Went into work today and was surprised to see a boy sitting off to the side of the entrance to the library meditating. And it struck me that anyone compelled to meditate at the doors to a library isn’t really meditating so much as they are saying, “Look at me! I’m so special! Gaze upon […]

Watched Read or Die, which was an excellent DVD. It was nice to see a division of the British Special Library coordinating spies with super powers and submarines. I identified with the main character, Yomiko Readman, since she lives in an apartment overtaken by a maze of stacked books, and places post it notes everywhere […]

I really like the new “magazine” feature, the wise guide, ok the flash interface takes a few too many seconds to load on my slow internet connection, but I think it is great that they are highlighting interesting resources from the American Memory collection like an exhibit on Ballroom dancing manuals from 1490-1920. Who knew? […]

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I ate donuts for breakfast. I am very good at not eating donuts for breakfast often, despite living near a donut shop. I am not as good about not eating donuts as I was many years ago when I lived next door to a “Ye olde donut shoppe and barbecue pit”. I never bought […]

I finally saw Equilibrium. I wonder why it was so buried by the studio when it came out? It is a well-crafted sci-fi movie with an excellent cast. You get to see Sean Bean appreciate Yeats. You get to see Christian Bale clench his jaw while wearing a mao jacket. You get people dancing around […]

Ty on Kia “I’d rather not even talk about that“. And he admits to breaking Vern’s furniture on purpose, and considers Hildi a decorating hurricaine, leaving devastation and confusion. That sounds about right, for the woman who sticks wine labels and hay on people’s walls.
Which OS are you?
I am Amiga! What????

I want a mini cooper!
I saw the Italian Job, which was good summer escapism. I’ve never seen the original movie with Michael Caine, but now I want to check it out. It was a good ensemble cast, although Marky Mark continues to be rather vanilla, and he did not have a ton of chemistry with […]