Sonja H. Information Professional

Oh My Gosh!

2008-08-28T20:15:00.000-07:00

Oh My Gosh! I just climbed out from under my rock and realised I have not updated this since I had to start working to pay the ridiculous food and petrol prices to feed my kids... You would not believe that I actually have a life. Unbelievable.I am absolutely consumed with feeding the little people, commitments, just generally being a mother to my kids, my day is a nightmare I am wake up from sun-up to midnight. I am wondering if I paid my electricity bill, maybe tomorrow. I won't promise anything to you but that when the weather turns bad, I will blog more often. Seriously! Seriously?.

lazy bloggers blog

Wow how time flies

2008-07-22T22:38:00.000-07:00

Time with out a computer and then time with a busy life and two jobs. Who has time to post??

my resume in wordle

2008-07-22T22:37:00.000-07:00

Expanding my horizons

2008-05-04T12:41:00.000-07:00

After moving to a new location, which I love, I am expanding my horizons to include information research and technology in general. There are so many things one can do with a MLS other than work in a library.

I have learned that my passion is for information in various forms, not just books. I tend to get more of my information about the world from my online connections and databases than anywhere else and this became very apparent for me when I lost my computer to that dreaded blue screen and did not have access at home.

So, now that I am back online I will be changing my blog, website and other information out here in the online world. I think I am going to go to word press with a different format. To those who follow this blog, sorry I have been gone and I will be working hard in the next few weeks to get up to speed.

Computer issues

2008-04-21T15:33:00.001-07:00

Unable to blog without my computer at home. Not enough time to get things done with an hour at the library...

Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos

2008-01-29T14:36:00.000-08:00

I just finished reading an advanced readers copy of this book. It was a great story about life, women and friendships. It was very true to life, in showing how these women and their friendships changed and the challenges faced when life throws you a curve ball.

I read this book in two days and immediately went out and bought her first book, Loved Walked In. I have just started it and the main character Cornelia is the same. You do not have to read these books in order from what I can tell.

Highly Recommend.

Steve and Me by Terri Irwin

2008-01-16T18:58:00.000-08:00

I finished this book recently and I HIGHLY recommend it. It was a love story filled with adventure, tragedy and family. The best part was that it was true. I knew that Terri had met him at the zoo in Australia, but I had no idea she was a conservationist in Oregon before that. She tells the story of how they met and how their love of animals was a natural fit. I swear they were soul mates.

Happy Holidays!

2007-12-27T15:02:00.000-08:00

As we finish with Christmas and look forward to the New Year I just wanted to say hello out there to my fellow bloggers. Wishing you well and that next year will be a happy, prosperous new year for you.

God Bless!

Fractured Fairy Tale Wiki

2007-12-26T01:19:00.000-08:00

My new wiki can be found at fractured-fairy-tales.wikispaces.com

Join me there if you are interested in fractured fairy tales. More blogging will follow.

I've Got It!

2007-12-10T17:36:00.000-08:00

It occured to me last night what I should do with myself out her in cyberspace. I LOVE fractured fairy tales. So, I am going to start posting my bibliographies about them online. However, I think a wiki environment would be better as others could share and add to the fun.

Further information to follow.

Blog and Book Reviews

2007-12-05T17:00:00.000-08:00

I have recently started to use GoodReads.com and am not sure that I want to duplicate my reviews on my blog. I started this blog for keeping track of my books and reviewing, more as a personal source for my list.

I have also used it for class assignments. At this time, I am not sure where I am going with this Blog and I can see that I am not consistent with posting. So the future remains to be seen...

Books and Reading

2007-10-16T11:47:00.000-07:00

I recently went to a retreat and during the getting to know you part, people were asked their hobbies. I thought to myself "who has time for hobbies?" Then I heard someone say reading. It hadn't occured to me, it was more like "Oh, reading. Well, reading is my life!"

It was funny because I do not think of it as a hobby. It is part of my life, who I am and I can not image my life with out books and the ability to read each and every day. I usually have 3 or 4 books going at a time, sometimes audio too. I try to mix it up and I read a bit of everything. Currently I am listening to Ask and It Is Given, and reading Eat, Pray, Love, and What Color is Your Parachute?.

2007-09-26T12:45:00.000-07:00

I found the link to this cute test on Nancy Keanes blog.

