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.

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 Leonidas and [...]

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, both [...]

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 [...]

Bare to the Bone

The devil, as they say, is in the details.  Food for thought: how much martial is in your art?

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 [...]

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.

Ain’t That Enough

I’ve followed Heather’s lead and created my own wist, though it at present it is very short.

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 [...]