Disturbing Furniture

And My Fame Shall Spread Unto All Nations...

2008-08-18T18:22:45Z

Following up on the July 22nd entry here, where I mentioned speaking at a conference...and drawing the attention of John Berry of LJ...check US out (paragraph three): http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6585842.html Woo Hoo US! Now, hopefull...

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Oh, Yeah John McCain!

2008-08-07T13:37:16Z

So, John McCain, Barack Obama is too young and inexperienced for the job of US President? Well, you're too old for it! Hear that? Seventy Two is too old to be elected leader of the United States. Here are some faces of 72: Do we want this in the ...

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Author Love Flows Both Ways

2008-07-23T18:28:38Z

Suffer! I am Neil Gaiman's top friend on Goodreads! Hey! Whaddya mean that only indicates I'm the most recent person he's added to his friend's list?! I think I'm on top cause he LIKES me! :-)

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Explain to me please...

2008-07-10T21:55:14Z

I'm weeding today at work (current & potential employers be aware, I am writing this on my lunch break!) For you civilians out there, in Library Language "weeding" means going through the books on the shelves and deciding which to put into storag...

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I know it's my own fault...

2008-06-27T14:00:17Z

You know I love reviewing books. But I have to say that in the past few months, I am newly re-astonished at the crapola that gets published. Yeah, I know, I've said it before. Self-published books are one thing. Most of them don't go through an e...

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I'm not fat in Japan!!

2008-06-21T15:38:47Z

The story below is clipped from NYT, but Trent read me the story from this week's "The Week" (our news magazine of choice). Turns out I'm not fat in Japan! Woo hoo! I have a 33 inch waist...So, yes I'm on the cusp, but were I in Japan I would off...

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In Case you need a laugh...

2008-06-19T18:24:42Z

Rejected subtitles include: "Hey! At Least He Didn't Get Us All Killed!" "He Made Millard Filmore Look Good!" "He Proved the Majority DOESN'T Rule" "Sending Healthcare and Edication back to the 1950's" "Could Be Worse, Could Be Raining Bombs!" "S...

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Weather Panic not just a Winter Phenomenon

2008-06-16T15:55:40Z

There are plenty of areas in the country that have legitimate weather concerns; Dayton is not currently one of them. Nor was it last evening when we were trying to watch the Tony Awards... So the broadcast starts...and just after the opening come...

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U.S. Airways Sucks Still...

2008-06-05T14:04:17Z

But at least they gave us a laugh... My e-mailed complaint got a response from one Lori Flores who offered us each $75 vouchers on our next flight. I politely told her that was as good as salt in the wound in view of what we had spent on the tick...

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Hey, Even Bush can Succeed at Something!

2008-05-26T15:47:50Z

Well, I know you never thought this day would come, but I have to give props to the Shrub. He has found a way to decrease the illegal immigrant population. Yep, the number of illegals crossing the border has decreased by 18%! Because...the econo...

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