For the first time in our married life — in other words, in six years — Michele and I were able to spend a night away from our children. We had a wonderful weekend celebrating our sixth wedding anniversary by staying at a four star hotel near the Magnificent Mile in downtown Chicago. [...]

I was quite interested to read last night that a group of three nearby public libraries (Arlington Heights Memorial Library, Skokie Public Library and Indian Trails Public Library in Wheeling) have decided to offer a new service to their users that gives them the option to check out library material via their websites and have [...]

Some time ago I was talking with Keegan about waiting his turn for something — I don’t remember what, exactly. I remember saying to him, “Keegan, you know, the Bible says that the last shall be first and the first shall be last.” (Luke 13:30) Without missing a beat, his response was, [...]

The weekend thus far has been a very quiet one. Although, truthfully, it is never quiet in our house with three little (and one big) rugrats. Yesterday I woke up with another bad headache that lasted all day. Michele had a bad pain in her neck. So we did nothing, all [...]

This photo, taken a few years ago, shows Tristan posing with his fishing rod and reel. Note the words on his t-shirt. I love this photo, especially the expression on Tristan’s face!

Last Sunday we celebrated Keegan’s 14th birthday with a get together at his grandparents’ house. Here are some photos from the party.

Quote “overheard” from an excellent blog called It’s All Good, derived from notes jotted down during a live symposium sponsored by OCLC at the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting (known as ALA Midwinter). The full quote was “It’s like a public park for your brain” and this statement was made by one of the [...]

“…Two gadgets away from nirvana.” I had a good chuckle over that line, which is part of a much longer post about the possibilities for e-books from SimonWaldman.net. The author outlines some good points about the way that certain pieces seem to be aligning in a positive way for the e-book market (both for [...]

I was glad to note via Slashdot today that I am not the only one sick of the Web 2.0 term. I am equally disenchanted with the corollary Library 2.0 term. It may look slick and “with it” especially in proposals for conferences and the like, but as a way of describing recent [...]

A few days ago, the slate of candidates for election for NASIG was announced:
VICE-PRESIDENT/PRESIDENT-ELECT (1 to be elected)
Christie Degener
Char Simser
SECRETARY (1 to be elected)
Kay Johnson
Joyce Tenney
MEMBER-AT-LARGE (3 to be elected)
June Garner
Sarah George
Emily McElroy
Meg Mering
Alison Roth
Bob Schatz
I know all of these people personally and they are good people. I’m glad to see that NASIG, my [...]