Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Librarians: Action adventure stars

Coming soon, if not here already, is the The Librarians, a follow-on series to the three "Librarian" movies of a few years ago. I kind of enjoyed that series, as much for the pleasure of seeing Bob Newhart and Jane Curtin, as the good-natured foolishness of the narratives.

But here we are: Librarians as action adventure stars. Cool! 

So, what is the narrative in your library? What do you seek, provide, obtain? What "super" skills do you possess? Do you carry on with the swagger of Indiana Jones or in a more self-effacing manner? I always imagined myself as a Columbo-like character, always with just one more question to narrow the search for the right answer - you know, like a reference interview. Plus I liked the trenchcoat!

And now, lights, camera and ACTION!

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Holiday cookies + cookie day = FUN!

'Tis the season for holiday cookies. And, by happy chance, this Thursday, December 4, is designated by someone as Cookie Day. Seems like a right proper shidduch (match)!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/cookie-day/

So why not combine the two and have everyone bring in their favorite cookies, holiday and otherwise, and mix and match, exchange recipes, make new friends, award prizes for creative decoration or conspicuous consumption, see if you can put together a synchronized dunking team or two and award applause for their daring and bravado!

It all seems like a nice way to bridge the eating gap between Thanksgiving and Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, etc.