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February 15th, 2006 at 7:06 pm »
Comments (2)Saw this over at Yet Another Comics Blog
You scored as Bebop (Cowboy Bebop). Hope you don�t mind being anime. Your style just fits perfect with the crew of the Bebop. Life is tough and your crew knows it, but you will find a way to survive. You always do. Now [...]
February 14th, 2006 at 11:40 pm »
Comments (3)Check out the first blog Carnival of Children’s Literature (via Big A little a, who also points to a review of a book library people should find most amusing)
Household Opera is going to start a series on why research is hard, check it out.
Wow, it was dead at the desk today. I really think that [...]
February 13th, 2006 at 7:50 pm »
Comments (0)I spent some time today going through all the piles of paper I have at work and throwing things in the recycling bin. I always feel sort of guilty spending time organizing my desk at work, because it doesn’t feel like a high level task. I should be spending time working on web pages or [...]
February 13th, 2006 at 7:39 pm »
Comments (2)Love Manga on the recent Tokyopop distribution article that appeared in the New York Times
New Flipped column gives some love to Ai Yazawa title Nana
Manga Blog comments on the AnimeonDVD best manga awards
Over at It Can’t All be about Manga, some comments on searching for manga in library catalogs
Dave read some manga during the recent [...]
February 12th, 2006 at 8:33 pm »
Comments (0)Johanna has an overview of Erica Sakurazawa’s works. I think I’ve read around 3 of the Sakurazawa volumes, I wish some of the manga companies would translate some similar works, because there’s not a whole lot of manga out there aimed at a 20something audience.
I find it amusing that in the Kanye West song “Touch [...]
February 10th, 2006 at 7:37 pm »
Comments (3)Were the topic of my favorite reference question this week, as I gave some students advice about the shopping areas close to the red or green lines where one would be able to buy certain kinds of shoes and cosmetics. It was a slow Friday at the desk.
There’s supposed to be a big snowstorm [...]
February 7th, 2006 at 10:41 pm »
Comments (0)I was showing a student how to use Facts on File, and she said “Wow, these books are CRAZY!” I wish I had that type of reaction every time I handed a reference book to someone.
A rather eccentric man walked through the reference area with a cell phone, stopping every now and then and yelling [...]
February 6th, 2006 at 12:00 am »
Comments (3)Check out YALit.com for your Young Adult Literature release date needs.
February 4th, 2006 at 2:44 am »
Comments (1)How to get a girl, the Marvel Romance way
It makes me ridiculously happy that Jet Li and Jason Statham are going to be in a movie together. {via}
Neilalien on Dr. Strange in Dead Girl #1
Based on the Book, for your Movie adaptation needs {via}
Folk Monsters of Japan {via}
February 1st, 2006 at 10:51 pm »
Comments (4)I’m going to be moving away from the Boston area this spring right before my wedding. This actually hit me pretty hard today, when I was figuring out how much time I had left here and realized that I’m going to have my current job for three months before heading into voluntary unemployment and moving [...]