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Here's a slice of everything I ate in Pittsburgh. From the top left: Almost Famous sandwich from Primanti Bro's (sadly overrated), malted waffle and crepe hot cakes from Pamela's P&G Diner (wish I could eat these every Saturday morning), cheesesteak sub from DiBella's (so good and hearty), burnt almond torte and other treats from Prantl's Bakery (delish and the cherry hamentaschen was to die for), pasta trio from Lidia's (so tender and well-executed), and pierogies from S&D Polish Deli (made me miss Canada). In short, visit Pittsburgh for a perfect food weekend.
Honestly, at this point in 2016, it's like I'm not even surprised by this. (A brief set of answers: It's my right wrist, it's broken pretty bad, I fell off my bike.)
I really need to accept that none of my outfits will ever be as fly as this homemade witch costume I had as a kid. #tbt
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stranger things have happened.
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have you ever SEEN a more bountiful search
Celebrating our first anniversary today. He's my perfect combo of Ben Wyatt and Ron Swanson, my "looking for a mind at work," my all-around favorite.
Oh, hey, it's my name in print! I spent three years assisting my graduate advisor on this book and the finished copy arrived today. (More details below if you're interested...) 🔸 🔸 🔸 While the project took a lot longer than I was anticipating, it's still really wonderful to have had a hand in this text. Most Indigenous cultures have their own views on ownership/claim over materials that are typically not respected by the dominant culture. Indigenous librarians and archivists play a very crucial role in preserving knowledge according to how their culture views preservation. We received submissions from Indigenous academics, adding up to a book that covers ideas of ownership and how those ideas are implemented in libraries, archives, and museums all over the world. Between myself, my advisor, and a Canadian university librarian, we edited each submission multiple times, spending long hours skyping and reading each word out loud. I'll admit, I didn't quite know what I was in for when I agreed to work on this book, but the end result turned out so well. Cool, right?
Here's how I'm feeling today in three fictional characters. (I love this stupid meme so much.)
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anyway, back to library school
my textbook attributes the founding of some of the earliest public libraries in America to “French ventriloquist Nicolas-Marie Alexandre Vattemare” and I’m like, HOW can you put that sentence in a book and not offer any more context.
so I went to Wikipedia and:
Around age seven, Vattemare discovered a talent for ventriloquism and the ability to imitate sounds.[1] He trained as a surgeon, but was refused a diploma after making cadavers seem to speak during surgical exercises.[1]
apparently his career as a surgeon wasn’t paying enough to get by, so he started writing and performing one-man stage show comedies, and got rich and famous doing that. And then once he was rich he decided the world needed libraries and traveled around trying to convince people to support this wild new idea of a place with books that are available to everyone for free.
And people think all I’m learning is the Dewey Decimal System.
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Video: Stranger Pugs
I'm pretty sure my friend on the right there grew up to be Barb from Stranger Things. #tbt
Got engaged one year ago on the Austin Boardwalk. I don't have a pic from that night, but I do have this pic of us in the "Love is Calling" exhibit, which seems fitting.
Before // After 💇🏼💇🏼💇🏼
Happy birthday to the best brother bear a girl could ask for! (I swear I used to be taller than you.)