I usually read my political mail and file under “nice to do–if I had the time,” but I woke up when I read about the vigils being organized this Wednesday evening on behalf of Cindy Sheehan’s protests. I have been simmering about this issue since this morning, when NPR read a letter from a listener […]
One of the ironies about Gorman’s comment that he wouldn’t go to jail on behalf of the Patriot Act because he’s an academic librarian (and 64 years old–not that much older than Judith Miller) is that the example was set for the rest of us over thirty years ago by you guessed it, an academic […]
f you live near Palo Alto, have $25, and want to see me make a fool of myself, now’s your chance. To my horror, I have slowly realized that on July 28th I am on a panel with a bunch of venture capitalists and academics, talking to a roomful of engineers. How did this happen? […]
Good ALA memories to dwell on after a long day… here’s one from the Webjunction party at ALA Annual, at which I saw in one place all together (finally proving they are not really one person) George, Alice, and Alane of It’s All Good: I am deeply absorbed in the migration tasks for the new […]
Apparently Steven Bell likes to position himself as controversial, or perhaps he likes to be a “curmudgeon.” Have you ever noticed that curmudgeons are always male? But I digress. To me, Bell’s recent LJ piece about the Obama keynote, now circulating the blogs, was as refreshing as warm, sour milk. Pardon me, Steven me laddie, […]
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This week’s survey, and its responses: You can be reincarnated as a literary genre. Which one? Novel 50.0% Creative Nonfiction 23.3% Poem 16.7% Short Story 10.0% Total votes: 60 I was pleased to see so many respondents choose to be creative nonfiction. Perhaps I’ll do a subgenre survey in the future and find out how […]
Trying very hard to included Advanced Poll in my Movable Type blog. I got it to work on my website; But below I think you’re just seeing a scrap of code… Oh no wait! It works in both places! Oh, ponder ponder. Which to use? The entry or the side template? Off to Costco to […]
Flaky, buttery, savory nibbles, perfect with wine before dinner. You don’t need to use top-drawer Parmesan cheese, but it should be decent and freshly grated. (I use a domestic Parmesan sold at Milk Pail, a local market in Palo Alto, where I also get the other important ingredient, really good butter.) Adapted from a recipe […]
According to the Merc, public library commissioner Diane Davis is getting out of Dodge, or at least Milpitas, to register her displeasure with her city council’s failure to support a measure in last month’s special election that would have increased funding for her city library as well as libraries throughout Silicon Valley. The article suggests […]