Er..sleep happened in spades, up late yesterday and chased my tail like mad as a result, nice early start today hence the entry in the Blog. Ashes are on so I'm keeping an eye on that, England seem to be doing OK at the moment at 148/1 and another 6 overs to go. They'll proabably suffer a horrible collapse now. Grey Lit day so its a mad catalogue as usual. Tracy's off today so it's me on my little ownsome to produce the Grey Lit Bulletin, that'll be a blast from the past.... Monst and Cal off to the Woolton Cinema to see the preview of the new Harry Potter movie tonight, they're taking me tomorrow (maybe introducing madam to the books wasn't such a wie move!).
Friday, November 08, 2002
Wednesday, November 06, 2002
Challenges for the next few days, learnt to spell some of the spelling here is abysmal. Sleep. Celebrate the Spurs loss at Burnley and try to ignore Arsenal's defeat at the hands of Sunderland in the Worthless Cup. Remeber to send bid up to Adam, just realised I forgot today. Finish the white literature backlog and pile into more grey lit. Sleep more.
Checked out the Indie Rock Librarian's blog. Some links to some righteous labels and bands. Worth a look for that alone. On the work front it's been a day of ordering and cataloguing white literature. Did make sense of the Ormskirk Nfuse business, I was right it's a rip off! Why do IT people think you're stupid when it comes to library management systems (mind you I did test my theory that Nfuse wasn't needed on Steve Prisk who gave me an excellent idiots guide to Nfuse in about ten minutes and one drawing - we're putting Mr. Twigger in touch with Steve to sort it!). 'Nextdoorland' was the soundtrack of the morning, two run throughs and I'm coming round to the idea that it isn't bad. On the way home tonight I picked up some stuff for Cal's tree costume (I got the head bit to do) should be kinda fun putting it together.
Tuesday, November 05, 2002
On the other hand it's not a bad write up, cor! might even be interested in the secret goings on! In there absence of there being anything that interesting here's a link to Jessamyn's naked librarians. Mind you I wouldn't check out bits of it at work if I were you. Not a wooly pully in site or the infamous cardigan and as for the leather elbow patches......
Still bothered by the concept of secret plans appearing here. Ken keeps telling me that this thing can be a bit hard to understand at times, mind you that makes sense, I don't understand me some of the time, I spend my life trying to breakdown the mental boundaries that surround academic and non-academic disciplines, it's lazy thinking to compartmentalize, its all one vast continuum, history don't work without chemistry, chemistry don't work without religion, religion don't work without a bicycle, bicycles don't work without philosophy and all of them are more inter-related than a heap of people from Farringdon. Mind you it can get bloody confusing. The only difference between this and the original big black book of doom, in which I record crap so that when I get my shit together about becoming a chartered librarian is that I swear less here. It's a form of self restraint that I'm trying for reasons that I haven't let myself know. As for the title Big Black Book of Doom, it's just more interesting than Chartership Crap.
A good day for freaky mentions as this blog got a mention on the Arseblog on the 1st of Nov which says this is about 'library stuff and secret projects' (oops haven't been reading that one as much as I should!). Not certain what secret projects I've been wittering about 'cos they're pretty public here. Must read the blog to find out what I'm keeping secret from myself..... At least it was recognised that there was a bit about librarianship. Mind you I tend to think there's less of that than should be in an e-big black book of doom.
Bid is going slowly, needed some inspiration so having checked out the release date of �Nextdoorland� by the Soft Boys I tripped down to HMV for some inspiration only to come back with a copy of it and The Prisoners �In From The Cold� (note the Stiff spelling) and then hid in a set of cans in search of inspiration. Can�t wait for the �Taste of Pink� and �The Last Fourfathers� re-releases on Big Beat. Lowdown on the music was it was good (The Soft Boys album was not a horror on first listen much to my relief � well it is 18 years since the last one) without a proper listen, giving it a blast now at home. Still got some time on the bid. Still chasing Jean Scott with regard to the pilot of the RM system. Anne Nolan tripped in to pick up a couple of searches and a WHO document I�d printed out for her. Gave her, the full library tour and reckon we�ve found a friend in her- she said she�d spread the gospel according to libraries. Once again blown away by the idea she could use us without ever darkening our door. Monst rang, she was stuck at the dental hospital having a tusk seen to, so it was an early dart to go and fetch Cal from school. Then, off to the shop to get some soup (chicken, carrot and coriander and beetroot and rosemary) because Sharon don�t think she�ll cope with anything else. Came away with �Beauty and the Beast� (Boo! Hiss! Fat Disney) and �Ice Age� in addition to the stuff I�d gone in to get. Still the points�ll come in useful. We�re at 52 vouchers at the moment - �130 in real dosh. Aiming for 60 by crimble so well on target. �In From The Cold� is odd, the sound is polished and clean, some how it lacks an edge of energy but it still rocks. Interesting to see a Fay Hallam writing credit too. Must see if any �Makin� Time� stuff is available. I reckon in a few listens I�ll be into it more and more. Definitely an early morning cataloguing album, nice soul edge to it. Maybe I�m mellowing to the brass. Includes the excellent �Pop Star Party� as a bonus track too, �You�re the biggest load of fakes that I�ve ever seen This is our farewell to your lies You�re finished taking us for a music whore Stick your suits and wide boy ties What would you feel About a music that is real� how to endear yourself to any label. **** the labels do it yourself. The design for Cally�s tree outfit for the school play is here. Yes, jokes about wooden acting are current on mention of this starring role. Mind you he�s following in the footsteps of his Grandfather, a man who was so wooden in his starring role in a Harcross Builders Merchants training video that a plank would have made a reasonable stand in. Maybe Cal's a splinter off the old block.
Er..well like the Gibbon Bridge Hotel experience, very nice place, split level rooms with a living area and bathroom downstairs and sleeping area upstairs. Most civilised, trouble is I'm not, but Sharon enjoyed it. It was alright, the beer ('Black Sheep') suffered from a swan neck that rendered it a smooth mild flavoured drink with a creamy head, why can't the north learn a swan neck is just bad news rendering any flavour held by a beer neutral. Food was excellent, wine was adequate (at last a chance to put the wine tasting skills learnt on my train the trainer course into practice, cheers Michael Mason librarian of Ormskirk for saving me from looking like a right tit). Sunday morning we tripped off to Skipton to visit the castle. Cal was convinced that within its walls lurked a dragon other than his mother. Was a nice well preserved gaff that lasted 3 years of roundhead seige. Then a quick trip on the canal, well 4 mph to be precise. Back to the Gibbon Bridge for the fireworks, which were ok and a reasonable meal. Cal was a bit of a menace but hell he's not four yet. Monday in work and it looks like a hell of a week comeing, WDC bid needs to be in place by Wednesday, had a couple of quick searches to do, needed to print a who document, sort out the odd invoice and meet Adam and Val. Mic's started his gig with Val on the mapping project and I need to write a SLA for Postgrad. REM are soothing my tortured soul currently so life aint that bad. CAIRS entry point for postgrad is giving me a bit of gip though...... take 5 of it now!
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