The Law of Stackable Hamsters

On Thanksgiving, my brother was talking about one of his creative writing classes. He’s on the English faculty at a local college and, as a published author, he is tasked with teaching writing to incoming freshman and sophomores. I’ve certainly heard a lot about his students, both the good ones and the not-so-good ones, [...]

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Thanksgiving Thoughts ‘09

I am thankful for the journey so far.
It is the culmination of many events, both good and bad, that have brought to where I am today. I thank all of the people, both present and long gone of all intentions, who have shaped me into the person I am today. It has not always [...]

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Thoughts on Schools and Libraries

Since I thought about this observation while getting into my car to go to dinner the other evening, I haven’t been able to shake it out of my system. I’m hoping that this blog entry will be read by individuals who can shed some light on the subject and perhaps nudge me as to [...]

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Thursday Night Deep Thought

If tomorrow they invented a way to beam information into your brain (a la The Matrix), would there be a subset of librarians who would object to it on the grounds that it usurps the activity of reading?
I think so.

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The Library Deconstructed

In ruminating on a post on Librarian By Day, I was sitting in the back of the Children’s section of the county library surrounded by rows and rows of books. The hum of the highway behind me is constant on this busy county road as is the sounds of kids and parents navigating the [...]

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What if paper was invented today?

Boss: “So, Jim, I got your carving about this new invention of yours called [looks down at the heavy flat slate rock in his arms] pap-par?”
Jim: “It’s pronounced ‘pay-per’! And yes, I believe it will revolutionize how we keep information!”
Boss: [eyebrow arched] “Is that so?”
Jim: “Yeah! We wouldn’t have to keep things on slate or [...]

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Saturday Night Deep Thoughts

The other night, I was checking out the ALA Read poster box set on the ALA site. When I was looking at the results of a Google Image Search for examples of posters (search times: "read poster”) I noticed one thing: all of the people in the posters were holding books. While that might [...]

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