Let Me Eat Cake (Leslie Miller)

I went to a wedding two days ago with a thought from a book fresh in my mind. “We could eat a cookie or a doughnut or a cupcake every day,” the book said. “Cake is special. You really feel you have to deserve it.” That’s why cake is prominent at celebrations, birthdays, [...]

Read Full Post »

The 3 Ns: No readin’, No ‘riting, No bloody chance.

With family visiting from out of state this week, I haven’t much time to read — let alone write or post anything. Most of my reading, in fact, has been at the fourth grade level or lower, depending on which child was talking or climbing into my lap.
I’ve been content with the simple pleasure of [...]

Read Full Post »

The Unwritten Rules of Baseball (Paul Dickson)

There’s No Crying in Baseball. Isn’t that a rule? I’d wager you could find more people able to recite that rule — thanks to Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own — than know the infield fly rule. Some rules are official and enforceable. Crying is … well … it [...]

Read Full Post »

April Fool’s Part 2

I was lucky enough to set two spoofs in motion this April Fool’s Day. One was for our staff on my library’s intranet page, and one was for the public on Twitter. I posted the staff prank in my previous post. Here’s the one for the public.
My library has many, many online services, [...]

Read Full Post »

April Fool’s Part 1

I’ve done at least ten system-wide April Fool’s jokes at work over the years. I must have a reputation now, because one coworker just passed me in the hall, wagged a finger at me and said “I haven’t looked at the computer yet, Steve, but I just know you’ve been up to something today!”
Unbeknownst to [...]

Read Full Post »