I’m currently staying in Coralville, IA and teaching the next two days next door in Iowa City. I’ve got two animal stories to share.
It seems that Iowa is currently suffering an infestation of Asian lady beetles, basically a slightly more aggressive, and smelly when smooshed I’ve been told, version of what we’re all used to. Coralville seems to be ground zero at the moment as the crunching noises I was making while walking across my hotel’s parking lot earlier today.
As for the goats, well I had Goat Rogan Josh (“a specialty from Kashmir: lean goat pieces cooked in yogurt, almonds & amp;a unique blend of spices”) for dinner tonight at an Iowa City Indian restaurant. Actually, it was quite good. It had the texture of a very tender beef roast. Couldn’t make out much of a taste difference however, due to the spicy sauce it was smothered in. The only this that could have made the dish better was if the goat was boneless.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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