Hedgehog Librarian: Prickly, Nocturnal, InfoDiva

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2009-11-09T10:07:22.101-06:00

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Thank you so much for making the Google Spreadshee...

2009-11-03T20:42:46.186-06:00

Thank you so much for making the Google Spreadsheet and sharing it with the listserv! You're a LITA-L saint!

I went to a wedding reception at that hotel - it w...

2009-10-21T04:59:40.056-05:00

I went to a wedding reception at that hotel - it was held in the "stable", a round building with its own catering facilities, that could hold a couple of hundred easily...our Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) go there for their award ceremonies and shindigs...when they say it's 5 star, they're not exaggerating!

Poor baby hogs - whisked from 5 star luxury, to be released in, erm, somewhat less-than-lovely lovely Dundee!

Louise is definitely right. I'm not sure I've ever...

2009-10-19T12:53:41.564-05:00

Louise is definitely right. I'm not sure I've ever actually read Northanger, for all that P&P and Persuasion are two of my favorite books ever.

Nothing new under the sun, right?

My pleasure! I already have another set lined up, ...

2009-10-19T12:48:05.655-05:00

My pleasure! I already have another set lined up, coming soon!

Thanks so much for the thoughtful recommendations!...

2009-10-16T13:05:10.386-05:00

Thanks so much for the thoughtful recommendations!

I, too, am reminded of Northanger Abbey. This is ...

2009-10-15T21:19:11.687-05:00

I, too, am reminded of Northanger Abbey. This is such a fun series of posts!

I love this blog so much I can hardly stand it. Sm...

2009-10-15T00:48:19.362-05:00

I love this blog so much I can hardly stand it. Smart and insightful. Thanks for sharing.
All the very best,
Simone

This reminds me of the first paragraph of Northang...

2009-10-14T13:56:34.850-05:00

This reminds me of the first paragraph of Northanger Abbey (Austen), which makes fun of this norm: (edited) "No one who had seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be an heroine. Her situation in life, the character of her father and mother, her own person and disposition, were all equally against her. Her father was a clergyman, without being neglected, or poor and a very respectable man,...and he was not in the least addicted to locking up his daughters. Her mother was a woman of useful plain sense, with a good temper, and, what is more remarkable, with a good constitution. She had three sons before Catherine was born; and instead of dying in bringing the latter into the world, as any body might expect, she still lived on--lived to have six children more--to see them growing up around her, and to enjoy excellent health herself."
I love that last bit about her mother. Very funny - and inside the story, she skewers some of the gothic romance novels of the time, gently, of course.

I'm enjoying your Regency Romance series posts! I ...

2009-09-28T00:51:38.781-05:00

I'm enjoying your Regency Romance series posts! I just discovered Georgette Heyer & I am devouring her works. I'd appreciate a bit of name dropping for other authors who write in the same vein.

Thanks!

I know what you mean. I was in a history class, t...

2009-09-17T08:29:06.439-05:00

I know what you mean. I was in a history class, too, and I thought it was a fake at first because the teacher (nicknamed "Bootleg" by the students) was famous for making fake movies. When we realized it was real, it only seemed more unreal. I wondered whether this would be it, whether the attack was just part of a massive one about to hit the whole country, whether we were already aiming nuclear strikes in retaliation that would, through mutually assured destruction, cause human life on Earth to basically end. It wasn't until later that afternoon, when I realized that the human race was going to survive the day, that I really saw the horror and tragedy of what still had happened.

And it is very much like the JFK assassination was for my parents. My dad remembers the first and last name of the girl who cried in his fifth-grade classroom.

The only really exception I can think of to some o...

2009-09-08T02:18:56.912-05:00

The only really exception I can think of to some of this is Mary in Georgette Heyer's "The Devil's Cub". She has mousy brown hair and a lot of common sense. For this reason, I really enjoyed reading her more than almost anyone.

Oh, more is definitely coming! Stay tuned :)

2009-08-30T22:15:13.577-05:00

Oh, more is definitely coming! Stay tuned :)

Teehee! This is awesome. Can't wait for the sequ...

