BaST: Possibilities
I haven’t consorted with many kings of late, Faldor. They all seem to be too busy to listen to the old tales, and a story must be told from time…[...]
BaST: Innocence
…they would gather in the hay barn and leap by the hour from the loft into the soft hay beneath, filling their hair with chaff and their noses with dust…[...]
Belgariad as a Sacred Text
One of the influential books I read this past year was Praying with Jane Eyre. I came to it a bit sideways. I had gone to the Midwest Data Librarian…[...]
Neck deep in data
This week, like part of last week, is processing data. I am working on two projects, both spreadsheet heavy. The first is for a paper that involved us going back…[...]
ELNs, LIMs, and project management
I finally have to jump into a different part of the data management pool--project management. For the past year I have been intermittently asked about electronic lab notebooks and options…[...]
Gentleness
One of the things that I have gained by reading a book on creativity is the idea of being gentle. Yesterday I wrote of the larger picture of creativity. Inevitably,…[...]
5pm and daylight
I just realized it's February. In my time, that is the backside of the gauntlet of events that starts sometime late October. But these weeks have flown by. I am…[...]
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…[...]
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.…[...]