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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”

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

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.

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”

Pole dancing sporting competition in Amsterdam.

This summer I made some bad choices. Not important bad choices. They only affect me when I look in the mirror. When summer started I found I didn’t have lightweight non-work clothes that fit so I bought two pair of capris and two tops. The capris are great. The tops are the problem. They are,ContinueContinue reading “Mirror Choices”

John, a student at my alma mater Michigan State, called tonight. He was a little nervous at first. He was calling from the College of Arts and Letters to confirm my information in the alumni database and started off by asking what my major had been; I said English and Women’s Studies. He confirmed myContinueContinue reading “John’s on the Phone for You”