I haven’t taken the time for crafting, this year, that I normally do. There was that whole buying a house/getting married on the east coast/nesting thing going on, and I still haven’t dug out all of my supplies, let alone organized them. But I’ve found a little time, mostly while…
I’m sick, this Halloween; I am really hoping the spousal unit gets home in time to hand candy to kids, so I don’t pass on my germs. For that matter, I’m hoping kids come by! We decorated to make the place as obviously-Halloween-friendly as possible, but we live at a…
I have a pet project–maybe it’s the sort of project only a web librarian would find interesting: I am trying to fix the location associated with my campus’s IP addresses. … Which might not even make sense, but wait! I can explain! Go into WorldCat.org, and go into an item…
… and, in the process, I’ve chosen a side in the ereader wars. (I’m not going to talk about ereaders vs. netbooks/iPads/iPhones vs. books right now. I’ve done that, albeit back in the pre-iPad era—and back when I was in love with a product that never actually made it to…
I’ve always liked birds. My parents got me a parakeet when I was really little, and they (birds, not my parents) have fascinated me to no end ever since. My grandmother kept canaries, so maybe there’s something genetic to it; I don’t know. At any rate, I’m not sure I…
It occurs to me that I never posted my schedule. It also occurs to me that, by doing so now, I am pretty much forcing it to change. I’m OK with that. Monday – In Oakland 12-6. Homework for Tuesday thereafter. Tuesday – In Oakland 10-3 and 6-9, usually doing…