habitually probing generalist

The What
Wednesday afternoon I posted the following to my facebook status:
I have recently instituted a personal goal of trying to catch up with at least 1 interesting person a week (or so) just to see what’s rockin’ their (LIS) world, whether there are any areas of overlapping interest, if we can challenge/cheer each other on [...]

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Last Tuesday morning my facebook status said:
one year ago tonight. it began in an alley. i love you more than i knew was even possible. ♥
I was sending a personal message as I am wont to do and dropping a hint or two.
Tuesday was S and my pre-anniverary. One year previous she had joined me [...]

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Drinking with the Troops
From a local blog, Urbanagora, comes “Drinks with a Soldier.” I just love how some jackass commentor tries to hide behind the shield of anonymity and call the post author a liar. Certainly there are all sorts of views on this war, including those of the troops fighting it.
Perhaps if you ever [...]

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Sunday – Saturday, 4 – 10 May 2008

Wilson, Patrick. 1968. Two Kinds of Power : an Essay on Bibliographical Control. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Ch. III : Relevance (Sun)
Ch. IV : Bibliographical Instruments and Their Specifications (Mon)
Ch. V : Subjects and the Sense of Position (Wed)
Ch. VI : Indexing, Coupling, Hunting (Thu)
Ch. VII : Consultants [...]

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What a question. I feel like I need a recap of some of it myself sometimes.
I hope to have some semi-substantial blog posts and/or Flickr sets for some of these but I’d like to get them mentioned before they all become old news.
[some kind of division]
Been watching a fair few movies, started running (4x 5x [...]

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Today has been a fairly laid-back day. Considering.
I got up at 10-ish and have been on slow ever since. Pauline & Kathryn’s class was having a reading day and I decided to forego more Protégé work this evening in Allen’s class. We will be doing more next week.
So I have been giving myself a [...]

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I don’t normally do such things for myself (or so much for others either) but I decided to have myself a little birthday party at one of my favorite local establishments. I do not plan on celebrating next year.
I was initially going for something small but I have so many amazing friends whom I do [...]

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I went to Falls Church, Virginia to visit family and friends 20 – 29 December. I got home yesterday evening. Drove to Bloomington (1 hour) and flew through Detroit to Dulles and back again.
Going out of Bloomington vs. Champaign is about $150 cheaper round trip and parking is free, which is a substantial savings. BMI [...]

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I will be in Falls Church, VA for a portion of the holidays this year. If anyone is in the area and would like to meet up for dinner, or drinks, or coffee or some such please contact me via my contact form (or any other way you are aware of).
I realize that being more [...]

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Actually, during the last 2 years of high school my nickname (given to me by others) was Cookie Monster.
Found at The Itinerant Librarian.
You’re sweet (but not too sweet) and you fill other people’s lives with tasty bits of awesomeness. You’re no perfectionist – in fact, you’re a bit disorganized – but your friends find your [...]

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