Finding housing in this economy can be really tough. I’m just happy that somebody who has been rather publicly housing-insecure will likely be finding permanent lodging for the rest of his life. Congrats, Prince Andrew.

The audacity of a scammer getting angry because I called him back too many times. Dude, you called me 20 times yesterday and filled up my voicemail box. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. If he calls me again, I’m signing him up for payday loan contacts. Those people are relentless.

Hi, I’m in a cult

Man if I ever make the Olympics, my Wikipedia page is gonna be WEIRD

Our culture has NOT degraded. If 19th-century miners had Reddit accounts, they'd be posting memes about veiny shafts and doing Harlem Shake videos that incidentally are a very bad idea around dynamite, not that it would have stopped them. The past was NOT more refined than "Jorkin Dapeanuts."

I love Big R on Valentine’s Day. A long line of men buying tools for their wives/girlfriends, guys comparing notes, my husband with the manure dump cart he knows I’ve wanted for two years. This is men absolutely NAILING it.

Liver, kind of, though I like pâté. Black licorice… I’m finally acquiring the taste but I’m not yet up to allsorts. I love grapefruit and would peel and eat it like an orange, but it interacts with a ton of stuff. Cauliflower is proof that Satan exists and he is BORING.

That moment in every educator conference where we start comparing our ADHD meds

The first day of Spring is when Kris Bryant gets put in the injured list.

I usually let #GarbageMare collect whatever strays she wants but I DRAW THE LINE AT THE BULL FFS

I met someone today and he said “Oh I’m friends with #GarbageMare.” This has happened dozens of times in two different states. “I’m friends with your horse, nice to meet you” like wtf how is she doing this, does she have a TikTok?

Gonna try watching platform migration tutorials like it’s the Super Bowl I’m rooting for gradual sunsets of legacy systems

I know in America we like to reinvent traditions from overseas, but it would be a lot more entertaining if they were gonna drag a badger outta there and try to make it predict the weather.

In the past year, librarians have had death threats, defunding, political firings, and 27 new James Patterson books. Unleashing your sassmouth on me because you waited until the very last minute to do your assignment isn’t super effective.

📚 Hear me out: James Patterson is the Thomas Edison of industrial authorship. Edison invented stuff, mostly early on - but the inventions that he’s really known for were the collaborative efforts of a team of inventors under his direction.

Yeah but I’m still gonna be FURIOUS about Catherine O’Hara OK

“I hate to ask but my program needs a data analysis and I know nobody likes data crunching but maybe you cou-“ Me:

📚 Free webinar! ALA Reference Roundup: February 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM Eastern Librarians Jennifer Goodland and Karina Todechine will speak on how the pandemic impacted rural and tribal communities, and revealed critical service shortages with those who cannot access Internet.

For real though ICE going into Albuquerque feels like the Super Bowl. A legendary matchup between two violent, lawless paramilitaries with unlimited funding and obscenely wealthy owners who don’t give a shit if the guys on the field get their heads caved in.

I use this analogy all of the time, but it's like getting 10 installments deep into a Friday the 13th marathon and saying "I didn't realize Jason was so violent."

A GUIDE TO HELP ICE AS THEY MOVE INTO ALBUQUERQUE 1. I know a lot of Minnesota Lutherans showed up to your hotel rooms and robbed you of your sleep. Book your hotel in Albuquerque’s quiet International District. Plenty of safe parking for your vehicles. Be sure to mark them as ICE.

Apropos of nothing, remembering the old Chinese author Lu Xun: “Lies written in ink cannot disguise facts written in blood.” ― Lu Xun

When we leave work for the weekend, we now wish each other safety against ICE. And then we laugh because there’s no such thing when you’re Native.

Writing classic dystopian horror in the style of ChatGPT is *sending* me.

I am glad that I got to see it before it was removed for being "un-American." It was my favorite part of the Liberty Bell part of the complex.

