Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

You can’t love your country only when you win.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

Nothing worth doing is easy.

After roe, women are no longer free.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

“More of this”, i said to the dog.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

In my day, never was longer.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

Today’s GOP: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

Republicans in disarray!

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

Optimism opens the door to great things.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

Roe isn’t about choice, it’s about freedom.

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Librarians in Our Midst: Graduation Edition

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(Photo Courtesy of Mnemosyne Muse)

Mnemosyne Muse asked that I inform you all:

Since I think we all need some unabashedly happy news right now, today is the day that longtime commenter Darkrose is receiving her master’s degree in Library and Information Science from San Jose State University here in California. San Jose State Univerity is one of only two accredited Master of Library and Information Science programs in California (UCLA is the other one). I happen to know all of this because my spouse was in the same program at the same time as Darkrose, which we found out during a mini Bay Area meetup a few years ago, so I’ll be at the graduation as well.

This is a big accomplishment, so let’s all take a minute to congratulate Darkrose on her hard work!

And here’s the graduate herself!

(Darkrose’s Graduation Selfie!)

So wish her some congratulations, but keep it down or she’ll have to officially shush!!! you all for making too much noise in the comments.

Congrats to Darkrose, Mnemosyne’s husband, and all the other graduates.

Open thread!

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95Comments

  1. 1.

    Adam L Silverman

    I’m still not over this cold, so I’m going to lie back down. You all have fun.

  2. 2.

    Major Major Major Major

    Woohoo, congrats!

    keep it down or she’ll have to officially shush!!! you all

    Contrary to popular perception, many librarians are quite loud.

    ETA: This, and something about the dewey decimal system, are the most common jokes we get

  4. 4.

    Dan B

    Congratulations!

    As you may be aware Seattle has a fantastic public library system. The facilities and programs are exciting. Locals view librarians as superstars. So stars and superstar status to you.

  5. 5.

    Olivia

    Yay! Yay! CONGRATULATIONS! FELICIDADES! Good job well done! I am so proud of you and for you!

  6. 6.

    Barb 2

    As a graduate of SJSU I’m delighted to welcome a new graduate. My aunt got her degree in Library Science several decades ago. Library Science is an impressive degree!

  7. 7.

    Origuy

    Congratulations! Avaya Stadium is where the San Jose Earthquakes soccer team plays, by the way.

    I got into a bit of a Facebook fight with someone citing Mark Levin’s book on how the press is controlled by the liberals. She said that the sources he cited were in the Library of Congress. I responded that the Library of Congress has a lot of books; many of them are fiction. Now I’m wondering if she thought they were in the L of C simply because they had L of C classification numbers. Of course, those are assigned by the publisher, whether or not the book actually is held by the L of C.

  8. 8.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Big congratulations to Mnem’s G and our own Darkrose!

    (Adam, I think I’ve picked up your cold — tight throat, horrible drippy nose. No fever so far. Am doing my best to head it off at the pass.)

  9. 9.

    dexwood

    Congratulations. I’m on the slide to 70. My admiration for, and love for librarians, started when I was five. I still visit my neighborhood library weekly.

  13. 13.

    Quaker in a Basement

    Darkrose, waste not a second in reaching out to the BCALA. I have a contact if you need one.

  14. 14.

    RedDirtGirl

    Thanks for sharing the good news! Congratulations!!!????. My mom was a volunteer librarian at various places while I was growing up. I am a proud library user, and even have a librarian action figure on my desk at work!

  15. 15.

    TaMara (HFG)

    Guys, I don’t have it in me to do a happy post tonight, but this did make my evening and I think we are all the little boy in the opening:

  17. 17.

    SFBayAreaGal

    A big woohoo Darkrose and Mr. Mnemosyne. A beautiful day for graduation in San Jose and the SF Bay Area

  23. 23.

    CaseyL

    I think being a librarian is a LOT different now than it was pre-computerized everything. Inventory is handled far more efficiently, with only a few hundred books at each neighborhood branch, and the rest at a central depository. You check a book out on-line and they send the book to your branch for you to pick up. Works great!

    Mazel Tov and Congrats to the proud graduates, DarkRose and Mr. Mnemosyne!

  24. 24.

    Emma

    Hot damn! My replacements have arrived and I can retire in two years! Welcome to the most inspiring, most complex, most satisfying profession on Earth!

