A Bloy and his Blog

Yesterday was Blog Day. A day that was designated so people can get to know other bloggers and other areas of interest. To celebrate, bloggers are suppose to post a recommendation of fives blogs, so their readers can discover previously unknown blogs. I thought it would be a good idea to participate, even if I am a day late. So without further ado…

Mixed Signals: an NPR Blog - The tagline for this is “News breaks, music plays, technology advances, art happens, people think.” A good summary for a blog that has the quality you would expect from the people at National Public Radio.

Sierra Club Compass - Explore, enjoy, and protect the planet.

My last three blogs are written by people who can be very inspiring to me in my job (as a Web Services Librarian). All three write about the library technology field.

• What I Learned Today… by Nicole Engard
• Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology by Michael Stephens
• Information Wants To Be Free by Meredith Farkas

Keep up the good work folks!

Do you remember paperboys? (Sorry I know that’s not a gender neutral term. If I use it again, just think child who delivers newspapers).

These days, adults deliver newspapers while driving in their car. They throw the paper out the window and you’re glad if it lands in your driveway, much less close to your house. During rainy weather, you’re lucky if the paper isn’t thrown at a velocity that makes it scrape along the concrete and tear the bag open, leaving you with a soggy mess.

Back in the day (when I was a kid), newspapers were delivered by 12-14 year olds. I never had a paper route when I was that age, but I did have some friends who were paper carriers.

read the rest of: Where have all the paperboys gone?

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers stopped in Madison last night in the middle of their 30th Anniversary tour (they’ve been around 30 years already?). They played an outstanding show here at the Dane County Coliseum.

Because of the busy day I had at work yesterday, and the gloomy weather we’ve been having for the past week or so, I really had to drag myself off to the show. However, when Tom and the band walked out on stage and started playing the opening riffs of “Listen to Her Heart,” I was instantly glad I came. Judging by the crowd’s enthusiastic welcome, I wasn’t the only one.

read the rest of: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Despite the threat of rain, I decided to do some exploring today and visit a park I’ve never been to before, Yellowstone Lake State Park.

read the rest of: Yellowstone Lake State Park

Several months ago I talked about the possibility of moving into a cohousing development next year. Unit costs are beginning to be finalized for the project and despite the goal for the development to be affordable, unit costs are WAY too high for my meager librarian’s salary. Consequently, I will not be moving into that cohousing project.

While the costs made it an impossibility for me, I was also having second thoughts about the whole cohousing concept. I’m not sure how much I would enjoy things like having meals in the common house on a regular basis. Perhaps it’s just a little too communal for me.

At least I’ll be able to continue to enjoy the antics of the neighborhood adolescents, like the group that decided to hang out for a couple hours in front of my condo this evening. Oh, what fun!