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Saturday, May 12, 2012 8:47:10 PM
j p wrote a blog post titled Hockey!: 2012 Conference Finals edition:
j said, "Okay, so obviously I went wrong somewhere. Here's where: I did not anticipate a)Brian Elliott imploding in goal for the Blues and their lack of defensive energy and b) the fact that Philadelphia wouldn't be able to put together anything resembling..." more
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 9:00:07 AM
j p wrote a blog post titled Making Sense: Amazon's "Helpful" Reviews, a Brief Note:
j said, "I didn't know whether to make this make sense or be a rant of the brief not variety, but here it is in probably a form of both. I hate Amazon's "is this review helpful" button. The answer should be a simple "yes" or "no" response, but the..." more
Monday, April 30, 2012 6:55:19 PM
j p wrote a blog post titled Hockey!: 2nd Round Playoff Edition:
j said, "It's time for another really sporadic and seemingly out of nowhere blog post. Yeah, I know I forget about this thing. But here it is: NHL playoffs. And I'm excited. Why? Because, despite the Bruins dropping out early and my general..." more
Sunday, September 25, 2011 10:12:40 AM
j p wrote a blog post titled Banned Books Week 2011 or What I Love About Fahrenheit 451:
j said, "Yes, it's that time of year again, when books that people don't want you to read are read and much discussed. So, here's the question for week: what exactly is censorship and how does it affect you? The short answer to the censorship question is..." more
Thursday, September 8, 2011 11:24:02 AM
j p wrote a blog post titled A Brief Note On: Graduate School!:
j said, "I'm really good at neglecting my blogs lately. At any rate, I had a good excuse in the last several months. I was super busy with work and trying to pack for a move half way across the country for graduate school. Now that I'm moved in and..." more
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 6:46:26 PM
j p wrote a blog post titled Rarely Simple and Never Pure:
j said, "Oscar Wilde wrote "The truth is rarely simple and never pure. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility!" in his play The Importance of Being Earnest. Strange, then, that I should come..." more
Thursday, June 2, 2011 5:10:55 PM
j p wrote a blog post titled Poor Little Forgotten Blog Update:
j said, "Aghhh! Okay, so I spaced again. (Yes, for *counts on fingers* 6 months.) But they've been busy. Reading and working and reading some more and working a whole lot more and mowing lawns and taking naps. Okay, no excuse. Point is, I'm..." more
Friday, November 19, 2010 2:45:16 PM
j p wrote a blog post titled NaNo Update:
j said, "So, I totally meant to keep a running log of my busy month, but that just hasn't happened. All my free time has been spent either trying not to go insane or figuring out my characters' motivations (one of which still eludes me). And considering..." more
Sunday, October 31, 2010 10:52:16 PM
j p wrote a blog post titled And Now ... for the Busiest Month Yet:
j said, "Whoa, it's officially National Novel Writing Month for me as I post this. Where did October (and the rest of the year for that matter) go? Curiosity of Curiosities. Anyway, NaNoWriMo: the month in which many crazy people including myself do..." more
Friday, October 15, 2010 9:53:57 AM
j p wrote a blog post titled Niceties and the End of Rudeness:
j said, "Rude People . . . Seriously. Rude! Okay, point made. I don't like rude people and most others don't either, even if they are occasionally one. So, when I find myself appreciated, like I did several weeks back, I take that to heart. It's..." more
Saturday, July 24, 2010 5:16:37 AM
j p wrote a blog post titled Book Shelving Master Class:
j said, "Here's how it's done: Fiction author last name, author first name, title Nonfiction Dewey Decimal Number (nothing before something, i.e. 954 before 954.1 before 954.1073), author last name, author first name, title Possible Variations author..." more
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 6:34:37 PM
j p wrote a blog post titled Making Sense: The Graphic (Novel) Nature of Literacy:
