tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342444102014-10-02T21:17:11.680-07:00it's a librarian thing...you know: glasses, books, reading, freedom...hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-17567508828126127262007-01-25T12:41:00.000-08:002007-01-25T12:44:11.566-08:00long books are hard to readi'm trying to finish <strong>the historian. </strong><br />i'm not holding my breath.hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-1668397612460791732007-01-25T12:30:00.000-08:002007-01-31T08:59:18.901-08:00a coin in your pocketi recently read the book<strong> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">everlost</span></strong> by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">neal</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)">shusterman</span> and it was great.hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-65546116712457967352007-01-25T12:23:00.000-08:002007-01-31T09:01:16.168-08:00blue peteri just finished reading <strong>silent to the bone</strong> last night (i didn't go to sleep until i finished!) and i thought it was a pretty good book. it is about a friendship between two boys. the plot is a bit predictable, but it is charming. this is the first book from e.l. konigsburg i've read so i didn't expect much, but it was a nice surprise to find an easy read that dealt with complex issues.hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-44112704854039721912007-01-25T12:19:00.000-08:002007-01-25T12:22:58.166-08:00ms indecision has made a decisionsince i started this whole blogging business my posts have been random, sporadic, and lackluster. i've decided that i am going to start writing about book i've read (since that's part of my job so i know that i'll always have something to write about). since i am pretty sure that less than five people read this blog it probably doesn't matter. this will just be my own personal book list. :)hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-73882065914236200642006-12-30T13:35:00.000-08:002006-12-30T13:53:28.450-08:00sometimes...grrrr!people are so rude! yesterday tested my patience. some teenagers (this is just speculation, but i think a very accurate speculation) wrote obscenities on one of the libraries computers and left it up for patrons to see (against chinese people and mormans [sic]), took half of a shelf of children's books and scattered them in the children's section (even hid them behind other shelves), and brought food into our computer lab. others were rude....talking to me while i am talking to someone else, demanding things, etc. i had more than five people give me the impatient huff/sigh/tapping of fingers on the counter. i understand that people have bad days, but seriously! the world doesn't revolve around you (mr-whiney-pants). what if i came to your work and did that to you, huh? anyway, sometimes i wonder where they learned their manners from....hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-89364292079689596552006-12-19T12:28:00.000-08:002006-12-19T12:29:57.034-08:00blah.i'm sick. functionally sick, which means i can't just lay in bed and be miserable because i'd be bored out of my mind. boooo...hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-73514904187222161212006-12-16T13:18:00.000-08:002006-12-18T16:54:13.477-08:00what, what, what?john edwards going for it...<em>again</em>? he is expected to annouce his bid for the president's seat in 2008. i'm pleasantly surprised...this is shaping up to be an interesting race for president. i don't know if i would vote for hillary, but i would defintely vote for edwards or obama.<br /><br />read <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16239360/">this article</a> from MSN: <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16239360/">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16239360/</a>.hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-1165011139444782822006-12-01T14:09:00.000-08:002006-12-16T13:24:02.652-08:00world aids daytoday is <a href="http://www.worldaidsday.org/default.asp">WORLD AIDS DAY</a>...represent your red.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/253/3771/1600/30507/virtualribbon.gif"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/253/3771/320/781984/virtualribbon.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.worldaidsday.org/default.asp">http://www.worldaidsday.org/default.asp</a>hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-1164999499880230992006-12-01T10:54:00.000-08:002006-12-16T13:25:06.259-08:00unshelveda while ago, my manager sent me a cute comic from <a href="http://www.overduemedia.com/">overdue media</a> that publishes <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">unshelved</span></span>, a comic strip about libraries. this is definitely a librarian thing...hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-1164998834236520522006-12-01T10:31:00.000-08:002006-12-01T10:52:18.180-08:00money, money, money, money....MONEY!a few days ago i was watching 20/20 and they were doing a report called "<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/2020/HolidayTheme/story?id=2682100&page=1">cheap in america</a>." i just thought it was really interesting...it's kind of a "yay, america!" piece, but interesting nonetheless.<br /><br />20/20 reports:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Americans gave $260 billion away in charity last year — that's about $900 per person.