Archive for July, 2011

July 31, 2011 1

Porta Brace CS-DC2R

By in Art, Photography

I thought you all might enjoy, or, laugh at my video review for this camera bag. Cosby comes in about halfway through. Ha!

July 27, 2011 1

Thoughts on the Square Image

By in Art, Personal, Photography, Travel, Updates

Jen and I are back from our vacation in Maine. We had a lovely time, and I am sure we will write more than you might want to read about the trip. As you might suspect, we took our cameras with us and made many photographs (360 to be exact) on the trip. We are [...]

July 13, 2011 3

Authors, Recent and Favorite

By in Books, Reading

Every night, Jen and I usually retire to the bedroom about 8:30 or 9. Now, before you make inappropriate jokes about this little phrase, we go get in bed, prop our pillows up, and tuck into whatever book we are reading at the time. This has grown to be not only something we look forward [...]

July 12, 2011 2

The Oxford Comma

By in Reading, Writing

I cannot think of the words Oxford comma without immediately visualizing Lacoste polos, sail boats and Ezra Koenig’s dark hair flopping about as he strums his way through a bucolic Wes Anderson-esque setting. In all honesty, this is a far more enticing visual than a set of rules on when to use an Oxford, or [...]

July 6, 2011 0

On the Impossibility of Classification

By in Cataloging, Librarianship, Library

Last week was an exciting week for me, cataloging-wise, as the library where I work just received our subscriptions to Cataloger’s Desktop and Classification Web. In addition, we wrapped up training on our integrated library system, Millennium. I also finished up the new book of Alberto Manguel’s compiling his writings, A Reader on Reading. I [...]