Strewth! I just got slapped with a wet salmon – really – I have not updated this since Hammertime was in the charts… You would not believe how much more of a drama I could make that. Apologies to my regular readers! Even the little blue ones!.I am hopped up on caffeine with only your [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Couldn’t Resist Creating One…
Posted in Random, tagged fun, lazy, why not on August 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Once again, the Brits do everything better…
Posted in Random, tagged Brits, computer, fine print, run happily on August 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Just a quick note to share the fine print from a British imported CD I recently borrowed from our library.
It amused me:
“Whilst the enhanced portion of this CD should run happily on most computers with a current web browser…”
It’s just so civilized and makes me think of the little program humming happily to itself as [...]
Oh, just keep your damn pedometer!
Posted in Daily Life, Library, tagged anal retentive, good grief, pedometer on August 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
(Photo from Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library )
The most anal pedometer challenge EVER!
Our library was offering free pedometers if you agreed to participate in the employee step challenge and I thought, sure, why not. I figured I would just clip the thingy on me and go about business as [...]
A Really, Really Great Response
Posted in Library, tagged controversy, intellectual freedom, librarian, Library, well done on August 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Wow! This guy deserves an award for the best response letter to a library patron. It really is an amazingly worded, thoughtful response (I know, I know, you were hoping for something snarky…best to check Craigslist for that!) to a challenge of a book about gay marriage, Uncle Bobby’s Wedding.
It’s a long-ish letter, so please [...]
Blog-iversary: One Year Later
Posted in Daily Life, Random, tagged anniversary, blog, search terms, WTF on August 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have had this blog up and limping along now for one year. Is time speeding up?
Traditionally, one lists some of the goofy search terms (WordPress keeps track of this) that people used to stumble upon the blog, so here it goes…
Let’s call it: I don’t know what you were looking for but boy are [...]
The Month of Ugh-ust
Posted in Daily Life, tagged blog, neglect on August 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ugh! I don’t think I’ve ever been so busy as I have this month. Meaning that I am neglecting my blog (but then again, who cares anyway??).
So, how about a few rapid-fire posts (because I feel like it, that’s why…).
Leaf Eating Machines: Cecropia Moth Caterpillars
Posted in Insect, tagged caterpillar, cecropia moth, frass, Insect, lots and lots of frass on August 12, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Here’s a picture of my latest house guests:
Last month, a presenter we had at the library brought in some cecropia moths she has been rearing. They had mated and the female laid eggs all over the cage. The woman insisted I take some eggs home with me (I think she just wanted to thin out [...]
How’s Life? Swell, just swelled…
Posted in Daily Life, tagged big arm, bloody hell!, lymphedema on August 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Alternate Title: My Big Fat Arm (now, if I was Greek that would have really worked there)
<Actual picture from product box whose caption should read:
“Does this gauntlet make my butt look fat?!”
To my detriment, I have ignored my lymphedema (or lymphoedema as some say…but does that make me a lympho?) and it has gotten [...]
