To Tom Paine, and to my Grandma =D
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Awesome Archival!
From the BBC, a German missive used to fool the Nazis away from Normandy.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12266109
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12266109
Monday, January 17, 2011
Update
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Happy Birthday to me.
Things have been moving forward in a whirlwind of activity lately, and I've been trying to keep my footing as best I can. Classes are twice as intensive as they were last semester, and on top of that I now have work and am trying to continue my Chinese lessons. I have to resort to a deep skim of my reading materials because there are just so many, but so far that's been alright. At least the readings are more interesting than last year (for now).
I am super excited about the History of the Book class, where we are taking field trips and having meetings with people involved in multiple aspects of rare book librarianship and archives. I'm excited about the final paper for that class too, but seeing as how it's due in only 8 weeks, the excitement is spiced up with a healthy dash of terror.
I'm now an official foster parent for small mammals at the Dumb Friends League. My first two fosters are rats named Asimov and Darwin.
Things have been moving forward in a whirlwind of activity lately, and I've been trying to keep my footing as best I can. Classes are twice as intensive as they were last semester, and on top of that I now have work and am trying to continue my Chinese lessons. I have to resort to a deep skim of my reading materials because there are just so many, but so far that's been alright. At least the readings are more interesting than last year (for now).
I am super excited about the History of the Book class, where we are taking field trips and having meetings with people involved in multiple aspects of rare book librarianship and archives. I'm excited about the final paper for that class too, but seeing as how it's due in only 8 weeks, the excitement is spiced up with a healthy dash of terror.
I'm now an official foster parent for small mammals at the Dumb Friends League. My first two fosters are rats named Asimov and Darwin.
The girls being cute.
Asimov taking a break from her frantic scurrying.
Rufus being his curious self.
The cat has so far done nothing but stare up at the cage, try to jump onto the dresser, and gone after the grass reserved for the rats like it was crack. The rats find him to be a curiosity and that's as far as it will ever go. I'm halfway through their 2 week foster period, and am going to be very sad when I let them go. They're adorable, and actually make excellent pets.
It's been a sweltering 50 degrees here for the last few days, and people are walking around in shorts and flip flops. I'm not that crazy, but I've been enjoying being able to use my window cleaner without rendering myself blind. The commute to and from work has started getting old, but with the right CDs I can weather any rush out traffic. I do wish I wasn't commuting more than 5 hours a week though.
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