It’s not every day that you come across sentences like the following: “I’m worried that that good will will be undone” If I were a non-native English speaker, such wording would probably blow my mind. Ok, maybe it’s not so … Continue reading →
One of the movies we watched over the holiday weekend — on Thanksgiving Day, actually — was The Incredibles. We’ve seen this movie many times but I still enjoy it. One of my favorite quotes from the movie is when … Continue reading →
Several times over the past year or so, I have offered up criticisms of OCLC. OCLC is a staple of the library world, especially here in the U.S., but its reach is global and it is expanding all the time. … Continue reading →
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Tagged desktop applications, google, microsoft, oclc, particular services, roy tennant, United States
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My wife is married to a fool. Yes, that’s me. Why am I fool? Well, there are several reasons, but the one that has hit home to me recently is that for years I have put most of my efforts … Continue reading →
A few weeks ago I decided to give Google Adsense a try. I put one small piece of advertising in a widget on the lower righthand column of FML, just to see what happened. I have a lot of ambivalence … Continue reading →
Now that I am working in a corporate library, I decided to try membership in the Special Libraries Association (SLA). This is, by far, the most predominant membership organization among my peers in corporate libraries, and I wanted to understand … Continue reading →
I have been sick for a week now and I am sick of it. I wish there was a way that I could build up my immune system. All of the kids except Keegan have been sick — for the … Continue reading →
Yesterday I was feeling pretty low with a cold. We were supposed to visit my family downstate but cancelled that trip. I feel badly that we had to do that but it was the right decision. I’m feeling better this … Continue reading →
True story. On the shuttle bus to the train station, the woman behind me turned to the only other passenger and said: “So I got an email today with a photo of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and some others, standing … Continue reading →
Surely the news from last week about some Congressmen unfavorably comparing the Library of Congress to the likes of Wal-Mart and UPS was one of the stupidest things I have ever read. I was genuinely shocked by the level of … Continue reading →
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Tagged American Library Association, California, Congress, Dan Lungren, James Rettig, librarian, Library of Congress, Matt Raymond, Michigan, President, Vernon Ehlers, Wal-Mart
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