.
- Jaclyn
she was the captain's surprise wife, right?
- Vezquex: God of FF
God that's a seriously sexy woman. I can haz?
- Jason Huebel
from iPhone
So I'm not sure if I'll be in the minority or not, but I find the low cut outfit far less flattering than that form fitting blue dress. The blue dress makes me want to peel it off to find out what's underneath. *horny*
- Jason Huebel
from iPhone
I just now realized that she's Our. Mrs. Reynolds. Wow!
- Tendonitis' Bitch
Ayşe took the words right out of my mouth.
- Pete Delucchi
Two words: hubba hubba! And the blue dress is definitely better.
- Timothy Griffin
Looking forward to season 3 :-)
- Ken Morley
Pete, I left "Hubba Hubba" for you. :)
- Ayşe E.
I just started watching. Two episodes in. Netflix Blu-rayed it.
- Eric @ CS Techcast
hey maşşalla
- Onur Gündüz
wow, that's the girl who played in Firefly!
- Костя Соковых
beautiful
- EhsanDiary
what was stirling's line to her in the first season (i think)? something about 'god, i loved roaming in those hills'... indeed.
- T. Brent, technopeasant
One for the couples... What side of the bed do you sleep on? Left or Right?
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Right side (as you lie in bed).
- CAJ, somewhere else
Right side
- Darren Heydon
Right side. In fact, every male I've ever asked this question has given me the same answer.
- Akiva Moskovitz
There was a scene in Mad Men that they flipped the print on because Weiner wanted Betty to be on the right side (as you lie) of the bed. Because he felt it was unusual. Honestly, I never knew there was such a convention. I tend to want to be on whichever side is not against a wall.
- Spidra Webster
I sleep on the right side in our current configuration.
- joey
Always on the right.
- Anika
I don't really care, but my wife prefers to sleep on the left.
- Abstinence-only works!
"As you lie" - that mean as you lay there on your back? In that case I'm on the left.
- Jordan Hofker
My wife doesn't like sleeping on the side closer to the bathroom, so that pretty much dictates where I sleep. It's currently on the right, but has been on the left in the past.
- Cristo
Yeah Cristo, mine doesn't like sleeping closer to the entrance to the room. I guess she wants me to die first if someone tries to come in?
- Jordan Hofker
left side as you lie in it and I can't switch. Once while traveling we switched sides, it was bad!
- Rachel Lea Fox
i've slept on different sides depending on where we are living or visiting. i let my wife pick first cos it doesn't really matter to me...in our first apartment it was the left, in our house it's on the right, when we visit my wife's family i'm on the left side again.
- Joe Silence is not dead
"as you lie in it" - is that lying on your back or stomach?
- LogEx
Whatever side is easiest to jump out of in the middle of the night and deal with screaming baby, child with nightmares or stupid dog who runs up and down the hall way.
- Sarah Slaven
left.
- Ben Hanten
Left
- Helen Sventitsky
Left ~ As I lie in bed looking at the ceiling she is on my right. Akiva hasn't asked me this question. If however I stand at the foot of the bed looking at the head board I do sleep on the right side. Can I leave now?
- Russellreno
left!!! thank god for this post! now I can give this to my bf when he accuses me of "weird ocdish" behaviour! now he will begin to get that I get distressed if he makes me take up the right side post! :D
- Simply Teeeya
lol
- Darren Heydon
I guess "as you lie" I'm on the right, because my s.o. insists on being on the left.
- Heather
Depends where the wall is. I can go days without peeing (course I then go into a public rest room and shoot the urinal off the wall), and most girls can only go minutes, so I'd take the wall.....BUT! There is the other school, that her at the wall, means I'm between her and any ninjas that may enter, which is preferable. I can sleep anywhere, so she can choose.
- Matthew DeVries
If I lay on my back in bed, I am on the right.but I have been on the left in the past. it depends how the room feels.
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
Right side.
- Kisha, Well Conditioned
from BuddyFeed
I always lie closer to the door in case I need to get up for the kids...
