January 2011
Overheard at the ski resort
Son: Mommy, why are all those people waiting to go upstairs?
Mom: That's where they keep all the beer.
To cut costs and increase revenue, a dozen Girl... →
I knew the economy was terrible, but this is a disaster. Major banking institutions on the verge of collapse is one thing, but if Thin Mints ever disappear, there might be riots in the street.
Theophilus London ft Sara Quinn ~ Why Even Try
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Nabokov's Butterfly Effect Proven Right →
tragos:
Generations of lepidopterists are humiliated by a novelist, once again.
One reason I would be a terrible speechwriter for...
is that I would not be able to stop myself from closing the State of the Union address with “And for the last time you jerks, it’s “LIBRARY” not “LIE-BERRY”.
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Highlight of my workday...
Informing my coworkers that if a snow closing happens any time Thursday-Sunday, I won’t be a part of the emergency phone chain because I’ll be SKIING IN VERMONT.
Interviewer: How much does Parks and Recreation hate the library?
Amy Poehler: The library represents that branch of government that’s like the smart kid—the teacher’s favorite. And the library always wins. They get whatever they want. Everybody loves them—nobody can say anything. People who work in the library think they are so much better than everyone else. And what’s really funny is we’ve...
sazerac asked: A hawk invades your library. Quick, what do you do? (Background: http://bit.ly/hjvP1W)
Right now I’m working the reference desk with another librarian that watches Doctor Who. A patron just came in asking for the directory Top Doctors: New York Metro Area.
So today I have had both versions of the conversation “Who’s the best Doctor?”
“Then, there was Porchnick, at Quadrangle, who owned several minor properties and...”
– Woody Allen, in the New Yorker
“We find ourselves—not for the first time, and surely not the last—deep in the...”
– Geoffrey O’Brien, reviewing James Kaplan’s Frank:The Voice in the New York Review of Books.
“Learn to reverence night and to put away the vulgar fear of it, for, with the...”
– Henry Beston
Adele ~ Lovesong (The Cure cover)
From her new...
For Women, Sundance Is Sunnier Than Hollywood →
Warning: the numbers here are extremely depressing:
Of the top 100 movies at the 2010 box office, three were made by women: “The Last Song” (No. 51), “Nanny McPhee Returns” (96) and “Ramona and Beezus”(100.) Meanwhile, 27 of the 117 features playing at this year’s festival have female directors.
I guess the fact that (only) 23% of the Park City festival’s features were directed by women...
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On my dinner break today I popped into the local pizzeria to grab a couple slices, but I almost couldn’t make it to the counter due to a family that had basically blocked off the front of the place in order to film their child doing some “adorable” thing or other. There were 4 or 5 adults standing in a semicircle filming this kid with their smart phones. The whole thing had that...
Watchhappycap:
JEFF Hm, nice sweater.
ANDRE Hmm. My Dad gave it to me.
(And yes, the love of a good woman…)
That Cosby sweater reference was one of the best things ever. I’m so glad Community and Parks & Rec are back with new episodes.
The girl at the deli just asked how I liked Austen’s Persuasion. (I had it with me when I was in there last week.) We started talking about Austen’s work in general. Then the woman in line behind me said she had been looking to get “back into reading” and asked us if she was a new author. Now really, I understand that the average American doesn’t even read a book a...
A 12-YEAR-OLD EXPLAINS THE INFORMATION AGE'S FACTS... →
Via McSweeney’s:
Mom, it’s gonna be a long ride to Grandma’s, and while we have some time alone together, I think it’d be good for us to talk about some things. I’m getting older, and I’m not always gonna be around the house to explain stuff to you. I know you have a lot of questions, and I want us to be open with each other. So, I think it’s time you...
I’m not a fan of libraries filtering the internet access they provide the public (we don’t), but I am a fan of the fact that BASCOM named the filtering software they sell to libraries the “Patronus Library Filter”. I’m imagining this means that when someone looks up something inappropriate on a library computer, a giant glowing animal chases them out of the library.
My favorite patron conversation from yesterday...
Patron: You guys still don't have any instructions for federal tax forms?
Me: No, sorry. We're still waiting on them.
Patron: Don't you guys have an in with the IRS?
Me: Nobody has an in with the IRS sir. Nobody.
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The Sequel Map →
Movie sequels, graphically mapped as being better or worse than the originals. I love that Wrath of Khan is such an outlier on the “better than” side of the line. (Via Box Office Quant)
“But publicly, let me state that The Wire owes no apologies — at least not...”
– David Simon, responding to the Police Commissioner of Baltimore’s assertion that The Wire is a “smear that will take decades to overcome.” Read Simon’s whole response here.
(Via The Baltimore Sun)
Ron Artest jokes he'll spend rescinded fine money... →
I’ve never been a big fan of Ron Artest, but that all changed after reading this quote:
“I could’ve bought 10,000 In-N-Out Burgers. I rather would’ve done that than give it away. I’m going to get 10 burgers [after the game]. I love In-N-Out. It’s addicting. It’s the only reason I’m here in L.A. If it wasn’t for In-N-Out Burger, I probably...
PRIORITIES
Coworkers that have asked me who is speaking at our lunch meeting: 1 Coworkers that have asked me who is catering our lunch meeting: 5
PRIORITIES
Coworkers that have asked me who is speaking at our lunch meeting: 1 Coworkers that have asked me who is catering our lunch meeting: 5
Mumford and Sons ~ Wagon Wheel (Old Crow Medicine...
Mumford and Sons ~ Wagon Wheel (Old Crow Medicine...
Paul Simon ~ The Obvious Child
1. Recieve an...
