Posted in Bird, Insect, Library, Mammal, tagged book, frogs, nature, night, opossum, woods on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(I was thinking about Inspector Clouseau, with the bumpf on his head…)
I came across an interesting book the other day: Central Park in the Dark: More Mysteries of Urban Wildlife by Marie Winn.
You should check it out as it’s chock full of interesting nature/science stuff. Plus, the author has an awesome blog: http://www.mariewinn.com/marieblog/
I miss going [...]
Posted in Daily Life, Library, tagged art, books, bookshelves, cave, fun on July 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
No, I haven’t seen the new Batman movie…but I did find something very cool I want to build:
The Book Cave : Read about it in the New York Times here. I wonder if I can convince our library to put one in the children’s room?
Although I imagine it would need to be up a bit [...]
Posted in Daily Life, River, tagged endless work, fools, Thompson boat, wooden boat on July 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
So, in these troubled economic times, we all have to tighten our belts….dig down deep and make do or do without…which is why, and it all makes perfect sense, we bought a boat.
Not just ANY boat, mind you. A classic wooden boat. It was an offer from a friend that we couldn’t refuse!
OK, that’s a [...]
Posted in Library, tagged asshats, librarian, Library, reference desk on July 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Because I wanted to slap some people today.
A nice, solid smack upside the head.
#1: A guy walks up to the Reference Desk (no, this is not the start of a joke…if only it was, people…if only it was…) and asks about a certain movie. He wants to watch Putney Swope. As I am looking it [...]
Posted in Bird, tagged chickens, city, eggs, the chicken of tomorrow on July 6, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Yes, I have been spending WAY too much time at I Can Has Cheezburger (which you either love or hate…there is no middle ground).
I just found out about this organization that encourages city dwellers to keep chickens, Urban Chickens. A local food/garden organization that helps establish garden plots for low income inner city residents is [...]
Posted in Library, Random, tagged copyright, Elvis has left the building, Library, pictures on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had one of those odd days where two completely different patrons asked me the same obscure copyright question about a hour apart. While I was looking up the answer online at www.copyright.gov I found out something even more odd:
Apparently, so many freaks people have bothered the U. S. Copyright Office about how to copyright their sightings of [...]