If you're looking for a good fiction book for data nerds, Calvin Trillin's "Tepper Isn't Going Out" got me interested in data way back in 2001. I was working for an @elsevierconnect.bsky.social data center, so a novel where the hero is very concerned with trade mag lists was perfect!

For a thread that includes the phrase “murder bones,” this is lovely and sweet.

Two hours early and it’s packed, and there’s even an overflow bar that is also packed… HOO HOO HOO HOOSIERS!!!!!!!

"Have you heard about the new franchise entry for--" No. "And the new reboot of--" No. One Victorian habit that I like is being "NOT at home" for certain people and announcements. I am not at home. I do not expect to be at home. Toodles.

“I paid $20,000 to achieve a professional degree and I learned absolutely nothing” isn’t the flex you think it is.

Shockingly, not doing something Hoosier-related for a change! (I got red Chucks earlier today, and spent two hours watching Hoosier content, and have flown somewhere to watch the game tomorrow…)

Ran across a dissertation about the University of Western Ontario titled “Big Gay Library.” Love that!

I have to rewrite my CV and include everything library related that I’ve ever done. There’s 30 years of this stuff.

📚 All program assessments should come with the question "Do you hate me? Y/N" because otherwise the answer is yes, everyone hates you, everyone hates the program. Why yes, I did get 3 negative responses of the 150 attendees, and yes, I am choosing to spiral solely due to those 3 responses.

“[Presenter] is sick. Can you throw together an hour about AI just in case? It’s at 1:30.” And thus begins a Convocation Week.

I gotta stop watching Peach Bowl highlights and crying. I have a PhD application for @simmonsuniversity.bsky.social to finish, and I just want them to love me.

Snowfall total: 8 inches! For Wisconsin, no big deal; for a place that might get 8 inches a YEAR, very big deal! For your meme pleasure - my autocorrect needs therapy after putting in the alt text. Best review I've seen. who care about book when internet

Someone covered up our “Read with PRIDE” sign (it’s inside the Ref office window so it can’t be taken) and you know, I was most upset that they didn’t also try to cover my “Chester Arthur Beefcake” lithograph

Someone came into the library. “Did you see two guys come into here?” No, no I did not. I have never seen anyone come into the library. Like I don’t want to be rude but in this day and age, I don’t know what a person’s intentions might be. If they don’t have a warrant, I didn’t see anyone.

I’m wearing the same fashions I did in high school, and by that I mean, half of my wardrobe is Hoosiers spirit gear again

I’m visiting family in Albuquerque and decided to get my truck washed. I’m certain that I won’t be contributing to a drug empire…

Curt Cignetti looks kind of annoyed he has to be on the stage celebrating the Rose Bowl win instead of being able to watch film already.

HOO! HOO! HOO! HOOSIERS! Coach cracked half a smile, I saw it. It was weird. Such a relief when he went back to normal.

Even for New Mexico my neighborhood sets off a lot of fireworks. Coming in on hour 3 of several professional-grade shows on the block…

I didn’t post my Christmas dinner because I ate it too fast but I wanted to brag on my stepdad who is a retired professional executive resort chef. His lamb could bring about world peace. My god.

I’m helping a faculty member with a research project about Warren G. Harding’s sex life, so I might as well learn about this too?

What it’s like, as a librarian, being married to an author: Me: dropping off to sleep Him: How do microfilms work? Like how are they photographed? How were they made in the 1920s? How long do they last? How do some documents go to the Archives and others, the Presidential Library?

Santa earned some milk and cookies, I’ll tell you that much!

My previous record for not having a ball of ants falling on my head was 27 years and I had honestly anticipated that record remaining unbroken for the rest of my life but here we are

This week at work one of the deans made us Hello Kitty pancakes, and we did karaoke where we sang the Spongebob Squarepants theme song. (I planned an entire conference, we discussed mental health services, lining up CDL funding, etc. But we are only adults when it is necessary!)