Thing #6 - Halloween Flickr Mosaic

In honor of Halloween, here is a Flickr mosaic I made with Mosaic Maker at Big Huge Labs

1. My Lil Green Army Man Costume Halloween 1999 Clifton Heights, 2. Halloween Costumes and Noisemakers, 3. US-HALLOWEEN-DOGS COSTUME PARADE, 4. Excellent Katamari Costumes, 5. Bennett Lion, 6. Meow!

I attempt to embed a YouTube video

I have two cats and this video really cracked me up.

Thing #8

I am posting about the things out of order, because I already use Google Reader. I learned about RSS last year, from a coworker. At the time she was using Bloglines to keep up with all of her feeds. So, I set up a Bloglines account and entered into the world of blogs and other content pushers. A few months ago I switched over to Google Reader. I like Google Reader better, I find it easier to manage my subscriptions. I also enjoy the discover feature. Google analyzes the blogs you are already reading and suggests others that might be of interest. It is a great way to discover new blogs. I like being able to organize my feeds into different folders, so if I am short on time, I can just read the librarianship blogs or the crafty blogs or my friends blogs, etc. For work, I use Reader to keep track of all of SAPL's blogs. As soon as someone posts a new item, it shows up in my reader. No useless checking for new content.

Thing #5 - Disney Obsessed?

These are my Tiny Kingdom figurines that I brought in for our display case in August. In the picture, you can't tell that one of my cats knocked Rabbit off the shelf and snapped off his head. A little bit of super glue and Rabbit was as good as new. Children that visited the branch seemed to enjoy the Disney memorbilia. Teens were usually interested in The Nightmare Before Christmas figures, several wanted to know if they were for sale. Since The Disney Store no longer sells these figurines, Ebay is the place to go to find them.

I must confess, I am just a tiny bit Disney obsessed. My home is filled with quite a bit of Disney memorbilia - posters, stuffed animals, PVC figurines, movies, music, the list goes on and on. Also, Walt Disney World is my current favorite vacation spot. In a little over a month, I will be on vacation in Orlando. I can't wait!

Things #1-3 - The 23 Things and Lifelong Learning Habits

I am excited about The 23 things. I think this will be a really terrific learning opportunity for all staff.

The toughest habit for me is viewing problems as challenges. Sometimes I hide from problems rather than facing them head on. If I ignore them, they might go away on their own. I know that it would be better to view the problem as a challenge and go ahead and tackle it, but I don't always follow through.

Using technology to my advantage is easier for me. I enjoy using technology and making it work for me. I don't think that technology can take the place of human interactions, but I do think it can be a very useful tool.