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Entries from September 2009

Bring on the sun-kissed blonde hair!

September 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments

My inner middle schooler (who, let’s face it, is not all that “inner”) just lost it a little bit: Diablo Cody of Juno fame to adapt Sweet Valley High: The Movie. Midnight showing, baby!

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Wading into the Cushing Controversy

September 22nd, 2009 · 4 Comments

ETA: This seems to be confusing people, so I’ll make it extra-clear: this is not my school! Just another independent school in MA. Our li’l MA independent school library world is national news: the headmaster of Cushing Academy was interviewed on Here and Now today (listen to “Technology in the Classroom”). What’s the deal? Basically, [...]

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Tags: Libraries · Links

Overthinking vampires

September 21st, 2009 · 3 Comments

Nobody can shut up about vampires these days. What do they represent? How have they changed from Dracula to Lestat to Spike to Edward? People usually reach for the sexual symbolism. But I just read this post from Slacktivist, one of my favorite political bloggers, about vampires as a reminder that “any of us can [...]

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Tags: Links · Musing