Parenthetical

I just read “Why keeping up with RSS is poisonous to productivity, sanity” (posted by a friend on, yes, Google Reader). You don’t need to bother; it’s yet another “I took an internet break and realized that the internet is eating my life” essay. But she quotes data (which may not be valid; I didn’t [...]

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My colleague the delightful Arianna of Wandering Librarians and I are goofing off this fine Friday afternoon. This Twitter feed is the result: OneSentenceYA. How would you sum up your favorite (or least favorite) novels in a sentence?

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Children’s/YA book gap of the day: funny books by women and/or about girls. Gordon Korman, Louis Sachar, Jordan Sonnenblick, Daniel Pinkwater… love these guys, but where are the ladies? Suggestions welcome, especially if you can get them to me by Monday when this year’s summer reading list is due! ETA: I love your suggestions! There [...]

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Ok, are these people crazy, or is there actual science backing this up? A librarian recently quit her job at Southwestern College in Santa Fe, “cit[ing] concerns about irradiation” and stating that she “believed that a Wi-Fi hub contributed to feelings of ill health she experienced.” She cited the Council on Wireless Technology Impacts (link [...]

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There’s a discussion going on on my friend Tahnan’s LJ that I thought would be fun to carry over here: when you tell someone a crucial fact about you (usually your job, but could be a hobby or a nationality or whatever), what is the inevitable response you dread? There’s a long list of annoying [...]

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Here is my very exciting news that I haven’t really told anyone yet, although it’s obviously been in the works for awhile: I am going to Ghana for a month this summer! I’ll be living in a town called Ho, which is in the southeast, on the Volta lake. I’ve agreed to volunteer with an [...]

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I’ve talked to so many people in the last few days who want to help the victims of Katrina, but don’t have any idea what to do. I’ve decided I’ll be more effective if I focus on one goal: supplying and rebuilding schools and libraries. If you want to help, go here: I’ve made a [...]

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