habitually probing generalist

a little “mouse” grew up; became a new house spouse. wrote a little ditty because he is moving to Iowa; Sioux City. I posted that little ditty to facebook and twitter several days ago to announce that I will soon be moving. In the comments on facebook, I also wrote: I’m going to Sioux City [...]

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That is a complicated question for which I have very little that I can or will say directly. WordPress upgraded I did just upgrade WordPress to the newest version so if anyone is still reading this feel free to click through to the blog proper and see if you see anything amiss. Thanks. Some reasons [...]

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Book review submitted Wednesday I finally submitted my first book review for publication.  Thanks, Walt, for recommending me to the editor. The book I reviewed is: Budd, John. 2008. Self-Examination: The Present and Future of Librarianship. Westport, Conn: Libraries Unlimited. [WorldCat]   The short version of the review I would have liked to write is [...]

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2 views on the slipperiness of words: Words are clumsy tools. And it is very easy to cut one’s fingers with them, and they need the closest attention in handling; but they are the only tools we have, and the imagination itself cannot work without them. (Frankfurter 1947: 546) as quoted in Harris, R., & [...]

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Things have sort of “settled down” around here; here being the blog. Related things in my daily life got “interesting” and have only progressed. Today was a most enlightening day. [Yes, Christina, that "interesting" was purposefully vague, and for you.  ] Wow. What to say, or not say? Been working on this for a while [...]

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I have come to realize that I am a failure at the professional role that I have been trying to adopt for the last several years.  It is one which, in many ways, I am perfectly suited for.  For instance, I can shoot holes in most any argument presented by most anyone, preferably with the [...]

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