Saturday afternoon we decided to go to Illinois Beach State Park. I had been there a few times but Michele and the kids never had. The weather was perfect, there weren’t many people there, and we had a great time. Michele made a nice picnic meal which we also enjoyed. Afterward Tristan said, “This was [...]

I just added a new WordPress plugin (WP More Feeds) that allows me to present RSS feeds for any categories or tags I use.  This means that if you only want to follow what I have to say about a particular topic, e.g. faith, you can subscribe and receive posts that only deal with that [...]

Here is a link to a nice writeup in the most recent issue of the NASIG Newsletter about the presentation I made at this year’s NASIG conference with colleague Sarah Morris.

Earlier today I read about the 100 Things to Eat meme on Terry Weese’s Reese’s blog, liked it, and thought I’d continue it.
Below is a list of 100 things to eat with ones that I have actually eaten indicated in bold.
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. [...]

OK, I am feeling incredibly stupid (not an uncommon feeling). I write a blog post now and it creates about six more and sends all of those out via RSS, Twitter, Friendfeed, Delicious, etc.  Ugh. Apologies to all who are wondering what the heck is wrong with me that I’d basically spam anyone brave enough [...]

Monday afternoon I accepted an offer to take a job in a different group within the library where I work.  Basically what I’ll be doing is leading efforts to implement and expand search and taxonomy company-wide.  A lot of work has already been done so I’ll need to get up to speed quickly on that.  [...]