someone asked me recently. Well, librarianship is a lot more than just books for me (and many other librarians). Although there may be some librarians out there who really have the attitude that libraries would be fine were it not for the library users, I am not one of those librarians. I [...]
Someone borrowing my computer today saw the trading card that came with the librarian action figure and asked me when I was going to have my own card. I said first I’d have to figure out what to put on it. He then played with my action figure for about ten minutes.
Why not [...]
Someone posted something about “Unshelved,” a comic strip about public library employees, on one of the e-mail discussion lists I’m on. It’s published online, distributed via an e-mail list, and has an RSS-feed. Since my blog needs a comic strip, I’m posting about it and aggregating it.
Are there other comics with RSS-feeds?
Addendum [...]
Well, I haven’t thought about the agenda beyond introductions yet, but I have thought of the restaurant suggestion: Boca Grande. Last week people seemed interested in a place that offered good food at inexpensive prices and a place with a counter where they could order their own food. One regular who doesn’t like [...]
I gave a friend a librarian action figure for her birthday. Another friend of ours and I had talked about pooling money to get her something really special. When he found out I had given her the action figure, he asked if there were any accessories or companion dolls for it. I said that I [...]
I went to a party last night and ran into a friend of mine whom I hadn’t seen in years. She’s an elementary school teacher now. The two of us were the first people on the dance floor–and often the only people on the dance floor. Granted, the DJ was very lame, [...]
I read about 1/4 of the latest Harry Potter yesterday. I read at least one book a month (or try hard to read at least one book a month) for the Mystery Book Group I’m in. It’s not that I don’t like to read, it’s that I don’t have or make the time to read.
I [...]
Tonight’s agenda and highlights from the discussion:
The main numbered items are the main agenda items. The bullet points are highlights from the group’s discussion.
Introductions
Discussion of the form and function of the Thursday night group
Why are we here?
community building
learning new skills
face-to-face contact with other bloggers
What’s the meeting all about?
What does each of us hope [...]
Thursday, October 23’s agenda and highlights from the discussion are available in the stories section of this blog.Addendum 10/26:
Michael has also posted thoughts about the meeting and the usual blog groupies.
Je’, you can come to my office anytime … but be forewarned that not every day is a prom here …