Can I just say that I like the title of this post?
Jessamyn highlighting the section of the post where Fil expresses surprise that the librarians he met aren’t like our profession’s negative stereotype at all caught my eye. I think the entire post is worth a look because of the inclusion of members of the [...]
My #1 fan Amy Disch sent me this link.
Can I just say that I really hate the slogans about shushing? I’m not sure why. I just don’t think they’re funny. Usually I have a sense of humor about shushing.
But it’s definitely high time I ordered a makeoutcity.com shirt. I finally have good places to wear [...]
According to a few paragraphs in this Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article, economist Josephine Olson of the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh discovered female librarians are more likely to be overweight than women in business in a study she conducted in 1988. One quote in particular is causing a bit [...]
Blake reports the inspiration for Marian the Librarian in The Music Man attended a recent performance of the musical.
Thanks, Jessamyn!
Amidst a brief discussion about the Sunday evening film The Librarian: Quest for the Spear on Newslib, Gary Price pointed me to this ResourceShelf post about new domains with librarian in them. http://www.movie-librarians.com goes to a site with information about films with librarians as characters, from some wonderful classics to modern features. http://www.novel-librarians.com looks like [...]
From the producer of Independence Day comes this exciting adventure about librarians, played by Bob Newhart and Noah Wyle, who guard some of the world’s most valuable treasures, like the Arc of the Covenant. When a portion of the Spear of Destiny falls into the wrong hands, Wylie’s character must travel around the world (accompanied [...]
I could say something about that stereotype about librarians being good with figures and numerical data, but I know that’s not entirely true. When the bill includes 15 or more people, I hand it off to Wendy. ; )
So I guess what I’m doing wrong with this blog is that I’m not adding enough soft porn. Apparently, the Wired article about Jessamyn is bringing her some good traffic, especially to her naked librarians page.
he said to me.
“Look at your own life,” I replied.