I know there are a ton of different geeky options out there, but my husband just sent me this geeky T-shirt and I wanted to share it with you all.

Just had to share this - it’s kinda funny.

via: RSS Compendium & bLaugh

So much fun!! I found this via BiblioTech Web who found it through many others - so you probably have seen this already - but here it is again - The Library Crystal Ball!

If you read my husband’s blog you know that we’ve been playing BattleLore lately. This new board game was a Christmas present for my husband - and not a night goes by that I don’t hear “Wanna play?” While this comic is extremely funny - my husband has not gone this far yet!

Comic by Brian Barling

Michael points us to the iPod Death Clock which told me that my new iPod was manufactured in November 06 and will live for another 700 days 20 hours 11 minutes 12 seconds. I think I’ll probably have upgraded before I hit D-Day.

Is your New Year’s resolution to get fit? Not sure how to do that when you work in a library? You need the Betty Glover Library Workout Tape!

One of my co-workers posted this on the intranet today and I just had to share with you all!!

People who know me know that I love dogs!

I have pictures of my little munchkin on my desk, she has her own blog (which I don’t keep up) and she has her own set on Flickr.

But it’s not just my little one that I love, I love all dogs, big & small! One of my favorite daily reads is The Daily Puppy which shows a picture of a new puppy everyday (including my Coda last year).

So you can imagine how much fun it is for me to read this week’s series at Unshelved which combines my two loves Libraries & Dogs.

Read them for yourself:

• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday

Find me a library that allows employees to bring dogs to work and I’m there!!!

Yep - you read that right. My mother-in-law gave us each a candy pooing bear for a stocking stuffer this year. You have to see it in action - it’s very disturbing:

The box says: “The Sub-Zero Poopin’ Hero!” — this is just too much!!

David has tagged me! There is a new meme going around and this time I have to list 5 things you didn’t know about me — this is a hard one.

1. My absolute favorite song is about dealing with change by the Indigo Girls. The song title is “The Wood Song” and my friends and I played it over and over on our way out of the parking lot at High School graduation - and I play it whenever I need some reminding that while:
   “Sometimes I ask to sneak a closer look
   Skip to the final chapter of the book
   And then maybe steer us clear from some of the pain it took
   To get us where we are this far yeah
   But the question drowns in its futility
   And even I have got to laugh at me
   No one gets to miss the storm of what will be
   Just holding on for the ride”
2. While growing up I moved practically every 3 years - I now have this migratory instinct and it’s time for me to move (I’ve been in this house for 3+ years and it’s driving me crazy).
3. Twins run in my family. My sisters are twins, I have cousins who are twins, and I have second/third cousins twice removed (or some such thing) who are twins - very scary for me!!!
4. When I was a kid ( 7 or 8 ) my mother gave me and electric typewriter. I used to use that thing daily to write letters and new pages to my “novel” (a short story about how 2 kids find all kinds of weird things happen on Friday the 13th). I learned to type before I knew how to write cursive - and for hat reason my handwriting is atrocious.
5. My long term dream is to retire to Italy - I have visited there 2 times so far in my life and have never been calmer - and that’s saying a lot for me! I love the easy way of life and the friendly people - now I just have to learn the language!

I am tagging: Brian Engard (of course), Meredith Farkas, John Blyberg, Sarah (the Scattered Librarian), and Susanne Sacchetti.

Well - best game as of today

I have been playing this awesome scrabble-like role-playing game (yes, I wrote that right) called Bookworm Adventures recently. This game is awesome! And educational! What more can you ask for?

You play the part of Lex - the bookworm. Lex is trying to save Cassandra (the princess), but in order to get to her he has to defeat several monsters along the way. Lex (being a worm) has no arms or feet - so he has to fight with words! That’s right - you spell words from the jumbled tiles provided in order to do damage to your enemies. This turn-based spelling RPG is totally addicting and tons of fun. Go out and buy yourself a copy today!!

Okay, I have 1/2 a final left (which I’m stalling on - can’t you tell?) and I’m done done done! I have already gotten my grade for one class and am waiting to hear on the other one.

But the point of my post is that I haven’t had time to log into Bloglines and I know it has to be loaded down with thousands of posts. I think, when the term ends, on Weds I’m going to have to clear everything out and start fresh.

My husband and I have been “discussing” when the right time to put up the Christmas tree is. Decorating my house is my favorite part of Christmas - he feels we should at least wait until December. Well it’s December!!

In honor of my holiday cheer, I want to share a handy holiday movies guide with you. The Christmas Movies Schedule lists the dates, times and channels where you can find your favorite Christmas movies. (note that the schedule started in October - I was just asking to put the tree up after Thanksgiving )

Okay, I’m done laughing now.

Steven pointed me to an interesting post about librarian bloggers.

There's an ENTIRE SUBCULTURE OF LIBRARIANS WHO BLOG out there. A sad, bizarre subculture. “Canuck Librarian”. “New Jack Librarian”. “Catalogablog”. “Diary of a Subversive Librarian”, even. LIBRARIANS. Who BLOG. What in the HELL could they have to BLOG about??

As you all know - we can be a very vocal bunch - which I guess led to this retraction.

The days of the old lady with the tight bun who “shhhhhh”-es you all the time are GONE, man. These people are COOL. These people KNOW tons of stuff, man. And if you are REALLY nice to them, maybe they'll explain GovDocs to you.

