Added to my blogroll, Library Pariah, a satiric group blog. I liked the posts Librarian Admits Having Nothing to Do and Presentation Imperils Library Staff

I’ve been on a bit of a YA literature kick. Earlier this month, I read three of Sharon Shinn’s young adult novels, and liked them very much.
The Safe-Keeper’s Secret and The Truth-Teller’s Tale are the first two books in a series that will conclue when The Dream-maker’s Magic is published in May. The Safe-Keeper and [...]

I’m really tired of some of the e-mail I get from ALA. I have my communication preferences set to official communication only, which on the ALA site is defined as “I only want to receive official membership communication (ballot, renewal and membership card, American Libraries and division journals and newsletters specified in the ALA Handbook [...]

Jakob Nielson’s Fighting Style
Why Research is Hard, Part 2
Couch Dress.

There has to be something good about reality TV if it results in a show that documents author and musician Kinky Friedman’s campaign to become the next Texas governer. In the course of the first couple shows he argues with Dwight Yoakum, calls for the unconditional surrender of the current governer, gets his hair cut [...]

If this list is true, Chairman Kaga from Iron Chef Japan is going to be in the live action Death Note movie playing Light’s father (via telophase).

I always feel conflicted when people talk about ranking bloggers. It seems goofy to me to think about ranking a subset of bloggers like library blogs, because I think mostly the only people that read library blogs are other library bloggers. That being said, I was amused by Libraryola’s post about The Nice Thing About [...]

Yet Another Comics Blog has a giveaway, enter today to win a big prize package.

I always seem to be on the lookout for a bag that I like. I don’t really like purses, because I need to carry around a bunch of stuff like a large book, a notepad, and a bunch of lipstick I never wear. So I was happy when I found this bag:

I can fit a [...]

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