- Kim
Left side.
- Duff
That is my exact bed. And I'm on the right, looking at the bed like that.
- Rich
as far as the bed is not close to the wall
- mamisinga
Left.
- Gordon Herd
right
- Mike Nencetti
left
- Nia
We switch every few months, so one side of the mattress doesn't end up more squished than the other, and so we *can* keep switching.
- Jaclyn
Right side
- Georgia Diehl
At home I'm on the left side as you're lying in bed. On the road I'm on whatever side doesn't have easy access to an outlet (Dave has to have it for his CPAP).
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Right
- RAPatton
right
- Bren, Photophobe
Right.
- Scott Knitter
left side at beach, right side at home
- bob phillips
Looking at the bed from the foot, I'm on the right.
- ronin
Right
- Carmen
Right side (as you lie in bed)
- David Cook
Right side (as you lie in bed). Actually, the top right corner, curled up, on the pillows wedged against the headboard and the wall. The partner-in-crime is taller than the bed is long, so he sleeps diagonally. He also has to sleep on the outside edge because he always gets up to pee at least twice during the night. Also, the zombies can eat him first.
- Nine
Does it really make any difference? Sorry but Stupid question.
- اميــــــــــــــر
Says the girl/guy with a locked down feed preventing us from comparing this thread to her pure gold thought provoking Algonquin round table uncut mental masturbation brain porn that is her feed.....
- Matthew DeVries
Rude.
- Bren, Photophobe
from iPhone
Akiva already answered for us. I suppose I can't disagree with him!
- Rochelle
Rude seems redundant here. :)
- Cristo
depends, but mostly right (is there any relation with being male/female and lefthanded/righthanded? I think I heard something about that, but I´m not sure...)
- ★ Esther Rudolph
stage left - even now when I've been widowed for 13 years.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Hard to say! Depends if the bed is in the center of the room or up against right or felt wall.
- Houseofmax
I was left, but after we moved my wife switched me to the right so she could have a nightstand in the new configuration
- Alex Scrivener
Right side
- Baard @ Pixum
I sleep upstairs, she sleeps downstairs with the kids. We prefer different mattresses, and I enjoy sleeping alone anyhow. :D
- David Lynch
I realize that there are an awful lot of librarians here on FF, so indulge me this question: What made you want to become a librarian?
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My cousin does some casual library work. The entry level casual rate is $36/hr. That explains a lot. :)
- Bryce, Low in Sodium
hah! that's not the norm. you do not get into this for the money, for the most part.
- holly
I love the librarians! (As you were.)
- Ayşe E.
Ayşe, me too. And the teachers. They don't get nearly the amount of love they deserve. Maybe I should do a set of portraits of librarians. Hmmmm. *mind wanders*
- Derrick
for me, it started as a pt job while I was in college. the public library was close to school and fairly flexible and it seemed like something I would like. then, well, it just sucked me in. the longer I was there, the more I realized it just... fit. and now i can't see doing anything else.
- holly
Well she gets paid 20% extra for being a casual because she doesn't get paid annual or sick leave. I think it works out to be US$25/hr for a part-/full-timer
- Bryce, Low in Sodium
all the people like that around most libraries I know just don't get the leave time. that's cool!
- holly
Hey! I used to be a librarian too in college! I almost forgot. :)
- Adrian
Portraits of librarians would be so awesome, D. I'd love to see your take on it. We could stand to have some of those tired stereotypes replaced.
- Ayşe E.
I love shooting the food stuff, A., but I'm been trying to shoot portraits and some fine arty stuff too. Stay tuned. ;D
- Derrick
that would be awesome, D. :) for some inspiration: http://www.flickr.com/photos... (photog is a librarian too)
- holly
I have an MLS, but I don't work as a librarian. However, my dissertation is about public libraries and librarians (specifically, it's about the way librarians wrote about literacy programs for immigrants in libraries during the Progressive Era - most of my data comes from practitioner journals like Public Libraries and Library Journal during that time period). Anyway, I ended up getting...
