Fun with the kid...

Borrowed a book on making wooden toys... Found the MOST appropriate one!  Gonna make a crossbow with my son.  But, like Tim the ToolMan, we gotta go for More Power!  Plate armor, phooey!  Pop a hole in that no problem.  Now, if we just weren't using kleenex as ammo....

January Webolution: E-Books

This looks like a good way to get a chance at some books that I might not otherwise get around to.  I like the option of downloading text a whole lot lore than the audio book option.  Having someone read to me is something that I guess I mostly outgrew as a kid, because it just doesn't appeal to me now.  I have used e-books before, but that was before they were available from libraries and before portable readers were available.  I will definitely have to put Adobe Digital Editions on my home computer, and see what titles I can find.  Might even have to see about getting one of the portable readers... off to see where they're available!  TTFN!!

patrons....

Here's a patron-oddity for you Pastrami - had someone stick their DVD through the slot for the drop box with a dollar sticking out of the case.  Was it just in case the DVD was late?  Was it a tip because we're so awesome?  Who knows - there was no note.  So, we decided that they had made a contribution to the copy bin after making sure the DVD was NOT in fact late.  Patrons iss de crrraziest peeplzzz!!

One down, unknown # to go...

Well, it was an unexciting weekend, but productive!  I head the design & production team for a chair designed to assist ADHD students in their academic careers.  Basically, the chair gives them something kinesthetic to do without leaving their seat - assisting in their focus on whatever their task may be.  This weekend saw the completion of what may be the final prototype before large-scale production.  Woo-Hoo!  'Course that just means that now there's more to do...

2010 is here!!

Here's hoping for a great new year!  I was also granted the chance to see Avatar in the first few days of 2010, and like Pastrami I also found it predictable.  It was still good fun, though!  Some of the imagery is truly awe-inspiring, even if it is almost all CGI.  Ignoring, for a moment, that it was pretty easy to know what was coming next - it was non-stop fast-moving action almost all the way through.  Since I was there primarily for the entertainment of my 8 year old son, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!  :)
    For 3 hours, my son accomplished what he can normally only manage for a few minutes at a time: undivided attention.  His tics (Tourette Syndrome) disappeared for the duration of the movie, and he was even engrossed enough to take off the ear protectors that go with us to every event that's conducted with noise stimulation.  Watching him, I was able to forget the fact that "yep, here comes the next expected event"  feeling and just enjoy the immersion in sight & sound.  I thought it was a pretty good laugh to see Sigourney Weaver comp'ed into a tailed, overstretched smurf!!  I also like the way the movie kept most of the "advanced technology" within the realm of the theoretically possible based on extrapolations of what's going on right now - after all, it is supposed to be SCIENCE-fiction!!

Happy 2010 all!

Always Exciting at the Library!!

Got to help Dean evict another unruly patron this morning.  What is it with some people?  They didn't learn manners when they were kids?  I had mine administered upon pain of...well, pain!  This "gentleman" loudly announced that he'd had training in the military - in what, bad attitude?  It certainly must have had nothing to do with discipline - or at least if so it didn't take.  Eeesh!

Happy New Year anyway!!!

Happy Troll-Mas!!

Ok - he's an ogre, not a troll.  Close enough!!!

Ah-Ha!

The confusion and folderol has been repaired & we are back to the system which did not seem to be broken!

WOOT!!!!

New Stuff....

As many of us know, new things or methods can cause stress.  Too many things of that variety can cause people to shut down, especially this time of year.  New or different simply for their own sake are not necessarily good.  If it ain't broke, DON'T FIX IT!!!!!  Micromanagement has been repeatedly proven detrimental to the functioning of any entity - corporate or not.

There, got that off my chest.  Not exactly eloquent, and definitely disjointed, but then who said thoughts & opinions had to be either?  Feel better already!!

Post-party blues?

Seems like everyone's in a bad mood today.  Did we all use up our holiday spirit at the party on Saturday?  Where did all our fun coworkers go?

Ah-Ha! Success at last!

I tried many ways previously to add these video clips to my blog - including ClipMarks, but finally, here's the second one.  It compares Going Home on Friday to Going to Work on Monday from the animal kingdom's point of view.  Enjoy!!

another attempt to post vids

Hopefully, this will embed the video I would like to dedicate to those of us who've had - or had to deal with - printer troubles.

new look

Well, changed the template, & now it's easier on the eyes - my eyes anyway.

In case any of you missed the fun yesterday (12/1), we had a belligerent patron whom Carol had run off in the morning for fighting in the parking lot return to the library a bit after noon.  When she discovered his return, & asked him to leave again (as he had been told not to return that day) he began to get loud & abusive.  He really started to go off as he passed through the main lobby area, and a few of us chose to go back Carol up as he was asked to complete his exit.  Carol didn't need us, however, and managed to maintain a far calmer demeanor than I think most of those present felt.  I was wound up for  a while afterward, that's for sure!  I think Carol deserves a standing-O for keeping the situation as under control as it could possibly be.

Yay, Carol!!!