Which Sesame Street Character Are You?
	You are Big Bird. You are something of an eccentric, and not everyone always gives you credit for your inventiveness and intelligence. You may not always know everything, but people turn to you for your sound, unique logic. Plus, you have a big heart. Really big.
Find Your Character @ BrainFall.com

Wyoming Libraries Ad Campaign

2007-09-25T14:18:00.000-07:00

Ok, so it has been discussed on more than one blog. It is interesting how this is filtered through so many different views! The funny thing is the mudflap girl is just a bumper sticker you can get. It is not the general billboard type advertising the general public will see.
So, if you put it into the context of bumper sticker it makes more sense. Yes, I do see it as sexist though. I have driven behind too many mudflaps on the highways of MT not to be offended in some manner.

http://www.wyominglibraries.org/campaign.html

National Talk Like A Pirate Day

2007-09-19T08:47:00.000-07:00

Bloody Anne Rackham
Every pirate lives for something different. For some, it's the open sea. For others (the masochists), it's the food. For you, it's definitely the fighting. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!
http://www.piratequiz.com/

http://www.talklikeapirateday.com/translate/index.php

http://talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html

Pirate Joke:

A bartender looks up from the bar and sees a pirate with a peg leg, a hook hand, and patch over one eye.Startled, the bartender asks "What happened?!""Just a month ago your body was relatively whole, now...

"The pirate responded:"Aye, 3 weks agor a conn'n ball took me leg. Now juss this peg to use."

"Thin 2 weks ago I gave up my h'nd in a sword duel."

"Thin 13 days agre a cursed bird shat in me eye."

The bartender, perplexed, said, "But you have a patch over it; certainly a little guano would not cost you an eye."

With a chagrin grin the pirate told him, "Well, it were my first day wit der hook..."

Web 2.0 Social Software--Connecting with the Community

2007-09-03T22:45:00.001-07:00

Going at this from a Children's Librarian perspective. These are my goals:

Using Vodcasts/Podcasts: I would like to use them for storytime, making them available on the website 24/7 so that the public could access them anytime and download them also.

Flickr: I have already posted my pictures from various programs on Flickr, but would like to make it a link on the Library webpage so that it can be accessed my others from our website, not just staff. Also I would like to highlight displays.

Wiki: I would like to use this internally for staff use. Also, I think that it could be a great assett to set one up for Networking and connecting with agencies in the community that serve parents, children and their caregivers. Sharing resources.

Del.icio.us: Use internally to share websites with staff, could be accessed from any computer.

23 Things- Finished!

2007-09-01T16:07:00.000-07:00

Wow, so I finally managed to finish everything. I can see myself using all these "things" in the library and in my own life. The blogging has been useful, I actually started this as a way to keep track of my reading log, but I could see where it would be a helpful in other areas.

I like the ability to use the online productivity tools at Google, those would have been very helpful when I was still in school, especially those group projects. being able to track changes and to publish on line also!

I can see putting your business on line with the maps and also pictures for the library as promotion.

I still think finding blogs, podcasts, videos, etc... could be more streamlined. When searching for much of this, many more links come up than what you need and then they seem hard to narrow down.

I finish my web 2.0 class this week and will be posting soon my ideas on how to use many of these resources in my library.

Vampire Name Generator

2007-08-31T14:55:00.001-07:00

I found this while searching Technorati--Fits with the books I have been reading lately. (Currently New Moon by Stephenie Meyer)

The Great Archives determine you to have gone by the identity:
Poppy Brown
Known in some parts of the world as:
Devil of The Tormented
The Great Archives Record:
A soul in torment and tumult - hell of their own making!

My own Fairy Name

2007-08-31T14:53:00.001-07:00

Your fairy is called Feather Rainbowfrost

She is a fortune bringer.

She lives in high places where the clouds meet the earth.

She is only seen during the first snow of winter.

She wears pale blue like the sky. She has multicoloured wings like a butterfly.

Get your free fairy name here!

2007-08-31T14:28:00.001-07:00

Random Fortune from image generator

2007-08-31T14:24:00.000-07:00

The decision doesn't have to be logical; it was unanimous.

( Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run )
( faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a )
( lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will )
( starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a )
( gazelle: when the sun comes up, you'd better be running. )
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Rollyo vs. Google

2007-08-31T14:13:00.000-07:00

I like the portability of Rollyo, however I could not get it to upload my bookmarks. I also like Google custom search as it was easy to cut and paste the html code.

I could see where both would be useful and one would just have to choose their preference.

Infopeople 23 things

2007-08-31T13:51:00.000-07:00

So far I have a bloglines account and google reader going. It was not as hard to keep up with as I thought it would be. Of course it helps that most bloggers do not blog each and every day. I have not figured out how to track back from my blog to another, but it is on my list.

I have started another blog with my sister to track our AIDS Marathon training and fundraising at marathonmommas.blogspot.com .

I signed up for Twitter, on a personal level I have do not see much use for it (I actually like not being in contact with people 24/7). However, I could see using it in the library to promote events and what is happening on a daily/hourly basis.

As you can see I have been playing with the online image generators and plan on using them to add to my blog(s).

I am enjoying having a Del.icio.us account that can be accessed at whatever library I am currently subbing for.

