New Year Coming
It seems hard to believe, but the new year is almost upon us once again. This is not something unusual. Most of us think similar thoughts at this time of…[...]
Donald Bagger 2014
Tuesday morning, my sister called me to tell me that my uncle had died. I am sitting here at the end of Wednesday knowing that I need to write to…[...]
Nanowrimo wrap up
It is past the end of November, and if I had done my Wordpress updates, my original post might not have gotten eaten two days ago. But such is life.…[...]
One thing
There is a host of things going on in my mind. I have a lot of work to do in a short week. I am hosting a cookie baking and…[...]
Health and wellness
I turned forty one a few weeks ago. I marked the occasion by going to a conference in Milwaukee and pretty much telling no one it was my birthday. I…[...]
Unexpected progress
I rarely get to say this, but I had a very productive meeting. It was with a department head, introducing myself and offering an opportunity to get to know me…[...]
Media companies and reference service
I seem to be developing a reputation for getting the most random questions through all of our sundry reference avenues. If there was a contest, today would have crushed it.…[...]
Decision fatigue
I just read an article on Slate on a few tips to combat decision fatigue. I am notoriously bad at making decisions promptly. I'm almost always comfortable to happy with…[...]
Email and One Note
Today I accomplished two things that have been a nusiance: cleaning up my email and getting One Note to sync. These tasks fall under the "not real work" category for…[...]
Month five starts
I've started my fifth month. Hard to believe that in November I will be half way through my first year. This month I made a tracking device to be able…[...]