August 2009
22 posts
Crappy Taxidermy →
Katie sent this to me - it is full of great animals, both real and imagined (and some just gross)
Bottom Line : What's that smell? →
Mysterious bad smell in SF - kinda like the “sweet smell” that was over NYC a few years ago, but unpleasant. Huh.
“Le mauvais goût mène au crime.”
– Stendhal
Ten Random Things To Always Carry In Your Purse... →
I’ve been reading these message boards off and on all day!
Cake Wrecks →
I forgot about this blog - so sad! Glad to have remembered it.
Book Bans and Challenges, 2007-2009 - Google Maps →
Visualization of Banned Books/Book Challenges for the last 2 years (thanks Hayden!)
Malabar Restaurant - University District -... →
Just had delicious masala dosa for dinner; it was BIGGER THAN MY HEAD- so tasty (and cheap)
Awful Library Books →
IN PRAISE OF WEEDING, or books that ought not to be on shelves anymore
Help name a snow leopard baby! →
National Snow Leopard day is August 15th - the Woodland Park Zoo will be debuting the BABY SNOW LEOPARDS. I have to work, but anyone who doesn’t should go, man.
Rufus Wainwright | Seattle Symphony Orchestra -... →
I’m a little bummed that the orchestra won’t be playing with him, but man those acoustics are going to be amazing!
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Flavorwire » 10 Muppets and Their Mad Men... →
I’m number 708 in line for Season 2 of Mad Men @ the library. I was watching the catalog like a hawk before vacation, waiting to add my name to the queue, but then I forgot, and now there are 721 holds. Woops.
You can be number 722 in line:
https://catalog.spl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=mon&index=BIB&term=2600280#focus
FundRace 2008 (Huffington Post) →
How many librarians are money-donating Democrats? Turns out, a large percentage (not surprising).
FundRace 2008 lets you look up famous people, your boss, or your neighbors - see who and when they donated. You can also filter by employer and by occupation.
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“Our lives are based on what is reasonable and common sense; truth is apt to be...”
– Christmas Humphreys