(08:37 pm) Bill Clinton Writing New Book

     From USAToday:

In the new book, Clinton will tell the stories of ordinary people, and draw on his own memories of what he has accomplished through the Clinton Foundation, a multimillion-dollar non-profit that has driven his post-White House life.

     Translation: How ordinary people managed to accomplish great things on their own and how Bill Clinton managed to accomplish great things by spending other people's money.

  (08:23 pm) Annoyed

     That is what she is, an Annoyed Librarian. No doubt about it.

  (07:51 pm) Pre-Castro Cuba

     Corrigenda points to a very interesting article on the poor reviews that The Lost City has been getting. Ebert gives a fairly balanced approach (which makes me feel a little better about him, a good reviewer overall but the occasional left jab adds up). Warren Bell over at The Corner bemoaned the lack of new movies meant to inspire the national spirit against the enemy. I emailed him to say if you have to ask for it its no longer worth much when you get it. My own answer would be to stock up on microwave popcorn and break out the John Wayne library. However, when a movie does come out that doesn't get stuck in the liberal version of reality its worth taking note. Put this one on your Netflix queue or if you're feeling flush, buy it.

  (07:47 pm) A Few Good Readers Who Are Writers Too

     Library Journal sends out an appeal for more reviewers.

  (07:45 pm) re: But What If Its A Video About Critical Thinking?

     That subject heading only makes sense if you have access to the maze that is my brain. I edited out the relevant part at the last minute. It was a reference to a post by Rory Litwin. He's too easy a mark so I let it go by.

Tuesday May 16, 2006

  (10:14 pm) But What If Its A Video About Critical Thinking?

     Try not to role your eyes but I'm seriously considering starting a second blog. My role in the production of my library's local broadcast show is one of the few things I feel is different enough that I've been willing to share under my Shush name. I'm looking into more homegrown methods of video production, outside the studio, and I think a blog might be a good idea to go with it. I'm a seat-of-my-pants kind of person and a blog would make a good lead line too.

     Why so gung-ho on video? Well I think we should be for any medium that can be used to promote libraries and while TV maybe old, video as a form of one on one communication is definitely new. Check out Hot Air, my new favorite site. Michelle Malkin has started her own niche network! (See the Tony Snow video, the man is a gentleman and a scholar.) And of course there's YouTube. The big question is whether its practical for libraries. Hopefully I'll have a definite answer at some point.

     I may chicken out but if I don't I'll post a link when I have some posts up.

  (09:37 pm) In Good Faith

     I had some comments over on Jessamyn's site. I can't say this often enough: if you're interested in talking about library issues I'm willing to listen. If you're going to try and tell me that all political issues are library issues I'm not interested. I'm willing to build a bridge, a single rock solid bridge for anyone to use, based on that simple principle. Because if you can't abide by that one thing, I can't trust you. Bush won't be President 3 years from now. Iraq won't be the center of attention, Iran, North Korea, maybe even Venezuela might be. Who knows? ALA was founded in 1876. How many U.S. Presidents have come and gone in the past 130+ years? How many wars? How many Supreme Court judges? How much controversy over anything and everything? And what will come in the next 130 years that over zealous political wannabes in our profession will try and twist and pervert to their own end? I'm not interested in that and I won't respect it. I can't open a dialog about libraries if I also have to argue and debate every issue currently going on in the United States of America. But I'm here to listen to anyone who is willing to talk, in good faith, about libraries.

Sunday May 14, 2006

  (10:09 pm) READ

     Meh, so I'm not an artist. I do make nice clouds though.