August - Critical Past and Food Safety

Almost everything that came up on Critical Past that happened on October 11th had something to do with war. Kind of a bummer. Although there was one video of a man taking a watch out of his pocket and looking at it. Why is this of historical significance? It's not even of hysterical significance (that was Davey B.). Most of the footage on this site has to do with WWII. I realize that this is important for us to remember but, geez, can we see some more non-war footage, please?

As for the minimum cooking temperature of pork. It is perfectly fine to eat pork raw. Preferably soaked in egg yoke that has been sitting out for a day or two. Either that or if you're a wimp you can cook it so that it reaches at least 160 degrees. Either way. Oh, and also, one of these methods will make you die.

Blindness

I'm almost finished reading Blindness by Jose Saramago. It's one of the best books I've ever read. I was turned onto this book by seeing the movie (which I didn't know was based on a book until I saw the credits). The movie was pretty disappointing but the idea was fascinating so I thought the book might be better. So, yeah, it is. Have any of you read this? If so, what did you think? It's translated from Portuguese, so I wonder what the original is like. The writing style is singular to say the least. Wonderfully unique and poetic while still always sticking to the story at hand. If you haven't read it, you should.

CAL!

Gail just informed me that she'll be sending me to The Colorado Association of Libraries Conference 2010, in October. I got really excited until she explained that it's nothing like Spring Break Miami. I guess there'll be, like, programs about library stuff, 'n' things. But, seriously folks, I am looking forward to going to CAL. They've got some programs scheduled that I think will be very interesting and hopefully enlightening. I'm wondering who else is going?

This job is weird sometimes

Gail made me wear a colander on my head today. She also tried to make me sing but I do have standards. It was one of the strangest programs ever. I'm pretty sure there are about 50 kids who now think that The War of The Worlds was real and that Mars is fiction.

Another thing that is weird - the word "weird". I always second-guess myself as to how to spell it. Both "weird" and "wierd" look weird to me. Go 'head and marinate on that.

Feb Task: Learn-A-Test

I took the grammar practice test and it was helpful to refresh my memory on a few grammatical rules. I can't really imagine how I would ever use this at the library, but it's good to know about.

June - Newseum's Front Pages

I'm going to be very honest here. Even if it doesn't paint me in a flattering light. I don't pay any attention to the news at all. I don't read newspapers or watch television. I do keep up on music and movies and books, but that's about it. So, personally, I have no use for this Website. And I can't really see how I would ever use this at work, either. Maybe that's because I'm in Children's. I'm not sure. I wish I could post something more positive. C'est la blog.

July: New OPAC

I have to admit that change is not always easy for me. In the training meeting it seemed like the new OPAC was going to be great. But using it is a little frustrating for me. I think that's mostly just because it's different from what I've become accustomed to. It does bother me that when searching for cds, the artist's name doesn't always come up in the general search. Once you are looking at the specific record you can see the artist's name, though. Nancy T. assured me that this is not a Marmot error but an omission on the part of whoever created the record. Shame! I kid. Other than that, I am sure I will soon feel like I can't live without the new OPAC!