</span><br /><br />i wish stossel would have focused on the good some charities are doing rather than asking ted turner and other billionaires, "well the money you gave away is a lot, but can't you afford more?" sometimes that mustasched man just irritates me.hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-1163884561651697692006-11-18T12:52:00.000-08:002006-12-18T16:51:56.944-08:00disturbing incident at UCLAIn a recent article in the <a href="http://www.dailybruin.com/news/home.asp">Daily Bruin</a>, UCLA student, Mostafa Tabatabainejad, was repeatedly stunned with a taser (even when he was handcuffed!) after a random ID check found that he did have his student card. When he did not immediately leave the police were called and "Police officers said they determined the use of Tasers was necessary when Tabatabainejad did not do as they asked."<br /><br />I understand the need to follow the rules, especially, as the article indicated, after 11 for the safety of the students; however, is tasering necessary when he was handcuffed? He doesn't pose a threat when he can't move AND isn't it procedure to check for weapons right after he is handcuffed so they know he isn't dangerous? What if he had a medical condition and the police killed him? Does the punishment fit the crime? I don't think so. Sure, he may have been a problematic patron not having ID, but I am sure the police could have handled it better. Could it have excalated because he was Iranian (which poses other complicated questions)? Who knows, but this is very disturbing. I am in no way proclaiming absolute knowledge of this incident, but what I have read makes me sad.<br /><br />Video of this incident:<br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5g7zlJx9u2E" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br /><br />Additional articles:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/16/student.stunned.ap/index.html">Cops use stun gun on student who won't show ID</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailybruin.com/news/articles.asp?ID=39010">UCLA Community gathers to protest the Taser incident</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailybruin.com/news/articles.asp?id=39009">Student to file suit against UCPD </a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailybruin.com/news/articles.asp?id=38986">Beware of easy knee-jerk reactions</a>hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-1163803025529807682006-11-17T14:31:00.000-08:002006-11-17T14:37:05.536-08:00sounds like a personal problem to me...recently i've been gentley urged to go back to school to get my ph.d. i don't know about this...i tried to whole ph.d. program thing and was only accepted into one school (my alma mater). i'm not sure if i should try again. i would love to get my ph.d., but i am not sure about the intense nature of getting a doctorate. and then there is the problem of getting into "the u" (the university of utah, for all those non-utahns).<br /><br />anyway, that's all. i know, know...poor baby.hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-1163639789780530272006-11-15T17:12:00.000-08:002006-11-15T17:18:25.360-08:00letting extreme premies die?i read <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15730874/wid/11915773?GT1=8717">this article</a> from reuters and was fascinated. should one go to any length to save a premature baby even if it may cause stress on the child itself and may ultimately end in death or terminal problems? it is a <span style="font-style:italic;">very intriguing</span> read including the response from the religious leaders. what is best for the baby?hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-1163617930380558292006-11-15T11:11:00.000-08:002006-12-19T12:31:08.040-08:00tastes like surrender...oh colbert...<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eI2F3iVxsUo" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed>hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-1163613514438292742006-11-15T09:43:00.000-08:002006-11-15T09:58:34.450-08:00uh, no thanks jesus, we've got enough..thanks though...in a recent <a href="http://www.cnn.com">cnn</a> article, the marine's <a href="http://www.toysfortots.org">toys for tots</a> rejected 4,000 jesus dolls (retailed at $20 each) by the <a href="http://www.one2believe.com">one2believe</a> company. the reason? the government program doesn't know the religious affliation of the children receiving this toys and--and here's the amusing part--it was said that "kids want a gift for the holiday season that is fun." as a government entity i can understand why those dolls weren't taken, but it is unfortunante that the generousity couldn't have been used...i guess a christian charity might have been a better organization to donate. that being said, who would of thought that jesus would be rejected because, in part, he isn't "fun"?hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-1163022530478997272006-11-08T13:42:00.001-08:002006-12-18T16:53:16.043-08:00it's time for a happy dance...last night was a <strong>fantastic </strong>night. politics is the only thing more exciting/fascinating than trashy tabloid blogs...seriously. anyway, not only did bill ritter become govenor or colorado, but now the u.s. congress is more balanced. rumsfeld also resigned today so today is shaping up to be just as good. i feel that all is well in the universe...now if only barack obama would run for president...hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-1161112196272070742006-10-17T11:56:00.000-07:002006-10-17T12:09:56.290-07:00white vs. black loveok, so on <a href="www.cnn.com">cnn.com </a>today the first story you see is <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/10/16/koinange.adoption/index.html">A mother or motherland?