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 Library, Random, tagged copyright, Elvis has left the building, Library, pictures on July 3, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Library, tagged boy wonder, librarian, Library, wow on June 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
(You just KNOW Freud would have had a field day with this illustration!)
I had two very different conversations with two kids this week at the library. They went a little like this:
Conversation #1:
After a program, I am looking at some children’s books we had set out with a boy in 4th grade. He is [...]
Posted in Library, tagged babies, Library, music, that's just wrong on June 15, 2008 | No Comments »
(Yes, I’m still listening to kid music Cd’s since I am a children’s librarian and need to use this stuff for programs… In a previous post, I had mentioned the very odd music Cd’s and videos from Mother Goose Rocks.
Well, now we have another series of odd music for kiddies: Rockabye Baby!
They take popular artists and [...]
Posted in Library, Uncategorized, tagged librarian, Library, reference desk, young and nasty on April 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
(…unless you are Ewan McGregor, Joaquin Phoenix or Viggo Mortensen…then, by all means, give us some luv darling!)
Ran across one of the funniest videos celebrating National Library Week called “Reference Desk.”
Yes, these questions all sound familiar! I think this guy comes in twice a week at our branch…
Check out all the others here: http://alfocus.blip.tv/posts?view=archive&nsfw=dc
Posted in Library, tagged librarian, Library, stupid on April 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
(royalty-free stock image but visit www.fromoldbooks.org anyway, OK?)
So, I am three months into the whole librarian gig and not a fresh-faced kid anymore (can you really be fresh at 39, anyway?). I still like it but I can, indeed, see why some people get burned out.
While I knew there would be weirdos, as I have [...]
Posted in Library, tagged libraries, Library, pass the Kleenex, quackery, rant on March 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
picture copyright free but here’s where to find stuff like this: www.fromoldbooks.org
Last week was quite a slog, as I am suffering yet again from a wretched cold/walking pneumonia. Erg!
To make matters worse, everyone kept requesting all kinds of freaky books (the latest being books on water therapy). Yes, my good public, I am silently (well, [...]
Posted in Library, tagged babies, Library, music, that's just wrong on March 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
(not Mother Goose but implies weirdness… fromoldbooks.org)
While researching some possible music to use at baby story time (it’s a dirty job but …), I stumbled across this oddness.
Mother Goose Rocks, Volume 3
Great googly moogley! They made 5 volumes of this?! I feel ill.
You really should take a listen yourself. They have taken popular hit pop songs [...]
Posted in Library, Random, tagged Library, useless knowledge on February 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
(picture from Liam’s Pictures)
I keep learning new and utterly useless facts at my new job. For instance, today I found out that an average person puts out enough urine, over a lifetime, to fill 250 bathtubs full. Please feel free to mention this at your next social gathering…
Also, I fear that my blog is becoming [...]
Posted in Bird, Daily Life, Insect, Library, tagged Bird, books, cicada, Insect, Library, life list, louvre, north rim, sandhill crane, seychelles, travel, zion on January 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So…what’s up with this recent trend in “before you die” literature?! (Let’s call them BYD books).
I see these books at the front of bookstores, mentioned in magazine articles and, most recently, featured in the new books section of my library. January’s issue of the Smithsonian has an article talking about all of this. Can we [...]
