For this morning’s link, I thought I would share with you some information about archives. In many institutions, the archive is an extension of the library, and the two parts generally work well together. What is contained in an archive, and how do you find it? This link might help you answer those questions:
I once seriously contemplated earning an MA in History. It’s a field I love, but something that was not supposed to happen. According to this article, that might have been a good decision.
Reader, allow me to be honest. This is not the best week for me and writing. So, I hope you’ll forgive me as I will have abbreviated posts today, tomorrow, and Friday. All will be well again on Monday.
You know, life can be pretty hard for a cat sometimes. Swatting blinds, chasing motorized balls, eating, using my litterbox - these are all things that I do for sun or out of necessity. I do them because I love them, and maybe (but don’t tell them this) because Jen and Jason like it when I do most of those things. Except swatting the blinds. Man, they hate that. I try to sneak one in every now and again, but nothing gets past them.
This weekend, I was hard at work (and enjoying myself) finishing up the last of my pretty substantial backlog of books to be read. I finished up the final book last night at about 11 PM. I love to read - perhaps one of the underlying motivations for my career choice. I have also been working on cleaning out my Google Reader unread list, and came upon this article, which is the perfect companion to me telling you I finished my backlog:
Good readers, we are back from our trip. I will write more about it next week, but we sure had a wonderful time. In the meantime, here’s a great video about Charles and Ray Eames and the (maybe?) defunct Polaroid system - one which I wish I would have used more.
Readers,