  26. 26.

    Anne Laurie

    Librarians are some of my favorite people, obsessives that they tend to be. Congratulations, Darkrose, and also Mr. G!

  27. 27.

    RedDirtGirl

    @Major Major Major Major: You’re a librarian as well? I haven’t forgotten about having a NYC jackal gathering. Last time the subject came up you thought June might work. How’s it looking from this vantage point?

  28. 28.

    TomatoQueen

    Congratulations, Darkrose! You join the ranks of the most vital profession on earth, Guardian of the Information, for without the Information, nobody is going anywhere anytime soon to do much of anything. My Dad’s been doing this stuff, as a proud alumnus of the UCLA program, since 1958, and my my how it has changed, and grown–and remained the same at heart. Well done.

  29. 29.

    hervevillechaizelounge

    Congratulations to all of the Balloon-Juice and Balloon-Juice adjacent graduates; may Liz Warren seize the nomination and wipe out your student loan debt before your first payment is due!

  31. 31.

    mrmoshpotato

    OT BUT VERY IMPORTANT: Cole no longer wants squirrels. I repeat! Cole no longer wants squirrels!

  32. 32.

    Omnes Omnibus

    Congrats to the new grads.

    @CaseyL:

    You check a book out on-line and they send the book to your branch for you to pick up. Works great!

    I am sure it works wonderfully, if you know exactly what book you want. It is not so great if you want to browse the stacks for something interesting. I found Robert Benchley that way my freshman year in college. It didn’t do much for my Calculus grade, but it was, nevertheless, educational.

  33. 33.

    TomatoQueen

    Mirabile dictu, well done to Mnem’s G and congratulations. It gives me such hope, that there are smart people out there, doing this work.

  35. 35.

    Mnemosyne

    Ironically, Darkrose and I never managed to meet up with each other, but she and G sat together during the ceremony along with a gaggle of other folks from the LA area.

    The graduates all had to sit on the playing field in the full sun, but family sat in the stands out of the sun, which was very handy for us! ?

  39. 39.

    geg6

    Congratulations to Darkrose and G! I know how much work grad school is and if you are working, too, (as most grad students are) it’s that much more. I don’t miss it but I am so glad I did it. May they both be happy and successful in their field. I love librarians!

  41. 41.

    Mnemosyne

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    When I was doing a lot of historical research in the pre-Google Books days, I would find the book I wanted in the catalog and then browse the books around it to see what else was related to my subject. I found a lot of useful materials that way.

  42. 42.

    delk

    Congratulations to the grads!

    BTW—I just got a new library card last month after not having one for 30 years or so.

  43. 43.

    RedDirtGirl

    @debbie: The mechanism doesn’t work any more, but with a little assistance she still gets the job done! @Dan B: The action figure is of Nancy Pearl, whom I just learned is a Seattle librarian! What a coinikidink!

  46. 46.

    HRA

    Congratulations Darkrose and G!
    I retired 3 years ago from our University’s Technical Dept. in the Cataloging unit for the libraries.

  47. 47.

    Suzanne

    Congratulations to Darkrose, Mr. Mnem, and everyone else graduating! I love celebrating graduations! So many of our other rituals are centered around religion, but I love celebrating intellectual accomplishments, as well. WTG Y’ALL.

  48. 48.

    justawriter

    Enjoy your newfound power

    “Librarians are the secret masters of the world. They control information. Don’t ever piss one off. ”
    ― Spider Robinson

  54. 54.

    ET

    I am a librarian and WELCOME to the profession!

    Post 9-11 the FBI dubbed many public librians restitant to the Patriot Act – “radical militant librarian” which is just awesome.

  57. 57.

    PaulWartenberg

    To anyone with Cataloging experience, Bartow Library in Polk County FL is hiring a Librarian specifically for our cataloging duties.

    Also it wouldn’t hurt to get a Library Director here because HELP WE’RE UNDERSTAFFED.

  59. 59.

    NotMax

    @Omnes Omnibus

    (targets aim of the gooseneck lamp) “Where were you on the night of the 18th?”

    “Book him for arboring a fugitive, Sarge.”

    ;)

  68. 68.

