“Turns out there’s a lot of interlinks in our financial system” — George Bush on CNN. Is this man president? Of the United States? Of America? Now the Old Fart will take office, keel over… and we’ll have Little Miss “I can see RUSSIA from my HOUSE!” near the Red Phone. Be Afraid! Register and VOTE!
Over on greenhybrid.com I posted this story of how Action Auto, Proctor Honda, and greenhybrid.com all done me good, in an everything-is-miscellaneous kinda way.
Tayari Jones had reached out for advice about getting back into her writing groove. I admitted I had fallen away from getting up early, and declared defeat. But since writing that, I’ve had two very successful 5 a.m. personal-writing sessions… to paraphrase a great bard, I’ve been jammin’ at the break of day. Thank you, Tayari!
Seventeen WorldCat libraries now own The Best Creative Nonfiction Volume 2! Oooh, I can see Charlotte-Mecklenburg from my house! I sent out two postcards with Librarian Haiku — one was solicited, one wasn’t. Geeze, I can’t even GIVE away my haiku. Really, send your snail-mail to kgs at freerangelibrarian dot com and prepare to be astounded!
The local writing workshop I manage celebrates its first-year anniversary in October. Go us!
Posted on this day, other years:
Ok, just had to vent to someone who I knew would sympathize. ALA has launched its website redesign. THUS BREAKING VIRTUALLY EVERY LINK, internal or external, to Banned Books Week material. The week before BBW. In a year when BBW is perhaps more important than ever.
I just left a very pointed feedback item on their website. Said it was among the most boneheaded moves I’d seen in a while, which is saying something. (Since I also follow the comedy of errors which is the national Episcopal Church website…)