I keep thinking that someday I won't be posting to wordpress right before shift change or quitting time, so that I could post here in a leisurely and timely manner .. it keeps not happening. I do apologize. At any rate, here are the latest reviews ( Read more... )

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One of the ways that I know my love loves me is that he brings me knitting books from the library… even though I work at another library and can check out my own knitting books. This was one of those.


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Fair warning: I have not yet read this book to either of my children. No, my good friend and colleague S. pointed it out to me on the shelf waiting for the head children's librarian’s attention. It has not yet been stickered and is not yet available to the public in my library. Since that librarian isn’t in today, I snuck it off the shelf to ( Read more... )

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In early July, I went to Borders to pick up a couple of birthday presents. While there, the salesperson convinced me that based on my previous purchasing history, it would probably save me money to buy the premium membership. I’d even get coupons that would make back the whole $20. I knew Borders was in trouble, but I’d just read in Publisher’s ( Read more... )

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Recently (and I don’t remember where) I read about what kinds of men are attractive to straight women. I think it talked about the reverse as well, but what I remember best is that while men seem to like women more intelligent than older stereotypes would have, women still pretty much go for big strong alpha males. Cowboys and Navy SEALs and that ( Read more... )