Get Serenaded at Date Night at the Library

As far as I’m concerned, the greatest barbershop quartet song ever is Baby on Board by the Be Sharps. This is partially due to my heavily Simpsons-coated world view, and partially because it’s the only traditional barbershop quartet-style song I know. Despite my lack of knowledge, I’m still highly supportive of four people getting decked … Continue reading →

A Loophole for Lines for New Books

If there’s one thing I beat into the ground around here, other than too-specific Simpsons references, it’s that libraries are muy bueno and you should use them to get free stuff. It’s some darn fine advice, and I stand by it, but it’s not always as easy as I make it sound. I’m not trying … Continue reading →

B+ Blogging

Due to recent injury to my left pinky finger, typing correctly is currently tricky. If using proper home row typing form, which I insist upon doing to eschew greenhorn-ish hunting/pecking, multiple keys become impossible to type, including one biggie directly preceding “b.” I’ll try to blog without using these letters, much like how Lenny, the … Continue reading →

The Best. Show. Ever. Zings Libraries

In honor of FXX’s glorious “Every Simpsons Ever” marathon that began earlier today, I’d like to share a few of my favorite library-related Simpsons jokes. The show often takes playful jabs at libraries, which I’m ok with because I know it’s written by nerds, eggheads, and all-around intelligent people who must certainly appreciate the value … Continue reading →

Volunteers: Heroes of the Library, Protectors of Civilization

  Tonight, we feast, library style. Since that kinda makes it sound like we’re going to let other people borrow food from our dinner plates, chew it up, and return it much worse for the wear, perhaps I should clarify. Tonight is our annual Library Volunteers Appreciation Dinner, at which library staff and board members … Continue reading →

One For You, Nineteen For Me: The Taxman Cometh to Benbrook

This time of year in library land, there’s one question asked so frequently that it gives “Where’s your restroom?” a run for its money as the undisputed king of reference questions: “Do you have tax forms?” Beginning seemingly immediately after the New Year, party hat hair-suffering, confetti-trailing citizens of Benbrook flock to the library seeking … Continue reading →

Talkin’ TV

I recently went on a major Game of Thrones bender and tore through all three season of the show in a few marathon sessions. Before I began watching, a friend told me GoT (as the hip crowd refers to it) is better than Breaking Bad, which I thought was pure crazy talk. While I’m not … Continue reading →