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Tue, 20 Nov 2012 08:50:16 -0500

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Are Dewey’s Days Numbered? As a Dewey geek, I was wounded...

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:00:05 -0500

As a Dewey geek, I was wounded by the title but found the article so interesting—the concept so compelling, I got in trouble with my boss for swiping her copy of the magazine before she was done reading reviews. Sorry Libby. ;)

I haven’t read all the comments but the first few surprise me. (Well, OK. Not really.) They seem to conflate learning in general with understanding one particular system of media classification. Or perhaps I should say the comments imply the only way to research (explore, learn, etc.) is to use the system on which the commenters were brought up.

I would love to visit a library like the one described here—to feel how it all works. Having spent some time volunteering in an elementary school library, I think the kids I served would love using a collection like this one. (I especially understand the point about Magic School Bus!) And isn’t the ultimate goal of elementary school libraries to encourage and enable kids to explore information and entertainment on their own?

I can’t believe I work at the library and just now...

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:30:04 -0500

I can’t believe I work at the library and just now realized Lauren Child has illustrated Pippi Longstocking.

(Hangs head in shame but secretly smiles because she loves this so much!)

Some kids hug their stuffed animals. Mine slashes them in...

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 18:56:06 -0400

Some kids hug their stuffed animals. Mine slashes them in mid-air with her samurai sword. These are the fallen.

Here, have a song for Halloween. Let it blow the ribbons from...

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:10:00 -0400

Here, have a song for Halloween. Let it blow the ribbons from your curls. (Shankill Butchers by The Decemberists)

WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER WHEN YOU ARE IN A BAD MOOD?

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:14:22 -0400

Journey of the Featherless by Cloud Cult

An Open Letter

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:07:39 -0400

An Open Letter:

Perfect response to Ann Coulter

Our Robot Future

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 07:40:22 -0400

Our Robot Future:

Imagine police drones patrolling at treetop level down city streets, their cameras scanning crowds for weapons or suspicious activity. “Newsbots” might follow in their wake, streaming live video of the goings-on. Drones belonging to protest groups hover over both, watching the watchers. In nearby zip codes, drones belonging to real estate agents scope out hot properties. Robots deliver pizzas by following the signal from customers’ cell phones. Meanwhile, anti-drone “freedom fighters,” alarmed by the spread of cheap, easy overhead surveillance, take potshots at the robots with rifles and shotguns.

Loot, King’s Hydrofarm (Taken with instagram)

Wed, 23 May 2012 15:16:05 -0400

Loot, King’s Hydrofarm (Taken with instagram)

…as soon as she gets off the swing (Taken with instagram)

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:14:45 -0400

…as soon as she gets off the swing (Taken with instagram)

Strawberries from King’s Hydrofarm—Eva & I...

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:09:53 -0400

Strawberries from King’s Hydrofarm—Eva & I picked and now we will eat. (Taken with instagram)

"When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small..."

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:31:54 -0400

“When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things. Where is beauty to be found? In great things that, like everything else, are doomed to die, or in small things that aspire to nothing, yet know how to set a jewel of infinity in a single moment?”

- Muriel Barberry (The Elegance of the Hedgehog)

Sentences I like: Stephen King

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:19:37 -0400

jdickerson:

“There are lots of would be censors out there, and although they may have different agendas, they all want basically the same thing: for you to see the world they see…or to at least shut up about what you do see that’s different.” Stephen King, On Writing.

philokalia: Yarn inspired by works of my favorite children’s...

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:11:40 -0400

philokalia:

Yarn inspired by works of my favorite children’s book illustrator.

northatlanticyarnco:

The second colorway in a series inspired by Arthur Rackham: Fair Helena

Currently available in Clipper Ship Sock and Dreadnought DK

"Introversion — along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness — is now a second-class..."

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:49:56 -0500

“Introversion — along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness — is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology. Introverts living under the Extrovert Ideal are like women living in a man’s world, discounted because it goes to the core of who they are. Extroversion is an enormously appealing personality trait, but we’ve turned it into an oppressive standard to which most of us feel we must conform.””

- Susan Cain in Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, one of 7 great books by TED 2012 speakers (via explore-blog)

Girl Walk//All Day

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:37:57 -0500

Girl Walk//All Day:

This makes me so happy. Find some time and watch it all!

A Mathematician's Lament

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:35:48 -0500

A Mathematician's Lament:

I’ve been meaning to post this for ages. What if we taught music or art the same way we teach math…

Tennessee Valley Fair (Taken with instagram)

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:00:16 -0400

Tennessee Valley Fair (Taken with instagram)

Birthday Party Nails (Taken with instagram)

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:25:39 -0400

Birthday Party Nails (Taken with instagram)

Couch Surfer (Taken with instagram)

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:30:51 -0400

Couch Surfer (Taken with instagram)