starrlett's stuff

Ugh, erk. And other appropriate noises of the undead. Alex and I are currently existing in an undead state because we worked on the buildin...

Whew... We've got the five trusses up for the building and a whole smattering of C-purlin to weld onto that to finish the frame. On Sat...

This sounded odd at first-- renting a Christmas tree ? --but I like it. San Francisco rents living trees to families for Christmas, and the...

Ah... fiction. It's like a relaxing warm bath for my brain. Accomplishment: having all presents for spouse, family, and friends wra...

You know you're a librarian when: you refer to an item on hold at a retail store as "on reserve." (Boy, did I get an odd lo...

Now we know more about how narwhals use their tusks ( New York Times article). And I learned that there is such a thing as a double-tuske...

I just had to go to Slashdot to confirm the story I saw this morning about a Grandma Gamer . Her name's Barbara St. Hilaire, and her gr...

Go read one of my favorite posts of all time, from the Library Avengers site. Then take a fun language survey for UNT. Go. Now. I com...