What’s All the Hoopla About?

Last month, I gave you a breezy introduction to hoopla, a digital media service that gives library users free access to tons of entertainment and informational content in a variety of formats. While some of you have signed up and dived right in, we’d love for more of you take advantage of what we think … Continue reading →

Avoiding Binge Block With the Library Catalog

Season five of The Walking Dead has dropped on DVD, and that means Undead Heads are shuffling and shambling their way to the library to check it out and experience the latest ways the show can underwhelm them*. It’s a hot commodity, so those who want it have to join the hungry hordes in the … Continue reading →

Like Chuck Norris, A Librarian is Never Off Duty

While “on duty” as a librarian, I get asked a lot of questions. Some of them are super easy (“Where is the restroom?”), and some of them are real toughies (“What are the names of all the planes Vernon Castle flew?”). When I leave the library and go “off duty” as a mild-mannered civilian, the … Continue reading →

The (Comic) Book is Always Better

Earlier today while scrolling through my Facebook news feed, which is quite sadly almost literally where I get all of my news these days, I read that AMC has green-lighted a pilot for a companion series to its unholy ratings monster The Walking Dead. While I’m sure most Deadheads are rejoicing and celebrating with 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 →

The Library Takes a Cue From a Fictional Beet Farmer

On multiple occasions, I’ve heard TV pejoratively referred to as the “idiot box.” I understand why people would condemn it with such a hateful name; there’s a lot of mind-numbing junk littering its landscape. But TV has also got a lot of great stuff to offer. Educational stuff. Stuff to that can improve your life. … Continue reading →

Have Some Celery With Your Chocolate: Philosophy and Pop Culture Collide

We’re only one day away from the first of the final eight episodes of Breaking Bad, a show I recently declared in this space to be one of my personal favorite shows ever. I’m pumped. I’m amped. I’m geeked. Because I’m so geeked, and because I’m something of a geek, I’ve been geeking out this … 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 →