I have found some pretty neat gift ideas I want to share with you all.

• Bibliochase
  The Bibliochaise is an armchairlibrary for who likes to be immersed in deep reading. It contains 5 linear metres of books and thanks to a special fitting structure is easily disassembled.
• Kiss Me I’m A Librarian T-Shirt
  Or any of the other great gift ideas at TeaseCatalog
• Men of TLA Calendar
  I mentioned this earlier - but it deserves to be repeated.
• Librarian’s Rock T-Shirt
  Or any of the other Cafe Press gifts.

I just played Guess-The-Google. It’s a little game where it shows you a series of pictures and you have to guess what search term got those results. I got a score of 202 - and I couldn’t figure out a few pictures. What’s your score?

So, after I left the Crown & Anchor pub one of the nights at IL, people discovered the wonders of the Xlerator hand dryer - watch it in action.

Technorati Tags: il2006, il06

Don’t Miss the Joint SLA and MLA Holiday Party Featuring Silent Auction. This benefits SLA Knower Fund and Children’s Book Drive. on Thursday, December 7, 2006 at the Jenkins Law Library, 833 Chestnut East Building at 9th and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia.

For more info visit the SLA Philadelphia Chapter website.

I’m posting this here because of a couple of reasons. 1 - I’m helping out with the party, 2 - It will be at my library, and 3 - I want to let you know that if you’re in the area you should join us!!!

There are a couple of cute Foxtrot comics on Web 2.0.

• Friday, Sept 22, 2006
• Saturday, Sept 23, 2006

This is a “just for the fun of it” site. Once again a tool I found on Lifehacker - PhoneSpell!

Enter a 6 to 10 digit phone number and we’ll show you what words and phrases your phone number spells

My phone number is pretty useless as words - the best combo it came up with was Flo-wry-5 - which isn’t a word.

I just learned that Sept 30th is Museum Day.

Free entry available to museums around the country on Saturday, 30 September 2006, as part of the Smithsonian-sponsored Museum Day. You have to download the Museum Day Card to gain free entry for 2 people. Visit the site for the card and the list of participating museums (by state). For those in the DC area who are used to free museums, here is your chance to visit some of the museums in Baltimore without paying a fee (including the Maryland Science Center).

How neat is that? When I was in Florence on my honeymoon they were offering free entry to all of the museums - but it was a weeklong (or monthlong event). Anyway, make sure that you take advantage of this great offer!

A funny comic to end your day.

I worked from home on Monday and had IM open so I could talk to my teammate (who was in the office). I used to be an IM junky when I was in college - but that died down pretty quick once I got a “real” job

Anyway, while I was on IM I got a chance to talk to Meredith who I haven’t talked to since March! So I thought I should try to keep my IM open whenever possible. If you want to chat my Yahoo and AIM IDs are the same “nengard”. I’m using Trillian so you can log in to whichever one you like. Hope to talk to you soon!

From the web4lib mailing list:

Dear Web4Lib,

After learning about Web/Library/Librarian/etc. 2.0 stuff over the past month or so, I’ve decided to undertake a practical Librarian 2.0 experiment.

Librarian Fit Club

I’ve got two objectives:

1) Using a variety of social networking and collaborative tools, build a web presence that would allow librarians to experiment with these types of tools in a functional environment.

2) Maybe lose a few pounds (hey, it’s motivation for objective #1).

Obviously, just using random tools would not make for a very functional environment. Thus far, I’m thinking the tools that would be useful for this experiment:

Basecamp: For planning, setting goals, marking progress, etc.
A hosted Wiki: For storing ideas, fitness routines, recipes, etc.
A group blog: For celebrating, venting, and sharing, and documenting the thing.
Flickr: For the brave of heart (grin).

…anything else anyone thinks would be useful for both objectives…

Thus far, I’ve created a basecamp group (http://librarianfitclub.grouphub.com) and a flickr group (http://www.flickr.com/groups/librarianfitclub/)

The flickr group is open. Basecamp requires an admin to create and add people to the site.

I’m looking into Wikis and Blogs, but I’d really welcome some collaboration in building this thing.

If you’re interested in participating, please send me an e-mail off-list.

Thanks,
Keith

Keith Engwall
Head of Library Systems and Technology
Catawba College
Salisbury, NC
kengwall@catawba.edu

I’m signed up - but then again I’ve been trying to lose weight for 2 months now - so I have head start - but it’s still a fun idea.

Have you seen this video yet? Stephen Colbert on Wikiality. I’ve seen it mentioned too many places to give credit to everyone - but today I saw it on Information Wants to be Free.

Today I attended a session at the PA Bar Institute that was supposed to share 60 tips in 60 minutes. We didn’t quite get to hear all 60, but there were some fun things I wanted to share with you all (and some productive things I’m going to test before I share).

1. The USB Beverage Cooler from CoolIT - keep your drinks cool using the power from your computer.
2. The USB Turntable - rip your old records to MP3s so you can listen to them on your MP3 Player.
3. The CellStik - backup your cell phone and/or easily transfer data from your old phone to your new one.

How neat are those? While I was searching for these URLs I saw that engadget & Gizmodo had already posted about them - but those are 2 blogs I didn’t subscribe to - until today!

Oh, and the presentation was by Ross Kodner from MicroLaw - a great speaker if you’re looking for some continuing legal education!