Happy New Year! In 2007, I resolve to: Pick a time to work on writing projects (library-sciencey, lit-critical, and/or creative) and actually make myself sit down and write. Set manageable goals for said projects. Get out more. Also, delurk more, both in on- and offline life. Find small-scale, workable ways of becoming more politically and […]
I would be blogging the MLA right now, except that this morning, my computer unexpectedly decided that its server certificate had expired three years ago, and the tech support people at my ISP told me it’s a problem to take up with the manufacturer’s tech support rather than with them. (I’m posting this from one […]
Several of us drove to Virginia to see my great-aunt, whom I don’t get to see nearly often enough because she’s in assisted living several states away. Even at 96, she still uses words like "obscurantist" in everyday conversation. She’s one of my role models, and I hope we’re still discussing current events when she’s […]
‘Tis the year’s midnight, and it is the day’s, Lucy’s, who scarce seven hours herself unmasks ; The sun is spent, and now his flasks Send forth light squibs, no constant rays ; The world’s whole sap is sunk ; The general balm th’ hydroptic earth hath […]
I wish I had a dramatic election-day story, but mine was pretty anticlimactic: I went to my local polling place at 7:15 in the morning. There was already a line, but the poll workers said it had been longer at 7, when the doors opened. I cast my vote, jumped on the bus to Suburban […]
No time to blog, really. Owing to class projects and visiting friends and general busy-ness, this week and next are a complete madhouse — in a good way, but a madhouse nonetheless. However, I do have time to note in passing: I spent yesterday at the ACRL Delaware Valley Chapter’s conference on "The Future of […]
Wrapping my head around data modeling, particularly entity-relationship modeling, which is bizarrely fun. Also Dialog, a.k.a. (depending on one’s perspective) “You’re learning Dialog? Oh my God, why?” or “a powerful teaching tool” or “hours of pain, but you’ll be better at power-searching databases than anyone else.” Even though I persistently forget that S is short for both “set” […]
Updates updates updates! In the midst of moving, I got a job! I’m now the new Reference and Instruction Intern at the Swarthmore College Library. I just started, and am liking it a lot so far. And the commute’s actually quite pleasant: a brisk 15-minute walk to Suburban Station (or, in bad weather, a faster […]
I arrived safely in Philadelphia, and so did all my worldly goods (or if they didn’t, I’ll find out soon enough when I get around to unpacking the boxes of dishes and glassware). Next up: the Benjaminian pleasure of unpacking my library, interspersed with far more prosaic tasks like figuring out how to maximize every […]
I’m heading off to Baltimore this afternoon, and I have a zillion last-minute cleaning tasks to take care of, so you’re all spared a lengthy post. I may post a bit between now and the end of the move to Philly, but the blog will most likely be fairly quiet. I’ll be back around the […]