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Suzzallo Library's reading room
Jul. 2nd, 2008 05:19 amOne of the great reading spaces in the world. Bebb & Gould, 1924.
Seattle Public Library, elevator signage
Jun. 28th, 2008 12:20 pmGetting the mother and child reflected was pure serendipity.
Bernard Polishuk, mensch
Feb. 13th, 2008 06:57 amThis is one of those donor tiles, in this instance outside the public library in Redmond, WA. I've always liked the forthrightness of it. I should be so lucky.
Two turns of phrase
Nov. 26th, 2007 10:27 pm...I liked today:
"On a scale of zero to, 'Cor, blimey!'..."
-- Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Changing Rooms
"He disappeared into the book stacks like a man walking among rows of tall Nebraska corn..."
-- modesty forbids; all I can say is, I was visiting the Kent library at the time
"On a scale of zero to, 'Cor, blimey!'..."
-- Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Changing Rooms
"He disappeared into the book stacks like a man walking among rows of tall Nebraska corn..."
-- modesty forbids; all I can say is, I was visiting the Kent library at the time
Almost an itinerary
Oct. 11th, 2007 02:25 am"Librophiliac Love Letter: A Compendium of Beautiful Libraries" from the blog Curious Expeditions. Pretty much what it says -- many, many photos of grand libraries (including Suzzallo Library here in Seattle, and a few in Sweden).
The interesting thing in browsing the pictures is how the places still come up short. Because while the books appear artfully displayed, I'm not seeing much comfort being provided for the readers. (A failing of the new, architecture-as-contextless-sculpture, Seattle Public Library.)
The interesting thing in browsing the pictures is how the places still come up short. Because while the books appear artfully displayed, I'm not seeing much comfort being provided for the readers. (A failing of the new, architecture-as-contextless-sculpture, Seattle Public Library.)
All the News
Apr. 27th, 2004 05:55 pmFirst off, I have a new job. I'm again working for Volt, doing e-mail support for... Well, my contract stipulates I cannot say. Some call them The Empire. Some place a normative judgement on what kind of Empire they are. Me, I just like to call them: The Jackal The Client.
{yes, that was a west wing joke that just flew by. shoot me now.}
This means I suddenly have access to a bunch of things I'd missed, sometimes without even realizing it. A cheaper cafeteria. Factiva. Free MCP testing. The Client's Library. You know, stuff.
The contract is for a year (unless they change their mind, which they can do on a moment's notice). There's a slight temp-to-perm buzz, but then, I heard that last time, too. So... I'll believe it when I see it. Meanwhile, I'm hoping to just take advtange and get my MCDBA and MCSE certs out of it.
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In other news, a part-time-ish job I've been slowly developing has been being a professional DJ for Pro DJs. It's run by a jock from Mix-92.5 here in Seattle, D.K. Erickson, and tends to do weddings, school dances, parties, corporate events, etc.
Saturday I did my first solo gig, having been to two training things leading up to it. It was the wedding of Brooke and Dario Rojas, held at Lord Hill Farms. It was a very religious group, it seems, so the "Lord" in "Lord Hill" is like, you know, The Lord.
Even so, it was pretty fun, even if there were two or three panic cell calls to D.K. ("Hey, D.K.... I only have one power cord for the two speakers -- now what?" Answer: Wing it, Daddy-O.) But after the clear air turbulance at the start, I mostly settled into my groove. At the end I had to go up to the groom, Dario, just to check in how well I'd done because... Remember the religious angle? Seems this group doesn't dance. Tough to judge feedback, at that point.
I'm not expecting to go great guns on this gig, if for no other reason than my new schedule with The Client: Wed-Sat, 7AM-6PM. That means three-day-weekends, true, but it also means Sunday is the only day off I have in common with Ulrika for the duration. It also makes it tough to make a 7PM gig in Tacoma, say, on a Saturday night.
So, call it one-and-a-quarter jobs. Beats the alternative. :)
{yes, that was a west wing joke that just flew by. shoot me now.}
This means I suddenly have access to a bunch of things I'd missed, sometimes without even realizing it. A cheaper cafeteria. Factiva. Free MCP testing. The Client's Library. You know, stuff.
The contract is for a year (unless they change their mind, which they can do on a moment's notice). There's a slight temp-to-perm buzz, but then, I heard that last time, too. So... I'll believe it when I see it. Meanwhile, I'm hoping to just take advtange and get my MCDBA and MCSE certs out of it.
*^*^*
In other news, a part-time-ish job I've been slowly developing has been being a professional DJ for Pro DJs. It's run by a jock from Mix-92.5 here in Seattle, D.K. Erickson, and tends to do weddings, school dances, parties, corporate events, etc.
Saturday I did my first solo gig, having been to two training things leading up to it. It was the wedding of Brooke and Dario Rojas, held at Lord Hill Farms. It was a very religious group, it seems, so the "Lord" in "Lord Hill" is like, you know, The Lord.
Even so, it was pretty fun, even if there were two or three panic cell calls to D.K. ("Hey, D.K.... I only have one power cord for the two speakers -- now what?" Answer: Wing it, Daddy-O.) But after the clear air turbulance at the start, I mostly settled into my groove. At the end I had to go up to the groom, Dario, just to check in how well I'd done because... Remember the religious angle? Seems this group doesn't dance. Tough to judge feedback, at that point.
I'm not expecting to go great guns on this gig, if for no other reason than my new schedule with The Client: Wed-Sat, 7AM-6PM. That means three-day-weekends, true, but it also means Sunday is the only day off I have in common with Ulrika for the duration. It also makes it tough to make a 7PM gig in Tacoma, say, on a Saturday night.
So, call it one-and-a-quarter jobs. Beats the alternative. :)
"A No Doubt Mad Idea"
Oct. 2nd, 2003 11:44 pm...which will probably lead to another post about "influential" books, eventually, but for now, this:
"On to the library. And all through his time at the card catalog, combing the shelves, filling out the request cards, he danced a silent, flirtatious minuet of the eyes with a rosy-cheeked redhead in the biology section, pages of notes spread before her. All his life, he had had a yen for women in libraries. In a cerebral setting, the physical becomes irresistible. Also, he figured he was really more likely to meet a better or at least more compatible woman in a library than in a saloon. Ought to have singles libraries, with soups and salads, Bach and Mozart, Montaignes bound in morocco; place to sip, smoke, and seduce in a classical setting, noon to midnight. Chaucer's Salons, call them, franchise chain."
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