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- Katy S
Oh snap, Holly, that's cool! I see a few faces I even recognize from FF. I'm gonna have to tap into Cecily too. Since she's a librarian/photographer too. Plus, I know her. ;)
- Derrick
Thanks for sharing, Katy. I think my interests lie in talking to those who work with/in libraries to see how technology has changed what exactly it is that people do. I think back to being in say junior high, and the description of what a librarian does now is drastically different. I need to bust out my Moleskine and start jotting down some notes...
- Derrick
yep! many of us have been snapped by her. :) Cecily is definitely another great resource!
- holly
I'm so excited for D.'s (potential) new project! :D
- Ayşe E.
Derrick - That's what I figured, which is why I explained in case their was some confusion about my "librarian" status. :-) Do you know the library/librarian-centric groups here on FF? Librariology: http://friendfeed.com/librari... eResearch: http://friendfeed.com/eresear... LSW: http://friendfeed.com/lsw
- Katy S
Thanks all...I'll have to bump this in the morning too. This all started with the flood in Louisville and all that awful damage there, and it's been on my mind ever since. I've been thinking about launching a new site that would focus on two of my loves: photography and writing; I really do seeing this as being one of the projects I work on for it.
- Derrick
For me, it seems pretty simple and kind of complicated at the same time. Simple because I liked being in libraries from a young age, and that continued as I grew older. Complicated because I originally wanted to be a special collections librarian dealing with rare books and manuscripts and now I do almost none of that. Instead, I like helping the students and faculty at the college...
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- Steve is older than ever
I like helping people, and I like using my brain. Librarianship seemed like a good way to do both at once.
- Jaclyn
I think I didn't get around to *wanting* to be a librarian until after I was one. (I don't recommend my method, though it worked out perfectly in the end.) So while I ended up in the dream-job-I-didn't-know-I-wanted, I started out going to library school because it was all I could think of doing after deciding not to be an English prof, and it seemed like a job that would a) let me be...
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- lris
The internet destroyed the library of books. Growing up, I saw the school libraries turn into banks of computers.
- Vezquex: God of FF
from fftogo
I see this as a good thing, Raphael. Things are in constant evolution. Many, many years ago, we were an agrarian society, dependent on land and got around by horse and buggy. I don't see why technology has to destroy what it libraries do. We adjust. And we *still* have to get those college research papers written.
- Derrick
D, I'd be honored to sit for a portrait. :) Here's my story: http://superstarchivist.blogspot.com/2008...
- DO ANYBODY NO Laura B.
One of my greatest regrets is not following my heart and becoming a librarian. I have always loved books and I wanted to work in a library since I was very young. I was to much of a man/capitalist (stupid dumb assed peer pressure) so I decided to study accounting and be a stockbroker (that didn't work out). Dumb Dumb Dumb! Luckily I studied science second time around and got to really appreciate the modern library.
- Matt G
Because a librarian saved my life - literally. Also because it was cheaper to go to library school than to get a MS in human computer interaction, but I could take many of the HCI courses as electives while registered as an LIS student. (HCI degree: $23,000/year. LIS degree: $3400/year).
- cecily
I worked in corporations my first four years out of library school. The money was *awesome*, but a little piece of my soul died every time I had to pull back on a user interface/user experience decision because of the company's bottom line, when I wanted to improve things so that users would feel more confident and self-sufficient. I left it all behind and went to the last place I...
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- cecily
*whispers* I'm trying to get a grant for a series of documentary-style portraits of library workers on the job. Your idea's great - just don't come to Canada with it. :-D
- cecily
Cecily, I might keep my focus Los Angeles based...you're safe. And thanks for sharing. And I'm still jocking your website stylee. I know a lot of people use Thesis, but yours is the classiest. Is that Futura as your font? :)
- Derrick
Yes, I think it's Futura. It's been so long that I don't remember what I used, but that's a really good guess. :D
- cecily
I wanted to be a doctor, but then I got cancer and my entire life changed. One of the jobs I had during that period was working in a high school library and the head librarian told me that I would make an excellent librarian. I didnt think about it again until senior year of college and when I investigated the career/profession it looked interesting so I pursued it. I really kinda fell...
