Mt. rainier photos For those interested, I’ve posted all 106 photos from my trip to Mt. Rainier on the ofoto service. No registration is required…

Reference desk, shift #2 Well, today was my second four-hour shift on a public library reference desk. I had to deal with fewer computer-related requests…

Groan! “Big Martin had made a mess of the ProCath fanatics who had attacked us. The leaser was identified by his dental records—why he had…

This has gone far enough It’s bad enough that I can’t go into a bookstore any more and look at the new book tables/shelves, especially…

Power of two Now the parking lot is empty Everyone’s gone someplace I pick you up and in the trunk I’ve packed A cooler and…

Lyrics I don’t have the time to reproduce them here so I’ll just provide a link this time. Keb’ Mo’ – A Better Man

Sad days According to Reading At Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America (.pdf) not only are reading rates in America declining, the rate…