dirty politics in the library

The Athenaeum is currently under seige. Leading up to the AGM next week – where the annual reports are presented and Board is voted for, a sudden influx of random people suddenly became reaaaaaaaaaaally interested in joining the library. Not that they have borrowed books or anything like that. No, they just wanted to walk [...]

this blog is turning into a nipponophile blog

i am aware that i am straying from library themes so this should be the last non shhhhhhhh entry for a while.  on my way to ikebana (flower arranging) this evening the bag containing my two new vases broke. one of the pair smashed into small pieces; the other broke into three pieces and is probably a salvagable so [...]

(to the left to the left)

i recently attended my first workplace union meeting, in which a motion was unanimously passed to pursue industial action by secret ballot. so, yes, that does mean that I voted in favour of industrial action. and yes, that does mean that I voted to go on strike. 
the union meeting consisted of the standard players: a union organiser who [...]

what part of “press play” don’t you understand?

the other day i asked someone to run a powerpoint show in my absence (as in double click on the file and let it run) and the response was like I had asked him to perform some obscure secret algorithm. wtf?!!

gettin’ down with the PwC posse

 
This one goes out to my Kapers friends. My friend Tom (not his real name) who used to be a librarian (he now manages knowledge) just sent me this You Tube video of some PwC accountants/auditors in China. Take special note of the guy in the middle, who I reckon orchestrated the whole thing because some [...]

organisation for japan london france helsinki hk in july

 

the point of this post isn’t to say ‘look at me – im going on a cool trip’ (though admittedly I’m very happy with the itinerary – am loving Finn Air for allowing me this routing). its for those of you who live in the places where i’m travelling to in july, to make sure that you are [...]

gay male librarians – some scholarly research

whilst touring the libraries in my region recently I came to the conclusion that the gay male librarian is not just a myth.  it’s a raring out and proud reality. but why? eager to learn more about this phemonema i did a google search using the terms “gay male librarian stereotypes”.
 I discovered that sometime in 1995, [...]

from corporate whore to…corporate whore

but i am sure that it’s cause I’m the new chick. it will get better. all i want to do is belong.

further reading

 my rss feed reader alerted me to this article the other day – a cool place to stay if you’re ever passing through NYC

“At Manhattan’s urbane Library Hotel at Madison Avenue and 41st Street, guest floors and rooms are keyed to classifications of the Dewey Decimal System, devised by Melvil Dewey in 1876 and familiar [...]

chai cupcakes

amanda gave me a recipe for chai cupcakes on the weekend, so, to demonstrate my committment to my favourite brew of the subcontinent, i gave the recipe a shot. it was a foolproof recipe – success!
being chai flavoured  cupcakes (infused is probably a better description) and most of my colleagues being ‘that way inclined’ i figured that [...]