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Re: If You Can’t Say Something Nice, Get Off This Hashtag

librarian pirate — Wed, 10 May 2017 15:29:19 -0000

My first thought was "Hello! Let's enjoy a fish feast together!" But since none of my Douglas Adams loving coworkers could make the connection to "So Long and Thanks for All the Fish," I think that one was too much of a stretch.

Re: Flip Your Nail Art Upside Down With an Undernail Mani

librarian pirate — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:55:56 -0000

you have to have longer nails than I have for that! I'll have to grow them out!

Re: Librarian Pirate - [[MORE]] I just overheard a lady compliment a 3...

librarian pirate — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 11:24:39 -0000

He was wearing an Adidas tracksuit? So I think it means that he's fashionable in a way a gross girl would never be? I think? I dunno.

Re: Hank Pym and Mental Illness By Angela Kucera ... - The Boomtube

librarian pirate — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 10:16:13 -0000

This is great - thank you! I hadn't followed Hank Pym for ages because fuck Hank Pym of the past - but I'm so glad to know there is more to him now.

Re: Mommy do it!: A Day in the Life :: Tuesday

librarian pirate — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:29:08 -0000

I love love love reading your day in the life posts. Holy cats, S! There's so much! Also unasked for advice? While I've always loved audiobooks, the girls fell in love with them when I had laryngitis a few years ago. Even when I'm healthy, though, they still adore them. I usually read them books myself then we all curl up together for audiobook time to give my voice a rest. Jim Dale, the narrator of the Harry Potter books, is my favorite audiobook narrator ever and totally worth a listen, if you're in the mood. <3

Re: Mommy do it!: on Fairy Tales

librarian pirate — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:33:10 -0000

wait wait wait! I forgot that I usually read a sanitized version of Molly. In the original Molly tricks the giant into killing his wife in a pretty brutal way - so read it yourself first? Because depending on the version of the story it might be super violent. Also what the heck kind of library doesn't have everything by Rachel Isadora? Can you interlibrary loan them or request that your library buy them? Because she's lovely!

Re: Mommy do it!: on Fairy Tales

librarian pirate — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:42:40 -0000

Some versions of 12 dancing princesses would be fine for your kids - depends on the retelling. I like Rachel Isadora's version - but then again I love most of Rachel Isadora's fairy tale books. I'm also a sucker for slightly fractured retellings. The Princess and the Packet of Frozen Peas, for example, or The True Story of the Tree Little Pigs. There are also tons of fairy tales that don't deal with marriage at all, Jack and the Beanstock, Hansel and Gretel, Molly Whuppie, the Three Little Pigs ... I am also a big fan of Laurel Long's version of The Lady and the Lion. It's a fairy tale that's very Beauty and the Beast like but without the whole Beast being an abusive jackass thing. The man is under an enchantment and it's up to the girl to go on a quest to save him. Love it.

Personally I feel like stories shouldn't be taboo just because their feminism isn't perfect? My in-laws started giving Disney Princesses the girls at Kaylee's first Christmas so my strategy has long been to have conversations with them about the movies and books instead of to ban them. "Goodness, if only King Triton wouldn't have lost his temper over and over again and Ariel hadn't been so impulsive they could have talked about all this! What do you think would have happened if they had talked about what they wanted without yelling at each other?" "Isn't it great how Ariel saves Eric's life? She really saves the day!" "Wow, the Beast doesn't treat Belle well at all, does he? I sure wouldn't marry someone who treated me and my father like that no matter how much he seemed to change!" "I love that Belle went charging after her father to save him. She was so brave!" That sort of thing.

Re: Mommy do it!: How this got started

librarian pirate — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:22:45 -0000

I am so glad you two have spent 12 wonderful years together. And I'm so glad I got to spend much of the first 4 years on campus with you!

Re: Fosterhood in NYC

librarian pirate — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:52:18 -0000

I'm pretty sure that Sandy is the blog-name (like Jacket, Eaglet, and Snap

Re: Mommy do it!: Dear Del 3years 9mos

librarian pirate — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:42:05 -0000

WOW, she looks just like Noah in that last picture! She's growing up so quickly!