</a>. this article raises the question whether "intercultural adoptions" are good for children. i think intercultural adoptions are okay, but those making an issue out of ethnicity/race when adopting are exactly the problem with today's society. why does it matter what ethnicity a child is? does it make the parents any less effective or loving? i understand the need to preserve one's heritage (and i think that adoptive parents should make an effort to make this an important part of his/her life), but the difference between one human and another is skin deep. in the article one child says she would "jump at the chance to be adopted by anyone willing to give her a home."<br /><br />now, the trend of celebrity adoptions are another issue...hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-1160525158240078762006-10-10T16:53:00.000-07:002006-10-10T17:06:32.006-07:00massacre versus tragedyi was watching world news tonight and there was a story on school shootings. the story refered to the columbine shootings as the "columbine masssacre." this took me back to my high school days when i went to a school about a half an hour away from columbine high school when those shootings happened. on the local news the shootings were referred to a "tragedy," however in national reports it was called a "massacre." it may just be my narrow perspective, but when violence happens in a certain area, the locals convey the incidents as "tragedies" rather than use harsher words such as "massacre." i wonder what's the difference? is there a difference or is just semantics?hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-1159819039918190202006-10-02T12:29:00.000-07:002006-12-18T16:52:36.547-08:00you know what grinds my gears?ok, so here's the deal. i'm on <a href="http://www.myspace.com">myspace</a>. surprise surprise...everyone is. but what bothers me (grinds my gears) are those who put on their profile: "i'm only on here because i have nothing else to do" or "my friends made me sign up." i thought peer pressure ended at fifth grade, but whatever. they may not *want* to be on this site, but guess what? they are...so that that makes them as lame as they proclaim everyone else on there to be. holier-than-thou attitudes only work when you're not participating in the activity you're criticizing. instead of making other feel like losers by degrading them in the "about me" section, you are really just making yourself look silly.<br /><br />i actually like networking sites. "but holly," you say, "there are predators on there..." umm...that's why there are privacy settings. you don't have to add everyone who wants to be your friend. you also don't have to seek out people to put on your friends list. i don't befriend people i haven't met in person. i also don't use <a href="http://www.myspace.com">myspace</a>/<a href="http://www.facebook.com">facebook</a>/<a href="http://www.friendster.com">friendster</a> as popularity polls unlike many not-yet-legal kids who have thousands of friends. thousands of friends? wow, really? you are sooo cool especially having half naked wanna be strippers (with fantastic names such as 'DaNCiN LiKe a HO' and 'HOTTNESS 4 U') posting "thanks for the add" on your comment wall.<br /><br />here is a funny take on networking sites from the daily show:<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gsff8px_vPI" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br /><br /><br />ps. can you guess what show i am referencing in my title?hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-1159636817220998002006-09-30T10:16:00.000-07:002006-12-16T13:24:34.966-08:00when i think about [jon stewart and stephen colbert] i touch myself (video)instead of reporting someone else's writing and making some serious commentary on it i've decided to post a video made with clips of jon stewart and stephen colbert. it's from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7O4S76LCCU">youtube</a> and it's set to the song "i touch myself." here is a little silliness to start off the weekend:<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h7O4S76LCCU" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed>hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-1159367219097708702006-09-27T07:14:00.000-07:002006-11-15T17:38:27.150-08:00soo...holly isn't an asian name? well, damn...twenty of the "whitest" and "blackest" names? from <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2470131&page=1">abcnews.com</a>:<br /><br />Sept. 21, 2006 — Studies of resumes have found that people with black-sounding names are less likely to get callbacks.<br /><br />"20/20" put 22 pairs of names to the test, posting identical resumes except for the names at the top.<br /><br />Watch "20/20" Friday Night at 10<br /><br />The resumes with the white-sounding names were actually downloaded 17 percent more often by job recruiters than the resumes with black-sounding names.<br /><br />What are some of those names? Here's a list from the book "Freakonomics," by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, showing the top 20 whitest- and blackest-sounding girl and boy names.