Archive for March, 2006

Soundtrack

Sunday, March 19th, 2006

If you life had a soundtrack (I was watching Crossing Jordan – I’d watch Jill Hennessey peel potatoes) what songs would be on it?
Mine:

Jimmy Buffet’s Love in the Library
Warren Zevon’s Send Lawyers Guns and Money (which when googled has Western Union as the first hit )
Buffet’s Smart Woman (in a real short [...]

Posted in General | No Comments »

Proposed Florida legislation affecting libraries

Sunday, March 12th, 2006

There are a few bills that have been proposed in the Florida Legislature that affect libraries.
Some are benign like early voting @ libraries, allowing charter schools @ libraries. Some are good for patron access to public information such as a bill regarding nursing home inspection reports, and one is a real nightmare [...]

Posted in General, Librarian stuff, Politics | 1 Comment »

No wonder

Monday, March 6th, 2006

The Oscars are (or perhaps were) on tonight. I didn’t watch them. I don’t really care. I don’t care for prizes organized by groups to give themselves prizes.
I’m not even sure why we have the Oscars; do we have prizes for best toothpaste, best roofing repair, best dog groomer? I [...]

Posted in General | No Comments »