A New Chapter Begins for Libraries as Economy Sinks

The Globe & Mail recently had an article about the unfortunate fact that libraries see an uptick in usage during economic hard times. (Thanks to Sandra M. for

Music Monday – "Summertime, I think it was June/Yeah, I think it was June." – January 26, 2009

I posted this song a couple years ago, long before I started my “Music Monday” theme posts.  But it's such a good song, especially when it's cold as

Storytime v. Gymnastics

We've put Pace into a few different activities since he was about one year old.  We did a few weeks of swim class (basically, “get used to the

A Hypothetical Post From the Past

It's Oscar season again and that reminded me of a very hypothetical post I did about a year ago which stands today except for the first link in

Friday Fun Link – "It's all got to do with the library…we've had boys taking out books without library cards…[so] I administerd a fatal beating in which your son died."

This clip is only tangentially related to libraries but I thought it was funny…as is pretty much anything with Rowan Atkinson in it.  (Also, I have no idea

A Couple Interesting Inaugural Address Links

The Atlantic Monthly takes a look at the techniques and deeper meaning of Barack Obama's Inaugural Address.The Toronto Star presents word clouds of previous Inaugural Addresses including Obama's. 

TechCrunch "CrunchPad"

Technology site TechCrunch is expanding beyond being one of the best sources for news about Web 2.0-type companies and have been driving development of an inexpensive, touchpad computer

Music Monday – "It's been a long time comin'/But I know, a change is gonna come."

Is there any other song to choose today, on Martin Luther King Day in the US and with the inauguration of Barack Obama happening tomorrow?  (I don't know

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