My So-Called Blog Vox 2008-06-01T00:47:26Z Een http://mysocalledblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c22525ac83f219/ Positive reinforcement tag:vox.com,2008-05-31:asset-6a00c22525ac83f21900fad68c4b100005 2008-05-31T22:14:06Z 2008-06-01T00:47:26Z Een http://mysocalledblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Yellow shoes

I always like to buy myself a little present (or two) when I finish a class. To celebrate the completion of Rare books and Special Collections Librarianship, I got the sweetest 1950s panda from Thirteen Eighty-Five on Etsy. I love reading Effie'...

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]]> MLA: what to wear? tag:vox.com,2008-05-17:asset-6a00c22525ac83f21900fae8ba3ed2000b 2008-05-17T19:00:45Z 2008-05-18T23:02:43Z Een http://mysocalledblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Okay, I'm attending the Medical Library Association opening reception tonight and need help. I can find no information on required attire anywhere. Is this thing business casual, cocktail, what? Help.

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]]> Neat things: The Art of the Photogravure tag:vox.com,2008-03-09:asset-6a00c22525ac83f21900f48d0123d30001 2008-03-09T00:52:02Z 2008-03-13T13:03:21Z Een http://mysocalledblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Close No. 11 Bridgegate The Sower

For a study break treat I spent some time looking at The Art of the Photogravure. I had learned a bit about it before dropping my preservation class (and yes, I will be taking it again) and really loved going through the image database and learni...

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]]> Shopping tag:vox.com,2008-03-06:asset-6a00c22525ac83f21900e398e36a890005 2008-03-06T22:54:33Z 2008-03-13T13:03:41Z Een http://mysocalledblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Shoes

I decided to reward myself with a bit of a splurge so I bought these. I am working at the U of I Health Sciences Library for alternate spring break (an alternate to having a fun vacation or time off, that is). If they arrive on time, the lure of...

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]]> James T. Kirk, MLIS tag:vox.com,2008-03-06:asset-6a00c22525ac83f21900f48ce1c18c0002 2008-03-06T21:31:39Z 2008-03-08T07:09:44Z Een http://mysocalledblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Star Trek TAS Should've been a librarian

I'm trying to imagine having Kirk in my classes. He'd so be the guy many dull pronouncements or asking twelve times about the format for a paper. I can see Spock in my Info Sources and the Sciences class. I have a wee crush on Spock, so that wo...

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]]> Martin Luther King tag:vox.com,2008-01-21:asset-6a00c22525ac83f21900e398d493d00001 2008-01-21T15:07:14Z 2008-01-22T01:33:51Z Een http://mysocalledblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom It's six days past his birthday but on this national holiday, here are some excerpts of my favorite essays by Martin Luther King. I posted them last year, but they are still my favorites. They may not be as well-known as the quotes that are ty...

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]]> Lakota withdraw from treaties, declare independence from US tag:vox.com,2007-12-21:asset-6a00c22525ac83f21900e398ca6a030005 2007-12-21T14:40:04Z 2007-12-22T20:12:58Z Een http://mysocalledblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom It's really sad that all the talk of Jamie Lynn Spears pregnancy and other trivial shit is considered more important or interesting than this: http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/12/lakota-withdraw.html Lakota withdraw from treaties, decla...

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]]> Happy Thanksgiving tag:vox.com,2007-11-22:asset-6a00c22525ac83f21900e398bffd780003 2007-11-22T01:22:09Z 2007-11-24T16:19:44Z Een http://mysocalledblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Happy Thanksgiving

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]]> Vox Hunt: You Make Me Feel Like Dancin' tag:vox.com,2007-11-08:asset-6a00c22525ac83f21900e398bb83480002 2007-11-08T17:29:10Z 2007-11-09T06:12:24Z Een http://mysocalledblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Napoleon Dynamite Dance Scene

Video: Show us some great dancing.

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]]> Chicago Complaints Choir! tag:vox.com,2007-11-04:asset-6a00c22525ac83f21900e398ba18150003 2007-11-04T15:17:16Z 2007-11-04T15:36:30Z Een http://mysocalledblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

THE COMPLAINTS CHOIR OF POIKKILAAKSO Helsinki Complaints Choir Complaints Choir of Birmingham

Last year I wrote a post about the Helsinki and Birmingham Complaints Choirs. I love the idea about bringing irony and creativity to complaints. So, I was thrilled to learn of the establishment of the Complaints Choir of Chicago. I wasn't able ...

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