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919 days ago
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1070 days ago
Not too long ago, Dana asked me for some music suggestions, which is not too unusual a request since I am the Queen of the Mix, the Maven of Music. Only this time I had no suggestions because I haven't listened to anything new iiiiiiiiin........so long that I can't remember when. How did this happen? Well, this and this probably contributed since I've been up to my eyeballs in 80s music. And before THAT the Monkees mix and now, for the true low point, tonight I'm making my mom a copy of a cd of The Limeliters, which I put together one weekend using this new contraption she has that burns cds from records. I bet most of you don't even know who The Limeliters were, do you? Let's just say they were a 1960s folk group and leave it at that, shall we? All these wanderings down memory lane have been just dandy for the last few months, but I'm ready for a change. I'd like to be able to listen to something in my car that doesn't make me feel like I should be driving a ...
1127 days ago
That's right folks, it's officially been a year since I first wrote this statement of purpose and the first real entry on my original blog. A lot has happened since I first decide to give this whole blog thing a try. At that time I was doing the Off-Again-On-Again Tango with Morelli, although unbeknownst to me I had already seen and talked to him in the flesh for the last time a couple of week previously. I think I had a clue something was wrong, which was in part why I wanted to start writing – to do a bit of venting of pain. But I was petrified of the idea of writing online...of putting my thoughts and feelings up there for anybody to read and comment on them and potentially judge me. I was worried that my friends and family would hate it, that they would be uncomfortable with being discussed or, worst of all, that they'd think was an uninteresting, self-absorbed hack. However, I also knew that I wanted a way to express myself that was more....challenging than the old ...
1131 days ago
I've known for quite some time that October was going to be "The Month from Hell" (tm) - too many volunteer projects, work projects, book signings, and other STUFF, all competing for my time. Add to that the unexpected family freakiness and you've got a stressful month. However, there is an upside to all this activity...you get to meet new people...like the guy with the nice eyes that I got to volunteer with yesterday. *grin* That aside, it's been just crazy around the Caffeinated Librarian household. But there have been a few articles and blogs that have caught my eye. So, let's begin the weekly Tour: This past weekend, I started to write an entry about the pink women's cut team jerseys that I've started seeing all over the place and how much they irritate me. My thought, "Do I really need to wear a pink jersey to remind myself that I'm a woman? Are there really men out there who would MISS the fact that I am woman at a game without me wearing the bright pink ...
1134 days ago
Every year the Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library hosts a festival of reading called "Novello." Usually the festival runs through October (although this year it goes well into November) and includes a variety of authors and other famous figures who give lectures, answer questions, and sign books. It's a wonderful festival and my mom and I try to go to at least on Novello event each year. So on Thursday we went to hear Doug Marlette, controversial political cartoonist and author, talk about his new book Magic Time and his first novel The Bridge , which I wrote a little about earlier in the week. First of all, we both really enjoyed listening to Marlette; although he was obviously uncomfortable talking in front of an audience, he is very funny and quite an armchair philosopher. Some of his ideas were extremely interesting to me and I'm going to try to do them justice tonight. However, he covered a lot of information in about an hour, so if I mangle it ...
