LIS
Learning from special librarians
My article for LIScareer.com about what public and academic librarians can learn from special librarians has been posted.
Steve Casburn
Slave to fashion
On my way to work this morning, I saw a woman outside wearing a skirt with a hemline above the knee. It was 41° F at the time.
Houston
Voting results in my precinct
I have lived in Precinct 0200 of Harris County since summer 2000, and I was surprised by the voting shift between the November 2000 election and the November 2004 one: 2000 2004 PRESIDENT Republican 51.1% 46.2% Democratic 42.7 52.6 Naderite 5.5 0.4 Libertarian 0.
Life
Gift-giving and love
I am beginning to think that the surest sign that you truly love someone is that you can give your loved one the right gift. By "the right gift", I don't necessarily mean something expensive (such as diamonds), or the kind of traditional and generic thing
Uncategorized
Microsoft and Apple
Barry Ritholtz writes about the latest smart moves by Apple. I agree with Barry: 2004's Microsoft security meltdown and Apple's recent cool products make the Macintosh a choice worth considering again. I have been using Macs since 1984, and there's nothing about Windows I
Remarks
When hope meets reality
People seldom know what they want until you give them what they ask for. -- Gerald M. Weinberg
Uncategorized
Delta's "fare cuts"
If you have skimmed the news lately, you might get the impression that Delta is cutting its fares. Taken as a whole, perhaps it is. All I can say from personal experience is that the price of a ticket on the one flight I invariably take on Delta—Houston to
Houston
Houston: #1 again
After a brief stay in second place, Houston has returned to the top spot, being named by Men's Fitness as the fattest city in America for the fourth year out of five. I've done my part over the holidays. I'm afraid to step on
Music
A neologism?
If a musician is stoned, and is just going through the motions (or, phoning it in) on his playing, would we call that "stoning it in"? (The album that inspired this thought.)
Houston
Tear down the Astrodome
The Houston Press reports on the possible fates of the Astrodome. Houstonians are properly proud of the Astrodome. Billed as the "Eighth Wonder of the World", it was the first air-conditioned sports stadium and an excellent example of the architecture of its time. The combination of audacity
Intellect
Art as a mirror
Art is a mirror not because it is the same as the object, but because it is different. A mirror selects as much as art selects; it gives the light of flames, but not their heat; the colour of flowers, but not their fragrance; the faces of women, but not
Sports
An embarrassing day for the Big XII
The Big XII North champion was taken to the wire by an 8-3 WAC team, and Oklahoma State fell behind 33-0 to Ohio State, finally losing 33-7. Thomas Gray and I went to the Colorado-UTEP game at Reliant Stadium. Great game. UTEP played their hearts out