I left something out of my last post. That would be my Catholic guilt. Yes, I was raised Catholic and spent grades one through five being indoctrinated into the faith. Every Sunday we went to Mass, and every Friday it was time for confession. Ah, those were the days. I’d get in that little booth,…

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Wow, I just realized that it’s been two weeks since I last posted a personal blog entry! Over at my work blog, I’ve been more productive. Why the silence? ‘Cuz I’ve been suffering an identity crisis, that’s probably the best way to describe it. Here’s the thing: since I graduated from college, way back in…

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Yay! Our bags made it home yesterday (thanks, Southwest!) from their travels and we unpacked all the dirty laundry, did a bunch of washing and folding and putting away, then proceeded to repack a bag for our flight to Sacramento this afternoon. We’re teaching a class tomorrow up there, then fly home tomorrow evening. We…

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Well, it’s happened again. The powes that be have reorganized us and I find myself on the move, leaving my pleasant little cubicle for another less pleasant smaller cubicle. In fact it’s like a Frankenstein cublice, cobbled together from bits and pieces of other cubicles. A Charlie Brown cubicle, if you will. My old cubicle…

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Once a year, the group I work for when I’m not at my day job participates as an exhibitor at the California Library Association’s annual conference. This year was no different. For the past four days Chuck and I have been slaving away, hostages in an area about the size of our backyard (but without…

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