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silveradeptThings that I now know, thanks to life, the universe, and library users for January of 2008:
1) The universe has a sense of humor. There is no avoiding this realization, only enjoying it. The same sense of humor also enjoys blowing up my grandiose "poor me" statements not too soon after they are uttered.
2) Comic books are a great way for fathers and sons to bond over reading.
3) Working with two branches really does take its toll on you. Often in worries that one is neglecting the smaller branch through virtue of not spending as much time there.
4) Y'know, the more I read about statistics on reading, the less sure I am that they're looking at appropriate metrics. While reading books composed primarily of text for recreational purposes might be down, I wonder if actual reading by word count has changed all that much, considering the popularity of things like MySpace and the World Wide Web. There might be a case for quality and level of reading going down over time, but I don't think quantity is changing all that much.
5) Story time's return is something to look forward to. That said, I almost forgot I had it on the day I was scheduled to. Luckily, leaving my materials out in plain sight jogged my memory.
6) As the month goes on, the calendar fills up more and more. This is something I will just have to get used to.
7) There are many ways to interpret any statement. Even the seemingly innocuous ones.
8) Even with daily exposure to them and their ways, middle and high school teenagers are a mystery to me a lot of the time. And I'm not that far out of high school. I believe I have officially become an Old Guy.
9) More computers at the public library = win. Now, if they'd only replace the rest of the old boxen with new ones, I think we'd all be a lot happier.
1) The universe has a sense of humor. There is no avoiding this realization, only enjoying it. The same sense of humor also enjoys blowing up my grandiose "poor me" statements not too soon after they are uttered.
2) Comic books are a great way for fathers and sons to bond over reading.
3) Working with two branches really does take its toll on you. Often in worries that one is neglecting the smaller branch through virtue of not spending as much time there.
4) Y'know, the more I read about statistics on reading, the less sure I am that they're looking at appropriate metrics. While reading books composed primarily of text for recreational purposes might be down, I wonder if actual reading by word count has changed all that much, considering the popularity of things like MySpace and the World Wide Web. There might be a case for quality and level of reading going down over time, but I don't think quantity is changing all that much.
5) Story time's return is something to look forward to. That said, I almost forgot I had it on the day I was scheduled to. Luckily, leaving my materials out in plain sight jogged my memory.
6) As the month goes on, the calendar fills up more and more. This is something I will just have to get used to.
7) There are many ways to interpret any statement. Even the seemingly innocuous ones.
8) Even with daily exposure to them and their ways, middle and high school teenagers are a mystery to me a lot of the time. And I'm not that far out of high school. I believe I have officially become an Old Guy.
9) More computers at the public library = win. Now, if they'd only replace the rest of the old boxen with new ones, I think we'd all be a lot happier.
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