Read this: Dispatches from Haiti

Did you know there are Christmas decorations hanging above the ruined streets of Haiti? That is what I learned this morning while reading the most recent entry from my friend and colleague Cindy’s blog, Dispatches from Haiti.

Cindy is in Haiti for four weeks working as a communications officer for a not-for-profit called HelpAge. She [...]

Internet typology

I’ve mentioned I love an internet quiz. What I really love is an intelligent internet quiz, like this one from Pew Internet & American Life on Internet “typology” called Where Do You Fit?

I took an older version of this quiz about a year ago, but by the time this blog started it was old news. [...]

Are you a good speller?

I know I’m not (thanks for the genes, Dad). I spent the first three weeks at my current job with a broken spell checker, and I can feel the horror of that discovery.

Despite my certain answer to the question, I couldn’t resist this quiz I ran across while looking for business writing guides (via Business [...]

A literary trip to South America

I ran across this Virginia Quarterly Review article Friday night (via kottke.org) about a tiny town in Argentina with a large albino population. Even though I was dead tired and the article was quite long, I read the whole thing, riveted to my chair.

It wasn’t just my recent trip to Argentina that drew me in. [...]

Librarians in the comics

They are few and far between, but good librarian jokes do make it into the comics. Pearls Before Swine, Dilbert, and Frazz have had a few good runs, and there’s always Unshelved.

I’m unfamiliar with the web comic xkcd, but Advantages to Dating Librarians has been circulating the library blogosphere for a few days, and has [...]

Reading Lists Galore

Wow – Allegra has been posting like crazy. I’m still here though, and I thought I’d get in on the fun by sharing some enjoyable links:

A thorough amalgamation of Summer reading lists.
For Harry Potter fans: Platform 9 ¾ at the real King’s Cross Station.
A blog of notable women of the past.

Enjoy!