So I’m back home in Champaign. My best friend from high school is getting married today, and my Mom is going to host some sort of after party tonight where between 30-60 people may or may not show up. I’m worried that Mom will want to keep the future Mr. Tangognat, as so far he […]

So I did wander around the conference a bit talking to vendors and getting some stuff.
Totebags - I threw out/recycled most of my vendor totebags before I aquired a knitting habit, and now I actually could use a few totebags to store random bits of yarn for the projects I’m working on. It looked to […]

I’m not sure why I thought I’d get a ton of stuff done on Sunday after checking out of my hotel. I ended up being uber-tired because Saturday was a LONG day, and the future Mr. TangognaT and I decided to just come down to Champaign instead. So I missed some programs I was vaguely […]

Love Manga goes through the sales charts and points the way to a couple of articles. Broken Frontier reviews the first issue of Shojo Beat and there’s a review of the old school title Grey over at Comic Book Resources. I have to dig up my old issues of Grey, it was a great apocalyptic […]

Here’s my day in pictures. I went to a pre-conference and later went out to eat with Mr. Tangognat and my Dad in Chinatown.
You could see people setting up exhibits:

And the giant glowing block of google illuminates the surrounding area.
Look out! Don’t head into the googlelight!!!!

I think the graphic novel pavilion might be somewhere between […]

Well, I’m all checked into my hotel on the magnificent mile. Sirsi’s Docutek virtual reference company paid for an ad on my hotel room key, which I thought was interesting. I don’t remember getting library ads on my hotel room key when I’ve gone to ALA in the past. I’m going to a pre-conference tomorrow, […]

Now I am in Ohio, or as Mr. Tangognat calls it, “God’s Country”. I’m wondering why “God’s Country” has so many potholes.

The future Mr. Tangognat and I are about to embark on a cross country road trip where we will drive to ALA, and along the way I will meet his parents and he will meet mine. One benefit of driving to Illinois - I was able to pack 6 pairs of shoes, maybe 7. I […]

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, I think it will end up being one of my favorite comic book movies, and I’ve seen quite a few of them. I think the key to having a good Batman movie is an actor who can play Bruce Wayne well. Bruce Wayne should be dark and a little crazy. […]

This might change depending on how tough it seems to hop on a shuttle bus and get to these many programs scattered around different hotels. I remember feeling fairly frustrated at nightmarish logistics the last time I attended ALA in Chicago.
Friday June 24th
ACRL preconference, all day
Saturday June 25th
a.m. exhibits?
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
RUSA -MARS […]