(free image from www.fromoldbooks.org)
As I prepare to leave my job, I thought of all the things I have seen in my five years working in college admissions (lately, working as the admissions processor). So, I will offer up my sarcastic, cranky thoughts to you, the hopeful college applicant:
If you pay your application fee with a check that [...]
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Yes, as an early Christmas present to me, I have accepted a new position as a librarian! Wahoo!
It all happened pretty fast…only took 5 days from the interview to the offer. Although, longtime readers will recall that I have previously interviewed with this system (and am gearing up for more education here). They called up [...]
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Posted in Daily Life, tagged college, plagiarism on December 19, 2007 | 4 Comments »
No, not the usual “I work with incompetent buffoons” (which, BTW, I do… 
but something more dire this time. I had to sit in as a witness to a discussion between a faculty member and two students accused of plagiarism.
Since the students were also rather young, both around 20 years old, there was a lot [...]
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So, I was opening a can yesterday and noticed that there were actually instructions on HOW to open a pull tab can lid. Do we really need that?!
If you have advanced to the level where you can read the written word, wouldn’t it be safe to guess that you have probably encountered a pull tab [...]
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Posted in Random, tagged comics, illustration, snowed in on December 15, 2007 | No Comments »
(Gustaf Tenggren illustration from ASIFA-Hollywood) I havc this book and used this very picture as the basis for making a model clay Pegasus, which won me an “A” in Latin class…yes, Latin).
Another ice/snow storm (the third in a week!) has led me to do more inside exploring rather than outside once again.
In my last post, I [...]
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Posted in Random, tagged animation, cat, movie, short on December 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This is kind of the lame way to blog…by putting up YouTube links…but there’s so much good stuff there. I stumbled across this classic animated short and couldn’t resist.
Watched this at a film festival in an historic old movie theater many years ago (with my Mom, so I must have been in high school still). [...]
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Had a big ‘ole ice storm today around these parts. So, I stayed inside and watched a few movies: Hot Fuzz {yarp!}; Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang; Mr. & Mrs. Smith {the Hitchcock one in good old black and white!} Happy Feet; Impact {again, in black and white}.
Out of all of those, I had to turn [...]
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The past two days have been really, really crappy for me. Things going wrong every-which-a-way. To demonstrate just how awful it was, I have a video clip for you:
Now then, Yikes and Away!
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