    Dan B

    @RedDirtGirl: Nancy Pearl, local hero!! I don’t remember if she is the one who got the library bond but it is an amazing system and the downtown library is one of the most awesome buildings in the country, homely on the outside but stunning inside.

  70. 70.

    laura

    Congratulations Darkrose and Mnemosyne’s G! Librarians Rock! I’m envious of the nimble mind and breadth of knowledge – and access to all the stuff that you’re repository and gatekeeper- it’s a Super Power. Best wishes in using your talents, your skills and making a world of your work.

  71. 71.

    RedDirtGirl

    @Major Major Major Major: I will! I will! @NotMax: Not sure I can wait that long, but no reason there can’t be another one for those who can’t make the first one! I’m not hanging out here as much as I have at other times, but I know there is interest.
    LAO, HeleninEire, M4 and me for a start, and I’ll see if I can dig out some other names from the last time I brought it up. Please spread the word and anyone is free to reach out to me directly at ivankathrowup at gmail dot com.

    Now I’ve got to pack for ukulele camp.

  73. 73.

    RedDirtGirl

    Damn, I’m good! I made a note of people who expressed interest in a NYC gathering back in February:
    Diane B
    Elizabelle
    Psifighter
    Nyrobin
    JAFD
    Aaron
    Eddie Blake
    Sam
    &
    Nick D

    Olly Olly Oxen Free!

  75. 75.

    Ninedragonspot

    Librarians are some of my favorite people. Congratulations to the new graduates!

  76. 76.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    Congratulations to Darkrose and Mnem’s hubby! This reminds me that I have a library book that I took out in the mid-60’s and never returned because it was lost in the parent’s divorce.

    Poor Curious George got lost.

  77. 77.

    UncleEbeneezer

    Congrats Darkrose!! Though we rarely interact, you are one of my favorite commenters.

  78. 78.

    Martin

    Great job, Darkrose! California’s public university system keeps turning out the talent.

  79. 79.

    AnotherBruce

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: Dont give them to me, I have my own evil squirrels Who try to drop walnuts on my head from the top of my sixty foot walnut tree. Do I sound paranoid? I have to wear a hard hat just to work in my yard. I try to throw the walnuts back but they laugh at my weak attempts. Someday, they’re going to get me.

  80. 80.

    BeautifulPlumage

    CONGRATS DARKROSE! Here’s to all the work you did to earn your Masters! Librarians rock!

  81. 81.

    Elizabelle

    Yea Darkrose! Yea G, aka Mr. Mnem! Hard work rewarded, and entering an excellent and useful field.

    Wishing you both successful careers and much personal achievement and satisfaction.

  82. 82.

    Tehanu

    Congratulations, Darkrose, and allow me to add a shout-out to our fellow librarians! In my case, though I got my M.L.S. from UCLA, I only worked as a librarian for a couple of years and then moved into technical writing for various reasons, but I still maintain my fondness for libraries and librarians. I don’t know how I would have gotten through my childhood without librarians, in fact. Welcome to a wonderful profession!

  85. 85.

    J R in WV

    Congrats to G and Darkrose, who have become part of the cultural bulwark against the loss of information caused by the ignorance of dummies. Wife was a reference librarian who helped people look up data.

    Her favorite task was to discover the religious affiliations of all the signers of the American declaration of independence. More were Unitarians than you would have suspected.

    Hurray for the library science grads!!! You guys rock!

  89. 89.

    stinger

    Congratulations, DarkRose! Congratulations, G! (And congratulations, Emma!)

    TaMara, thank you so much for that Presidential clip.

  90. 90.

    mad citizen

    Late to this, but Congrats to Darkrose and Mnemosyne’s husband. I LOVE my libraries and am too much of a supporter buying stuff at the friends of the library stores and the big semi-annual sales. Aside from constant borrowing, occasional fines. Libraries are awesome! I have cards for my city and the adjoining city (we can use any of them in our county, but there are 4-5 different ones.

  92. 92.

    Miss Bianca

    Congrats, Darkrose! And G! Seems like I am always following the blog during the day when there’s relatively little activity, and missing all the big news in real time, but just wanted to say, YAY, YOU! The world needs more librarians!

  93. 93.

    Rachel B.

    Wonderful! Congratulations! [sticks fingers in mouth and whistles piercingly] Excellent–on with the subversion! Well done!

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