Rooting for the Home Team
Lest you think I’m the only kook who’s amused by Bonnie Root’s (inexplicably misguided friends/fans of Ms. Root need not leave comments about how I shouldn’t quit my day job. Believe me, I know) breed […]
Distractions
Librarians: Doubly Hip
Huh, I don't regularly read the New York Sun so their Williamsburg/Greenpoint specific take on hip librarians (that pre-dated the current #1 most emailed Times piece by three days) just made its way to me […]
Shush This
The more press de-stereotyping the library profession, the better, I suppose. Today’s New York Times article, "A Hipper Crowd of Shushers” compliments the more middle of the road "The Modern Librarian: A Role Worth Checking […]
(Dilla)hunting & Stalking
This isn’t supposed to be a full on food blog, so please allow a momentary distraction. Before I get to my point, let me just say that the Lifetime Movie Network shows some amazing stuff. […]
The Portmanteau Book
It’s strange that I’m no fan of small children and yet I love their books. Or at least those that I grew up with. I’m way out of the modern kiddie lit loop (I just […]
It All Depends On How You Define Influential
Personally (and hey, this is Project Me) it would’ve made more sense if I’d written the best Latin American food piece in today’s NY Post but for reasons unknown to me I was assigned the […]
HisSpace
Over the years I’ve Googled my fair share of well and lesser knowns but it rarely occurs to me to hit up the MySpaces, Friendsters and Facebooks of the web. But their reach is undeniable […]
Is it Possible to Deep-fry Reese’s Pieces?
I was just thinking how ideal it would be having Fridays off and not starting work until 4:30pm on Mondays, if I had someplace to go away to for the weekend. But seeing as I […]
Top Dogs
It’s not like I have any set mission to champion underdogs (it’s tough when rarely on top, yourself) but I can’t stay away from them, it’s just part of my core being. Wednesday I had […]
What a Fool Believes
I can't believe I made the mistake of dying my hair and elliptical training for a goddamn hour last night. I was busy watching Lost (first hour exercising, second hour coloring) while on another channel […]