Archive for September, 2007
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Dead Man’s Party
So you remember Ghostbusters right? Specifically, you remember the opening where Bill Murray and co. confront a ghost in the library? Well you can go over to the Britannnica Blog to see the first part of a list of haunted libraries. I’m waiting for part two, to see if any Massachusetts libraries are included.
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Go Tell The Spartans
I watched 300 Sunday night and I have to say it was pretty damn silly. The film looked cool, but it was also full of people shouting - always shouting - very bad dialogue very loudly. I’m still scratching my head as to how a story as inspiring and stirring as that of […]
6 Comments » - Posted in Movies by The Silver Fox
Thursday, September 20th, 2007
Pulling Mussells (From The Shell)
In one of those weird coincidences life occasionally puts in your path, shortly after starting my second semester of library school and moving into an apartment with a real kitchen in which to cook, I come across Cooked Books, Rebecca Federman’s explorations of the New York Public Library’s culinary holdings. Yes, recipes are posted, […]
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Asking For It
Coming next weekend - the Annual Fall Book Sale at the Thomas Crane library. Because now that I’ve culled the collection, fitted ‘em all in the new digs, and have precious little time for (pleasure) reading, it stands to reason that I need a dozen or so new titles. Fortunately for me at $0.50 a […]
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Bare to the Bone
The devil, as they say, is in the details. Food for thought: how much martial is in your art?
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Monday, September 10th, 2007
Afterglow 61
Today marks the debut in action of the Mr. Bento that Heather kindly gave to me for my birthday a month or so ago. The main course is some left-over pasta with a tomato-avocado sauce that The Girl and I made last night. Also nestled in Mr. Bento’s innards: cornflakes (that I already had for […]
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Friday, September 7th, 2007
Requeiscat In Pace: Madeline L’Engle
Madeline L’Engle died yesterday. Poop.
UPDATE: You can find a nice round up of L’Engle links here.
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Thursday, September 6th, 2007
Ain’t That Enough
I’ve followed Heather’s lead and created my own wist, though it at present it is very short.
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
In This House That I Call Home
The move is done. The books are shelved and as of this morning we have the internets again.
And… we have a refrigerator. A full size refrigerator. No big deal for you perhaps, but it’s a radical change for me, having had only a dorm-size fridge for close to ten years. Consequently there have been all […]
