A dead silent library the Friday before campus closing. The veil is thin here

Oh, that's nice 🤓

Me, watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show: 👄 Spouse, somehow guessing correctly: Are you watching Frankenstein?

Spending a day at the Sam Houston Regional Library & Research Center

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Break Ike Dike into pieces. This is our last resort. No protection. No funding. Can’t protect the port If we don’t get federal matching www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...

I have been assigned the role of Reviewer 2; does this make me obligated to be THAT Reviewer 2???

Spent a nice morning at the Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary

My swamp

The official song of Flea Drop Day: No, we don't want no fleas / A flea is a guy who can't get no blood from me / Hangin out the passenger side of [insert cat's name]'s ride / Tryin to be a flea

I made some pretty good food last month open.substack.com/pub/biblioth...

“AI is here whether you like it or not” doesn’t mean I have to take seriously the constant sales pitches in my inbox for tools that don’t work, don’t address any of my operational needs, and falsely promise to lighten my workload I think computers are cool dude I’m just not a schmuck

had never heard of this but for just one year in the '90s, there was a show on cable called TV Montrose which was just like a docuseries about life in Montrose www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...

Had to run to catch the bus TWICE this afternoon I am DYING 🫠🫠🫠

Currently reading: 'How to Cook a Wolf' by M.F.K. Fisher

THIS NIGHTMARE WILL BE IN FULL COLOR

Oh heck YES, it is time to sign up for summer reading at the public library 🥳📖🥳📖

This is how I found out about a recall for our Ninja Foodi (fixable for free!) 🫶

Heading to my first meatspace meeting (potluck!) with the local genealogy society 🤓

The books of John Muir — born #onthisday 1838 — are known for their scientific acumen as well as their rhapsodic flights. Terry Gifford explores Muir’s engagement with what he called "God’s big show" — publicdomainreview.org/essay/j... #OTD (Pictured: Muir with President Roosevelt, 1906)

Blue Jays really out here just making any noise they want huh

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

YADRUTAS

we should abolish credit scores and replace them with a new system where everyone is given a library card and you receive prizes for checking out a certain number of books. please hire me to run the economy

Ominous New Report Just Lists Places To Hide theonion.com/ominous...

My first stop for the Houston Bookstore Crawl — Books by the Bay in La Porte #HTXbookcrawl25

Took a walk down to the Blaffer Art Museum to see this year's MFA Thesis Exhibition

Pondering the wisdom of spending all my money in the Houston Bookstore Crawl

I made a bunch of good food in March bibliothekla.substack.com/p/food-of-ma...

i'm a coastal elite (gulf coast)

Visiting this illustrious trash heap in Austin, TX

Acquired some cute garbage buddies for the office from Janice Tauro (@journeybunnyart.bsky.social, but ain't active here rn)

I tried a bunch of recipes from "Good Drinks: Alcohol-Free Recipes for When You’re Not Drinking for Whatever Reason" by Julia Bainbridge — I want to learn more about all the best fun lil sober-friendly drinks! bibliothekla.substack.com/p/cookbook-c...

Now I'm catching strays from The Onion 🥲

Are you a journalist, genealogist or historian who has ever used records from the National Archives? It's time to step up and take some simple steps to preserve federal records. And save our nation's history. Please visit this website. And share widely. fundnara.com

I wrote this in early 2020. Well, I guess measles is back now, so: tlmk.substack.com/p/measles-mo... #genealogy #familyhistory

2 lifers local to me in 1 week: Bald Eagle (at the flood mitigation park) + American Kestrel (at the public library)

The ship "California" arrived at Ellis Island from Naples in May, 1900. You had to give the name and address of the person you were meeting. Look how many immigrants said "Nobody." They just showed up. How many of their descendants are currently lecturing immigrants about doing it "the right way?"

In 2024, I tried some new recipes from Tasting History by Max Miller bibliothekla.substack.com/p/cookbook-c...

✨ a wild ride ✨

I made a bunch of good food in January bibliothekla.substack.com/p/food-of-ja...

Snow?????

TAKE YOUR TIME - - - I’M THE BOSS AROUND HERE

Hm, have you ever considered not being caught up in the petty difficulties of the material world?

Finally taking the plunge and joining one of my local genealogy societies 🤓

It's cold. Keep plugging that space heater directly into the wall, America.

Enjoying the "American Wine History" miniseries on the Wine 101 podcast from VinePair (S3)... and wondering if any of my ancestors were into wine 🤔🍷🤔🍷

First bird of 2025: Chickadee — singing his lil heart out in the back garden 🎶🎶🎶