<br /><br />20 "Whitest" Girl Names<br /><br />Molly<br />Amy<br />Claire<br />Emily<br />Katie<br />Madeline<br />Katelyn<br />Emma<br />Abigail<br />Carly<br />Jenna<br />Heather<br />Katherine<br />Caitlin<br />Kaitlin<br />Holly<br />Allison<br />Kaitlyn<br />Hannah<br />Kathryn<br /><br />20 "Blackest" Girl Names<br /><br />Imani<br />Ebony<br />Shanice<br />Aaliyah<br />Precious<br />Nia<br />Deja<br />Diamond<br />Asia<br />Aliyah<br />Jada<br />Tierra<br />Tiara<br />Kiara<br />Jazmine<br />Jasmin<br />Jazmin<br />Jasmine<br />Alexus<br />Raven<br /><br />20 "Whitest" Boy Names<br /><br />Jake<br />Connor<br />Tanner<br />Wyatt<br />Cody<br />Dustin<br />Luke<br />Jack<br />Scott<br />Logan<br />Cole<br />Lucas<br />Bradley<br />Jacob<br />Garrett<br />Dylan<br />Maxwell<br />Hunter<br />Brett<br />Colin<br /><br />20 "Blackest" Boy Names<br /><br />DeShawn<br />DeAndre<br />Marquis<br />Darnell<br />Terrell<br />Malik<br />Trevon<br />Tyrone<br />Willie<br />Dominique<br />Demetrius<br />Reginald<br />Jamal<br />Maurice<br />Jalen<br />Darius<br />Xavier<br />Terrance<br />Andre<br />Darryl <br><br /><p>ok, so i love the book freakonomics, but my question is: what about the asian names, huh? what about the "phuc yu's" and the "tu luong's"?</p><p>on a serious note, this is a sad sad statement of today's society. i mean, really? is this still happening? shame on us. i dont usually do this because i think it is a bit stupid, but this deserves a big frown-y face --> <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">:-(</span></span><br /></p></span>hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-1159198698604323932006-09-25T08:22:00.000-07:002006-09-29T19:52:26.813-07:00attn: tom brady--good looks don't translate into good football playingthe broncos won yesterday over the patriots 17-7. javon walker actually seems to be doing some good down in denver. this makes me really happy after maurice clarett was a total bomb and walker was a disgruntled ex-packer that was injured at the beginning of the season...shanahan may actually know what he's doing...although, i'm not quite sure about plummer yet, however, denver's seems to do well with qb's with "j" names so we'll see.<br /><br />i know i's funny that i should have this little rambling about the broncos because i think it is halarious when people talk about their football team as if it was a part of their family. i love sports and have grown up playing/watching sports. i'd watch paint dry if it was considered a sport and nothing else was on. and alas, since moving out of the state i have found that i have a very keen interest in the happenings of my former life.<br /><br />as an fyi, in colorado three things make people happy: <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.denverbroncos.com">the broncos</a>, <a href="http://www.chipotle.com">chipotle</a>, </span>and <a href="http://www.coors.com"><span style="font-style: italic;">beer</span></a> (preferable beer brewed in colorado). no joke.hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-1158433526527191832006-09-16T12:02:00.000-07:002006-09-27T07:13:23.243-07:00you're on notice! yeah, you...thanks to this nice little "on notice board" generator i can put whomever i want on notice...unfortunantely i can't put who ever i want on it since some people may read this and be offended.<br /><br />anyway, who does uranus think it is strutting around like it's cooler than pluto with it's "planet" status?<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i317/aminako/onnotice.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" border="0" /></a></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Esz0C7MgevQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></object><br /><br />ps. i love stephen colbert.hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-1158377182224989112006-09-15T20:23:00.000-07:002006-09-15T20:32:45.630-07:00w.e.i.r.d.there was an explosion at the salt lake city public library (main branch). i don't think anyone was hurt, which is good. people do crazy things at the library. today a guy tried to steal a small paperback book from our library that was probably less than $3.<br /><br />on a sillier note, i saw this on a local new station's website. it's called "a tribute to utah" and it pokes fun at the names of the state. i don't know if it's cute funny or just plain crazy. mostly it's just utahns perpetuating the stereotype that utah is weird. yeah....judge for yourself..<object height="350" width="425">.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RqR0-FUQyp0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RqR0-FUQyp0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /></object>hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34244410.post-1158194150276367382006-09-13T17:26:00.000-07:002006-09-13T17:35:50.283-07:00a child for every day of the weektoday i was working and talked with a lady and her children. nothing new working in the library, right? unless you counted the children (seven to be exact). my mind couldn't fatham the thought of having seven children because...well...just because. it reminds me of the nursey rhyme "there was an old lady who lived in a shoe..." i wouldn't know what to do with seven kids besides start my own basketball team (my plan would fail miserably because i am 5'0).<br /><br />anyway, i know people would say, "well, don't you work in utah? itsn't that what they do? procreate?" well, not to my knowledge i don't think procreating is high on their "to do" lists in life, but who knows? anyway, that was the highlight of my day.<br /><br />oh, and i got to read for four hours today it was fantastic.hollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467007401599246991noreply@blogger.com0
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