Hysterical Society- June 24, 2006 I am being offered the chance to catalog for the local Hysterical Society (sounds like a great fit for me already!) for up to 16 hours a month. This is good for me for a number of reasons... It'll give me something LIS related besides Linux Librarian to do. It's located in the Library, so I'll see every one I loved and worked with. It's short, make your own hours. The two Hysterical Society members that interviewed me (and most of the board) are Trustees of the Library as well, so I know...http://www.lisnews.org/node/27126 Grumpy Old Bookman- June 21, 2006 Grumpy Old Bookman is a misnomer. GOB is actually a pretty nice, reasonable guy. Shhh. Don't let the word get out. I sent him a copy of Aurora Borealis a couple weeks ago. I had written him, asking if he'd like to take a look at it. I knew he didn't do reviews per se, but being as he is a pretty highly esteemed blogger, I'd see what he thought. He offered, much to my surprise, to take a look and make a mention if he didn't find it totally to his taste, a review if he found it more to his...http://www.lisnews.org/node/27113 Indiscriminate Button Pressing- June 19, 2006 I am posting the link to this review one more time, because the reviewer has edited a bit from last night. This looks less to me, now, than someone who simply didn't like the plot and got a little carried away in demonstrating as much, and more like someone who really has some deep seated issues. Not saying that as a bad thing, not saying she's wrong in her stance on violence, because in my not so humble opinion, she's not. Once, when I was in college, I wrote a poem. It was called "Eating a...http://www.lisnews.org/node/27101 And to counteract the good review- June 18, 2006 ...comes the bad review... Honestly had her criticism been flipped ("I loved the plot but hated the writing style!") I would be more disappointed. The book is disturbing, there's no doubt about that. I meant to write it as a giant hyperbole, and obviously, somewhere, for some people, I failed in making it enough of a hyperbole. Perhaps the characters, as skeevy as they can be, were a little too three dimensional I'm not entirely sure. But now I have some lady in Colorado who thinks I condone...http://www.lisnews.org/node/27092 Giving up the ghost- June 9, 2006 I just left my job. I didn't want to, but the medical issues are too much. It came down to me having a choice. I could have medical issues that are almost bearable and be unemployed, or I could be employed and be in horrible pain, tired, and unable to do anything else. Yes, I sobbed my damn eyes out when I told them. The director and assistant director looked like they wanted to join me. Every cloud has a silver lining. This is this one's: I can do some work in the archives of the historical...http://www.lisnews.org/node/27055 Book Stuff Work Stuff- June 6, 2006 I am in some serious pain. I am feeling able to at least get up and get into work, but by the time I'm out, the pain and fatigue levels are through the roof. On the plus side, it is nice to be back. I did a computer upgrade yesterday which I talk about at Linux Librarian. It would be so much easier if we had off hours to do this stuff, but alas, I managed even with "helpful" patrons trying to tell me what buttons to click and trying to access their email while the upgrades were installing....http://www.lisnews.org/node/27050 Sharing the love--My First Review- June 1, 2006 I just got a kickin' review of Aurora Borealis from the publishersreviewers Chevalier Editions. They appear to be kind of a new subset of publisher, a selective bunch that takes care of editing and design, and prints via POD. They also review books that they don't publish. You can read the full text here, ignoring, please, the small typo in the subject line (I think they wrote it at 3 am... That was the time my tear sheet email was posted). This is my favorite part though: By succeeding in...http://www.lisnews.org/node/27044 |