Sonya Schryer Norris

Traveling

We spent this weekend hanging out with friends in Traverse City. They actually live here, as opposed to just visiting here. I’ve mostly lived in college towns, where summer is the relaxed season – the season where you can get a burger and fries at sidewalk seating at a bar you’d normally not approach 9ContinueContinue reading “Traveling”

Librarian Song Forwarded by Uncle T

My uncle sent along this librarian song (Make sure to click on “Play Song Now”

Transgendered at the Library of Congress – It Didn’t Go So Well

A former Army Special Forces commander passed over for a job as a terrorism analyst at the Library of Congress because he was changing genders won a discrimination lawsuit.

Well, My Boss Said So

I was giving a presentation to a group of librarians the other day on a few standard 2.0 tools – RSS, wikis, blogs… Now when I give these presentations more hands are raised when I ask, “Who already has a blog?” That’s comforting, the good word is getting out there. There’s a question I’ve gottenContinueContinue reading “Well, My Boss Said So”

What Ike Wrought in the Wee Garden

Bethesda surveys the damage after three days of Hurricane Ike’s northern rains swept through Michigan. The roof was rained on for three days, also. Know that roof we priced but planned to buy next year? Yeah, that’s going to be happening NOW. RIGHT NOW. Blogging of the event to come (but of course).

It’s Not Your Mother’s Pole Dancing

Pole dancing sporting competition in Amsterdam.

Greenpeace

As long as we’re on the topic of my early employment with posts one and two about my time with Burger King, McDonald’s and Pizza Hut, I thought I’d wax a bit about my time with Greenpeace. I’ve mentioned this before, with how I was when Clean Water Action came a knockin’. I started inContinueContinue reading “Greenpeace”