Library Adventures – June 5, 2024
When we arrived at the Friends of the Library workroom, there was another heavy load on the dock. I was already dealing with the heavy load of grad school work for a single course, so…
Sounds Stuck In My Brain: June 12, 2024
Roxanne but it’s just Rocks (YouTube) It’s time to let you in on one of my favorite type of YouTube finds. Occasionally, the algorithm is merciful and delivers gifts instead of trash. Some of the…
The State of Things: June 1, 2024
I have met the foe of many grad school students: proper APA citation. Everything we reference and quote in our papers and discussion board posts must be cited. Even videos. Even photos. Even personal conversations.…
Doug Walker Cameo on Smiling Friends
I don’t watch TV these days and most shows escape my notice. I’m living a fully JOMO type of life. But information has a way of finding me. It also helps if I’m subscribed to…
Tarot Reading: Vinesauce Compilation
Goody goody gumdrops, it’s time for you to witness how I do a tarot reading. Let’s see how some mass-produced glossy cards can somehow tap into the universal consciousness and pull an answer out of…
Videos of the Day: May 16, 2024
I’d like to have a bit of a theme going on in these posts… like being the operative word. I can’t theme anything, least of all this blog. But here’s one theme—or is it topic?—I…
Library Adventures: April 17th and May 1st Double Feature
No outing for me today on account of my recovering from a wretched spring cold. Either colds have become worse or my immune system has deteriorated to garbage. I used to be able to sit…
Sounds Stuck in My Brain: April 28, 2024 Edition
Tumble in the Rough — Stone Temple Pilots (YouTube) Tiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop came into my life through one of those mail order companies back in the 90s. I’d started getting…
The State of Things: April 22, 2024
Yes, I meant to post something earlier than today. Yes, things got in the way. Particular things, life things. Specifically, school things. The long and short of it is that I got accepted into grad…
Moved up on my to read list
May as well jump on the topical bandwagon and feel like I’m a part of something bigger than myself, or at the very least feel like I’m not out of the news cycle loop.