2009-08-30T20:50:47.515-05:00

Teehee! This is awesome. Can't wait for the sequel. Are you going to do other stock characters too, at all? You could probably fit a bunch of them into one entry . . .

I looked at it this week and put it back. I give ...

2009-08-29T16:25:36.203-05:00

I looked at it this week and put it back. I give her credit for using lots of fruits and vegetables, but there was way too many processed food products for me. Noreen

Thanks Patricia! I'm glad you're enjoying it.

2009-08-27T09:39:00.018-05:00

Thanks Patricia! I'm glad you're enjoying it.

I recently came accross your blog and have been re...

2009-08-27T08:55:55.951-05:00

I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I dont know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Patricia

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Eww, they have non-dairy "creamer" as a "staple," ...

2009-08-10T16:46:18.316-05:00

Eww, they have non-dairy "creamer" as a "staple," too.

And then there was Birds Barbie and she was just c...

2009-08-04T17:45:20.912-05:00

And then there was Birds Barbie and she was just creepy

http://www.barbiecollector.com/shop/product.aspx?sku=L9633

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One of the Barbie dolls I picked up for my daughte...

2009-08-04T15:04:14.270-05:00

One of the Barbie dolls I picked up for my daughter and kept in the box was a dentist Barbie. Not dental hygienist Barbie, but DENTIST Barbie. It has stayed in the box, in spite of my son's having wanted to get it out because his sister could play with one.

It was actually one of the few true 'lib' versions of Barbie that came out. Which is why I kept it. To remind my daughter -- or sometime in the distant future, her daughter -- that she can do ANYTHING she sets her mind on.

For those who complain that Barbie is anti-feminst -- bosh! She is limited only to your imagination.

"The Director"

Regarding fines, our library is enrolling in a pro...

2009-08-03T20:50:03.960-05:00

Regarding fines, our library is enrolling in a program in which the state adds outstanding library fines to a person's taxes, then passes them on to us.

To some people, I think this sounds silly ("So it'll add twenty cents to my taxes?"), but we have patrons who owe forty bucks or more, and all we can do is stop them from checking out more materials. Some of them come in regularly, mostly to use the free Internet, but have no intention of ever paying their fines, even if it means they'll never be able to check materials out from us again.

Sorry you didn't enjoy the festival. I'm really s...

2009-08-03T11:20:34.033-05:00

Sorry you didn't enjoy the festival. I'm really surprised that someone said something like that to you. I was a volunteer worker there and all the volunteers I encountered were really friendly and helpful. There were demos and such going on, which may be why the entry fee was so high. But if you really didn't enjoy it, you should pass your comments along to the festival staff. They are receptive and intent on making this a great festival. This was the third year it's been held and the first year at the college.

Hmm--no, I can't say that I do. I've certainly ru...

2009-07-22T02:46:12.126-05:00

Hmm--no, I can't say that I do. I've certainly run into a number of librarians who looked down on my choice of reading material but most of them know it's my fluff compared to other stuff I'm reading and discussing. And some of the worst have their own reading habits people find unusual: scifi, comics, etc.

I figure if they can lose time playing WoW and pretending to cast spells, I can lose it reading love stories. And I try to avoid the raunchier ones. Got into some of those at my FPOW and found some of them just a little too graphic. I'll stick to the euphemisms :-p

Do you find that other librarians are the most, um...

2009-07-21T16:28:45.408-05:00

Do you find that other librarians are the most, um, judgmental about the fact that you read romance novels? I do, which is rather upsetting considering that librarians should know better!

Anyway, I'll happily continue to read what I enjoy, even though my husband always manages to pick up the ones I'm reading that basically qualify as "soft porn," causing a gentle roll of the eye from my non-titled, non-sheik, non-vampire, etc. man. LOL.

The management at my town's small public library i...

2009-07-08T21:16:16.975-05:00

The management at my town's small public library is excellent. We have two branches, run by one Head Librarian, who can be spotted checking out books as well as doing more managerial work. It's wonderful - I worked as an assistant at the library quite a bit over the past two years, and our Head Librarian is very aware of front-desk issues. It's also nice that frequent patrons recognize and can talk to her. (Of course, in a small town, that tends to happen anyway . . .)