Terrible Twos

I'm still a fan of meaningless anniversaries, and today is probably the most meaningless of them all - it's the second anniversary of my starting this blog! WOW! Let's look back on my intentions from April 29, 2005, and see how I've done:

• I promise not to whine too much
• OK, I guess I've only whined about how I'm not going to whine on my blog
• I'll keep the actual corn discussion to a minimum. It's just a silly name
• Check
• I hope to soon acquire a digital camera, so that I can share photos of my scintillating life with the world. But, until then, there probably won't be much here.
• I think my awesome pictures speak for themselves...
• Corn
• You don't say?

Thanks for reading and commenting - your comments make this a much less one-sided way to keep up with all of you wonderful people.

And here is what I would look like animated

Check out Meez, and you too can make yourself look like a fool!

Also, while I'm here, I have one complaint to make. On Thursday night, my local NBC affiliate, News10NBC, preempted "30 Rock" so they could air a special on how great their crack local investigative reporting team is. Sounds like that episode of "Mr. Show" featuring the Car Wash Change Thief Action Squad, doesn't it? Well, "I-Team 10" probably is pretty much like that, except for the fact that they are responsible for breaking the story that people could get adult web sites unblocked at the Rochester Public Library, which led directly to our charming county executive threatening to pull the plug on library funding. So not only did I have to miss a show I wanted to watch, I was also reminded of that whole wonderful affair.

Jerks. Watch me do my little dance above in defiance.

Chaos, murder, floods, plagues...

Everything in the wide world seems to be going loco lately, doesn't it? Perhaps the solution is chocolate. But wait, not so fast!

Yes, I know, to add to the troubled state of affairs, another long silence on this very forum. Honestly, there hasn't been too much to talk about. I spent some time with my family both last weekend and the weekend before, with much food being consumed and heaps of leftovers being foisted upon me to take home. Speaking of home, I'm now the proud owner (at least temporarily) of a backyard pond, thanks to Ultra Mega Storm '07! When the time comes to sell the place someday, maybe I can convince the real estate agent to add "seasonal water feature" to the listing - think of the inroads I could make into the luxury end of the market!

Am I officially a "Library 2.0" librarian yet?

Hello again - I know it's been quite some time since my last update, but I've recently returned from the ACRL conference, where I was repeatedly reminded that I should participate in blogging. I had a great time visiting Baltimore, hon. I got to meet John Waters and was photographed with him for the conference newsletter. Yet another argument for never talking to the media. I also got to hang out and catch up with some friends from library school, which was great. I saw some fantastic animal sculptures made from logs, bottle caps and other assorted stuff at the AVAM. And, apparently, I learned that R2 D2 is back - in mailbox form, as seen above.

What else have I learned lately? Oh yeah, that punk rawk is officially, totally dead. Or maybe it was a marketing stunt all along. Who really knows?