Memeage

[dancinghorse]

Along with the fact that I'm from 1965, am Sam from "Stargate," and my inner child is 10, here's one from sartorias via janni:

Ten Things I've Done That Others on My Flist Might Not Have

1. Had tea with Prince Philip in a Cambridge college garden.

2. Flown a glider.

3. Sold six novels at once--as my first fiction sale.

4. Stayed in a youth hostel near Hadrian's Wall.

5. Spent a day riding a dozen Lipizzan and Andalusian stallions from one of the traveling shows.

6. Bred, foaled out, raised, and trained my own Lipizzan stallion.

7. Ridden the levade--voluntarily, on a trained horse.

8. Been one of two "spectators" at an international conference on Gregorian chant.

9. Frequently wear a 2300-year-old coin as a pendant.

10. Spent an afternoon with all the illuminated manuscripts from the Newnham College library.
10a. Held in my hands the original ms. of the Cambridge Songs (oak-gall censorship and all).

Comments

[badgermirlacca.livejournal.com]

I'm a book geek, time to get a MLIS

Master's of Library/Information Sciences?

Don't bother. It isn't about books any more, it's about computers and electronic retrieval systems and other such crap.

(currently enrolled, and wondering why)

[neutronjockey.livejournal.com]

Don't bother. It isn't about books any more, it's about computers and electronic retrieval systems and other such crap.
No doubt, and I agree unfortunately it seems that anything with tenure, retirement or federal/state seems to want those 4 little letters by your name.
-=Jeff=-

[badgermirlacca.livejournal.com]

True. And the ALA has a monopoly on decent library jobs, it seems like. But you might be interested in this page, which was posted as part of a class website:

http://web.utk.edu/~eperez3/IS520/extra/organizers-wanted.htm

That one (unfortunately already filled!) job for "(Telecommute) Researcher / librarian in Computer/Internet industry," or one just like it in almost any field, is the job I really, really crave.