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A Deutschland wedding

September 5th, 2011 · 5 Comments

As I wrote here, Sara and I went to Germany for my son’s wedding. It was a wonderful trip but far too short. We left on a Wed. morning and got back home on Mon. eve. We spent the first couple of days with my daughter-in-law’s parents in Fürth in the Odenwald. It was quite [...]

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Tags: Family · Food and Drink · My Life · Travel

Upcoming fall semester

August 21st, 2011 · 4 Comments

Thought I’d post a little update regarding my plans for fall. First, a quick update on where I am currently. Update My hours at the BCU library were bumped up to 6 (from 5) hours/week so I could take on a weeding project of my own. I had already cataloged the backlog and current acquisitions [...]

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Tags: Books · Cataloging · Education · Family · Librariana · My Life · Travel · Work

Iowa Library Association Conference

October 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Tomorrow morning we head halfway across the state for the ILA conference in Coralville, next to Iowa City. We are looking forward to it for assorted reasons, but a little networking is near the top of my list. What is at the top, though, for both of us, is checking out Iowa City. We got [...]

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Tags: Conferences · Librariana · My Life · Travel

Long time gone

August 6th, 2010 · 6 Comments

[This post title is, for me, multi-meta in that it refers to several things.] It has been a long time since I’ve been here. Part of me is sad about this fact and part of me thinks that is just fine. A lot has happened since I last wrote here: I quit my job as [...]

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house spouse

April 26th, 2010 · 9 Comments

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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Tags: CAS Project · Family · Friends · My Life · Professionalism · Travel · Work

ASIST 2009 in Vancouver

November 7th, 2009 · Comments Off

In Vancouver, BC for ASIST 2009 Annual Meeting: Thriving on Diversity: Information Opportunities in a Pluralistic World. Today is the 20th SIG-CR (Classification Research) Workshop: Bridging Worlds, Connecting People: Classification Transcending Boundaries. 1st session, which I’m in now, is titled: Crossing Cultural Boundaries: Indigenous Knowledge Organization. Moderator: Hope Olson. Papers are: Language, Text and Knowledge [...]

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Tags: ASIS&T Annual Meeting · ASIST · Classification · My Life · Travel

Living room talk

June 15th, 2008 · 6 Comments

* with a hat tip to Dorothea (see below) In which I proudly proclaim and rant as if we were simply sitting here in my living room chatting as the friends we might be, if given the chance. Jeremy and trip to central Texas Again, thank you from the entirety of my heart to all [...]

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Anyone care to find out how Off I really am?

May 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments

I’m wondering if anyone out there between central IL and central TX might be willing to put me up overnight on Memorial Day or perhaps the next weekend for the return? As I think I’ve mentioned, I am going down to Fort Hood/Killeen, TX next week to see my son before he leaves for his [...]

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Christmas visit with family and friends

December 30th, 2007 · 4 Comments

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. [...]

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Some things read this week, 23 – 29 December 2007

December 30th, 2007 · Comments Off

This has been a very light week due to my visiting relatives and friends in the Washington, DC area. Toolan, Michael J. 1996. Total Speech: An Integrational Linguistic Approach to Language. Durham, N.C: Duke University Press. Finish Ch. 1: On Inscribed or Literal Meaning (21-25 Dec) Ch. 2: Metaphor (26 – 29 Dec) Ch. 3: [...]

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