Re: Mommy do it!: Farm Name Update

librarian pirate — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:19:36 -0000

Green Porch Farm also makes me think of your roots in the Green Mountain State. How about the Green Cricket Farm or Cricket Field Farm? Combining the Cricket love with one that Ren Man hasn't vetoed yet?

Re: Mommy do it!: The Happiness Project

librarian pirate — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:47:03 -0000

I've been eyeing this book for ages. It looks fantastic. I've been struggling with some of the same things lately - stress, stress, and more stress! I'm going to have to check it out.

Re: http://mar-see-ah.tumblr.com/post/3485868059

librarian pirate — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:40:46 -0000

DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE SHORTS I HAD WITH THE AMERICAN FLAGS ON THEM? I WORE THEM IN EVERY PARADE EVER. WHY WHY WHY DID YOU NOT STOP ME? I bought a pair of shorts for the first time since high school last summer. I only wear them for gardening.

Re: http://theahb.tumblr.com/post/775050842

librarian pirate — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:20:42 -0000

Thank you so much! You were very helpful. Hydrogen Peroxide done! Buying Betadine in the morning if I don't take her right to the doc. Thank you thank you thank you!

Re: http://avocadosalad.tumblr.com/post/685264754

librarian pirate — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:20:45 -0000

Whatever. They're ADORABLE!

Re: http://fosterhood.tumblr.com/post/673619129

librarian pirate — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:41:41 -0000

I went to a training on this for my job (public librarian) that said basically that same thing. I find it easiest to find something to compliment and then ask them where they got it along with some sort of reassuring smile that says that we understand, kids sometimes act out, and she can calm down.

Re: http://fosterhood.tumblr.com/post/663736893

librarian pirate — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:33:18 -0000

Kaylee has that same dress! Lazy me loves it because it just slips over her head and then she's dressed for the day.

Re: Shh…It’s a Super-Special-Secret Blog Project

librarian pirate — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:50:45 -0000

I don't! TRagedy! I have goodreads ... but I wish I did! (librarianpirate.blogspot.com - and I've spent the evening preparing for my blog's post baby big return that will happen in a week or so)

Re: Librarian Pirate

librarian pirate — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:46:01 -0000

I'm a Children's librarian west in Naperville. I love it - absolutely love it. If you aren't doing any children's then you aren't going to take Janice Del Negro and she's the most amazing teacher I have ever had! Highly recommended if you want to take her storytelling just for fun.

I debated academic librarianship. I miss academia, but perhaps I'll just go back for my doctorate in Library and Information Sciences someday.

Re: Political Party Girl: I guess it’s true what they say: after one spouse...

librarian pirate — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:34:47 -0000

I'm so sorry, PPG. My thoughts are with you and yours.

Re: What’s in your hospital bag? One night, early... - Dear Baby

librarian pirate — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:55:35 -0000

EEEK! I am very excited for you. (: One thought - they won't let you eat once you're there just in case something happens and you need a C-section (very unlikely, they just like to be safe), but the gatorade is allowed. Granola bars are nice for other people though!

Re: In Chicago, IL for Valentine's Day weekend.

librarian pirate — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:27:50 -0000

dude dude dude dude! YES! YES YES YES! I'm bummed that I'll probably miss the one this weekend, so another one then? HECK YES!

Re: Lemonade Diary - librarianpirate: thetwistedspinster: Daaave!...

librarian pirate — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:34:51 -0000

I know! I'm still not over Rose's abandonment. Well, truth be told that is as far as I've gotten. WTF woman in a wedding dress? I'll find out tomorrow ...

Re: Heartbreaker

librarian pirate — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:22:42 -0000

technically it's Patricia, but we call her Pippa (or Pips or Pipsif or ... or ... or ...) because we CAN!

Re: If you were going to give someone one feminist book to read, what/who would it be?

librarian pirate — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:20:06 -0000

You're awesome! It's for me, I love analytical, deep theory. I don't need novels - those I know. (: Modern wave - third/fourth (depending on who you ask). I know the foundations (ish) - I just always want more.