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- Mary Carmen
OK, Derrick, here's the flipside of "MLS but not working in a library": I don't have the degree but have always been a library person--as I think the librarians here would agree. (Library automation for five decades, now writing & editing.) For me, it's the people, the importance of libraries--and, as a systems analyst, the fact that we were almost always forging new ground, not just rewriting the same old business apps yet again.
- Walt Crawford
Started working in libraries in fifth grade and liked it. Never considered anything else, although I've done other things.
- Jill Hurst-Wahl
Genetic pre-disposition. I'm third generation. I also ran an underground popular materials library, mainly romance novels & action/comedy videos, out of my dorm room in college. When I was trying to figure out the fastest way to leave a job that was sending me into a clinical depression, my thought process on grad school was: "Oh, law school & library school don't require theses. Library school is at most two years where law school's three years. I think I'll go to library school."
- Katie
"MLS but not working in a library" here again. Even though I don't, I seriously considered it for a long time. Libraries were more my school than school itself. I never fit well into conventional formal education. I was bored off my ass in school. Combine undiagnosed ADD with fairly smart and school can be a problem. The library let me read what I want when I wanted to read it, learn...
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- Katy S
My first exposure to the internet was around 1997 when I made the environmental engineering company I was an admin for buy Internet in a Box: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... I became the company's Internet evangelist, encouraging them to get their domain name, etc. I continued to rabidly follow the web, and I became acutely concerned and fascinated with information...
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- Laura Norvig
Also, Derrick, thanks for this post - I found two new librarian friendfeeders - I'm now subscribed to 91 librarians on Friendfeed!
- Laura Norvig
Laura, I've always been very smitten with librarians. It's a respect thing. Looking forward to sketching out my ideas based on the responses I've received so far. And I need to check out a couple of the librarian rooms here too. Again, thanks everyone.
- Derrick
I'm not a librarian but I worked as a library page for all 4 years of high school. I loved that job.
- Benjamin Golub
Like a lot of librarians, it's a second career for me. My first career was as a software developer; I worked in an insurance broker on premium/commission calculation programs but the part of my job I liked the most was helping people find the information they needed to do their jobs. At one point, it became obvious I needed to change jobs but due to timing issues, I had the time to...
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- John Dupuis
D - if you are considering becoming a librarian (HINT HINT HINT) might I ask that you consider children's librarianship? We need more men -- especially black men -- in the profession, and I think that need is especially great when dealing with children.
- cecily
Plus - children's librarians get to do cool stuff like buy puppets.
- cecily
ssssshhhhhhhh
- Simon Doyle
Aw, C, that's sweet. I don't think I'm in librarian mode right now for myself...I have too much writing and photography and art stuff I want to do (plus I don't want to go back to school just yet), but I could see myself settling down somewhere in twenty years and working in a library.
- Derrick
I wanted to empower people to change the world, and I was good at teh internets.
- MegvMeg
I don't know. :) Cause the chicks dig it.
- Rev. Dr. W!cKeD Rock
Started because it was an easy, well paying college job. Stay after 20 years bcs I love tech and data and turning other people on to how cool this is and how much easier and fun it can make their lives...
- Kathryn says love n peace
Parker Posey dancing on tables and shelving books.
- Liam Sullivan
On first listen, "Fireflies" by Owl City isn't bad. Sort of sounds like a more dance-y Postal Service
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exactly *edit* except I substitute "is pretty awesome" for "isn't bad"
- Michael W. May
*note to self: look up Owl city*
- Derrick
Oh, I like. It is very Postal Service-ish, but I don't have a problem with that.
- Derrick
I heard this on the radio the other day and wondered if Death Cab had a new album out :).
- Jaclyn
I can see that, Jaclyn, but they sound more like the Postal Service to me (and yes, I know that they overlap)
- RAPatton
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