j said, "Lately I find myself once again having to defend the graphic novel and explain that "novel" implies some sort of literary value. Thus, it follows, "graphic novel" also does not equate to "comic book." Now, there might be a few books that can qualify..." more
Saturday, May 15, 2010 12:11:20 PM
j p wrote a blog post titled A Brief Note on . . . Messes:
j said, "I'm always amazed by how messy things get in just a day or two. It feels like every time I come in I have to clean up the same sections and read through them. Because there's books everywhere and out of order. And I can't do it all on my own,..." more
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 5:33:24 PM
j p wrote a blog post titled Making Sense: A Penny Wasted:
j said, "Besides working in a library, I also work retail and see a lot of money some days. And the tighter the economy, the more people are either looking to save or spend less when they purchase something. This has been evident in the number of..." more
Thursday, April 15, 2010 3:21:04 PM
j p wrote a blog post titled Thank you, Huffington Post:
j said, "To sum up the article "Our Public Library Lifeline Is Fraying. We'll Be Sorry When it Snaps" by Art Brodsky for the Huffington Post, libraries are essential but budget cuts are killing them and you'll regret it if you don't try to save this..." more
Thursday, April 8, 2010 6:30:19 PM
j p wrote a blog post titled Event Marketing vs. Attendance:
j said, "I love marketing events at the library. Okay, not really. It's a hassle. The local paper's almost never give us good space for articles and most people just say, "When is it? Oh, can't come, sorry." Or they say they'll come and not show up.Less..." more
Saturday, April 3, 2010 12:45:00 PM
j p wrote a blog post titled A Brief Note on . . . Popular Fiction:
j said, "First off, I would just like to say how little I think of the Twilight books in terms of writing. Terrible, terrible, and, oh yes, more terrible (though they did get a little better as they went, but not much). Secondly, I would just like to say..." more
Monday, March 29, 2010 2:17:29 PM
j p wrote a blog post titled And for my first post . . .:
j said, "This is, like, blog number four. I need to stop creating blogs. But one's for book reviews. One's for my poetry (terrible and otherwise) and this one may end up being totally unrelated. Who knows. But I do plan to talk about library things.Like..." more
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:31:34 PM
j p wrote a blog post titled New to You, Old to Me:
j said, "Realized I have not posted in, well, pretty much forever. So I dug up an old one that I'm pretty sure I haven't posted (and if I have, apologies).Untitled May 2008 I feel like I'm picking daisies andpulling the petalsoneby onewatching themd r i ..." more
Saturday, December 12, 2009 3:41:35 PM
j p wrote a blog post titled Musings on Writing - The Beginning Process pt. 1:
j said, "Of late, I've been thinking more about submitting poetic pieces for publication. That doesn't mean you won't see some here, it just means you may see less at times. But here's the tricky part. Just about every time I sit down to write poetry, I..." more
Thursday, December 3, 2009 2:14:34 AM
j p wrote a blog post titled Courtesy of Typos:
j said, "The title came from a mis-spelling on my part and it sounded somewhat poetic so I rolled with it and this is what came out."Chocolately"Silk on my fingertipsdripping smoothto form the perfect splash;pattern my cup inside stained brownbeautiful and..." more
Thursday, December 3, 2009 2:14:33 AM
j p wrote a blog post titled Coffee Good:
j said, "Though if you get coffee out of this one, I'm impressed."Percolate Mocha Chiller"Jitters buzzed breezing throughmorning's half-sleep waiting.Pot brewed once, twice doubleshot raw-eyed watering.The planter overflowing on balconyin smoggy haze of..." more
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 5:32:34 PM
j p wrote a blog post titled Sidetrack - Sherman Alexie Is My New Hero:
j said, "Yet another amazing literary interview by Stephen Colbert. This time it's Native American author and National Book Award Winner Sherman Alexie who provides the awesomeness. I was riveted by the discussion of print versus digital media, in..." more
Thursday, February 5, 2015 8:59:47 AM
j p updated the avatar on her profile page