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First Friday Rec: How to Be Perfect

Title: How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral QuestionAuthor: Michael SchurGenre: Nonfiction, Philosophy, HumorousPages: 304Publication Date: 18 Apr 2023StoryGraph* Moods: How I Stumbled Upon This Book: I’m a fan of his shows The Good Place and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. When he was interviewed on a podcast (can’t remember if it was Armchair ExpertContinue reading “First Friday Rec: How to Be Perfect”

It’s Halloweeeeen!

I’m gonna be real honest – I don’t do horror. Because I can’t. Call me a wuss – I’m fine with that. I call it having too vivid of an imagination. The things that I read and watch tend to show up in my dreams – probably because of the way I consume things, thinkingContinue reading “It’s Halloweeeeen!”

The Archives

I’ve definitely made clear over the years my love and appreciation for libraries and how librarians are clearly magicians in disguise. Libraries have given me decades of adventures at the tips of my fingers. First, the GIANT (though I didn’t know what I had when I lived there) library of my childhood. Then, the tinyContinue reading “The Archives”

Midterms

I legit don’t know what happened. I blinked – and we’re halfway through the semester already? That old adage is indeed true – time indeed moves faster the older you get. But also the busier you get. But could it maybe not? 😂👀 Midterms in my field means exams for most – students will takeContinue reading “Midterms”

Films to Be Buried With: Resurrected

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ll know that I’ve been a fan of Brett Goldstein’s podcast Films to Be Buried With and have taken the opportunity to answer his questions for myself (sometimes with a twist of theater or books instead of films). To round out this “series” of posts, IContinue reading “Films to Be Buried With: Resurrected”

First Friday Rec: True Biz

Title: True BizAuthor: Sara NovićGenre: Fiction, Contemporary, LiteraryPages: 402Publication Date: 5 Apr 2022StoryGraph* Moods: Informative, Emotional, ReflectiveHow I Stumbled Upon This Book: I want to say Instagram, but I can’t remember for sure. Other Books by this author: Girl at War and America is Immigrants.*StoryGraph also offers content warnings. Description: The title of this novelContinue reading “First Friday Rec: True Biz”

NCIS

By the time of this posting, the NCIS universe includes 1,063* episodes of television. In an era where most shows get about thirty episodes total over three seasons (usually with a few years between seasons with viewers waiting in limbo to hear if the show will go on), it’s sort of astounding to consider justContinue reading “NCIS”

Drawing

There are a set of stories that get told about me regarding my childhood – over and over. Perhaps you have a similar set, those stories that dragged out at family gatherings. One story is about how when I was a kid, young enough that I have no recollection of this, I was at myContinue reading “Drawing”

Not My Normal Kind of Post: PSA

Every year (meaning the start of the academic year, which for my school is mid-August), we (the faculty and staff) are tasked with taking a number of trainings: Ethics, Title IX, and cybersecurity. Every year while doing that last one, I can’t help but wonder how these scams ever work. Doesn’t everyone know not toContinue reading “Not My Normal Kind of Post: PSA”

First Friday Rec: Born a Crime

Title: Born a CrimeAuthor: Trevor NoahGenre: Nonfiction, MemoirPages: 289Publication Date: 15 Nov 2016StoryGraph* Moods: Funny, Emotional, ReflectiveHow I Stumbled Upon This Book: I knew of Trevor Noah, but I first saw it wandering through a bookshopOther Books by this author: It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime (Adapted for Young Readers) and Into the Uncut Grass.*StoryGraphContinue reading “First Friday Rec: Born a Crime”