Friday Funnies

Rhymes with Orange and books...

zzshupinga — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:17:52 -0500

No it's not Friday, but didn't think that I should hold onto this until then...

The comic strip "Rhymes with Orange" ran an interesting strip about a couple undergoing counseling and they use an interesting analogy, check it out.

Free comic book day!

zzshupinga — Sat, 03 May 2008 09:16:09 -0500

Today, May 3, is free ! Make sure you go pick yours up as nothing beats free stuff!

Beautify Your Barcodes

Great Western Dragon — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:08:25 -0500

Does your library use barcodes?

Sure, most of 'em do! Even those making the move to RFID tend to keep the barcodes around for a little while, if not indefinitely. But barcodes are bland, boring, banal, and blah. So why not do something different?

Get creative with your barcodes and turn them into little artistic masterpieces!

Naughty Librarians Convention

Anonymous Patron — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:46:25 -0600

"Librarians are the new nurses and it’s time to break out your bookish booties for the sake of something hot: reading! Dress as a sexy schoolmarm, a libidinous librarian or prurient professor and meet up at 2 p.m. Saturday for prim and proper cocktails at the Ha Ra club in the Tenderloin. From there we’ll head to the San Francisco Main Public Library to put our hot nerdy mojo to work."

How Things Even Out

birdie — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:21:55 -0600

A fairly simple philosophy...certainly applicable to most situations, from Jack Handey.

Kids, Books, and Photos

Great Western Dragon — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:29:41 -0600

Gather a kid or two, design some cover art, and take a photo.

Oh yes, and you'll want to create a small, but incredibly cool, optical illusion.

And you wind up with some fun and lively photographs reminding us how books can change and enhance the lives of children.

Friday Funny, just late...

zzshupinga — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:47:51 -0600

Here's a belated Friday funny.....

Erik the Librarian

Anonymous Patron — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:33:23 -0600

An "Anonymous Patron" brought word that writer Brent Forrester has created a new web series called "Erik the Librarian." The Speak Quietly blog has more information and an embedded YouTube clip from the short. One can obtain episodes for free through the iTunes Music Store and subscribe to it as a podcast as well. Subscribing to LISTen is also possible through the iTunes Music Store.

The top 9 reasons why ebooks are so very evil

Anonymous Patron — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:37:54 -0600

Author Jeremy Shipp offers up at GoodReads 9 reasons why ebooks are evil, including "Ebooks braid your eyelashes together while you're sleeping, and not in an endearing way," and "Ebooks aren't like normal books, and being different is so very wrong."

Are Librarians Sexy?

birdie — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:14:22 -0600

Here we go with another ridiculous stereotype again, presumably 'librarian' being one of top ten occupations inaccurately associated with sexiness.

Yeah, but who's counting, statisticians?