Librarian Flickr Account

2007-08-24T21:40:00.000-07:00

http://www.flickr.com/photos/librarianteacher/

RSS Feeds for Class

2007-08-21T12:15:00.000-07:00

So I signed up for a few....
Common Craft
David Lee King
Library Garden
Library Bytes
Newest Kids Fiction from Seattle Public Library
Popular Fiction from Seattle Public Library
The Goblin in the Library
The Liminal Librarian
and last but not least RSS feed for Library Job Postings as I am searching for my next Gig!

I could have went on, but I am going to be adjusting to keeping up with this as it is. This is cool!

Fastr a Flickr game

2007-08-04T22:43:00.000-07:00

http://randomchaos.com/games/fastr/

I just spent a half hour on this site, could be addictive. You try and recognize the tag that all the pictures have in common. Sounds easy enough, right?!?

play the mini game or full and you can register and invite other people.

Tagnautica

2007-08-04T22:08:00.000-07:00

This sight in the ten best flickr mashups reminds me a little bit of an aqua browser catalog search I did with the catalog in Kings County Washington, only I am looking for pictures!

http://www.quasimondo.com/tagnautica.php

Spell with Flickr -- http://metaatem.net/words/

2007-08-04T22:03:00.001-07:00

Infopeople Web 2.0 --23 Things Challenge Numbers 1,2,3,4, and 13

2007-08-04T21:42:00.000-07:00

Well, I decided to do this challenge as I have already taken Info Peoples Web 2.0: Searching Innovations and have this blog now, a flicker account, and a delicious account. But feel that I still have more to learn and experiment with. I have signed up for Library thing also, but have not put all my books on line yet (very few).

I start Web 2.0: Connecting with the Community using Social Software next week.

Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen

2007-08-04T21:10:00.001-07:00

"This is Meghan Fitzmaurice, Rise and Shine".

A phrase that Meghan used when they were kids and now uses on the morning show Rise and Shine, it seemed she was always destined for fame and celebrity. Meanwhile, Bridget is a social worker in the Bronx and has always lived in her shadow and searched for her own way. One morning, on the air, Meghan says some things not meant for the air, or were they? This incident sets both their lives in to a tail spin and though very different, the connection the sisters have between them, helps them to survive even the worst tragedies.

Great book for sisters, family and friends who always seem to fall into the same roles and could learn a little about themselves and those around them.

Highly Recommended

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

2007-07-31T21:46:00.000-07:00

Bella was just your average girl until she met fantastically beautiful Edward. The only problem is, Bella is pretty sure he is a vampire. The story follows their interesting, but complex relationship. Although the vampire(s) in this book, do not follow the example and characteristics of the recent vampires I have met in books, it is a fascinating storyline.
This book has romance, adventure, and mystery. Great for teens. Book one of what has evolved into a series.

Recommended for YA.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

2007-07-29T22:34:00.000-07:00

Finished the book and my son was right about his horcrux theory, it was dead on. He is a smart kid if I do say so myself. I am not writing a review here as there are so many out there already. But it was good and I think I would like to read it now that I have listened to it. (I tend to retain the information better).

Just started reading a YA book this week. Finally finished all of the Kelley Armstrong books.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

2007-07-23T21:08:00.001-07:00

Okay, so I finally got my hands on the audio book today. I have made it to the wedding so far. I will not give any spoilers here, but it has been riveting from the start and I am wanting to listen to it all night, but know that I must sleep....

Kelley Armstrong Otherworld series

2007-07-23T20:54:00.000-07:00

I discovered this series when I was looking for something similar to Laurel K. Hamilton. If you like her vampire series, but not all the gore, this series is for you. I had read a few of the Anita Black series and enjoyed them, but grew tired of the blood and gore.

The first book Bitten is narrated by Elena, a female werewolf. It is an adventure, romance and mystery all in one. The latest book is No Humans Involved, narrated by Jaime who is a necromancer (she can communicate and raise the dead, if necessary). I listened to the first book and thought that was the authors only work. Then, I recently discovered her newest book and I have spent the last month going back and reading all of them. This is a wonderful series with supernatural elements, strong women characters, danger, adventure, mystery, magic and romance and you do not need to read them in chronological order to understand them.

Highly Recommended

Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix

2007-07-07T21:28:00.000-07:00

Okay, okay. I am probably one of the few Children's Librarians who has not read all the HP books. So, I read number one to get my son started. He is now 12 and has read all of them. I hate waiting for series books, so I did not want to get started....

I finished the book in preparation for the Movie release this month. It took me about 5 days. I wanted to quit at one point the book is so long, but I was compelled to keep reading to find out what happens.

Potter once again breaks rules and comes out ahead against Voldemort...

Recommended.

Feed by M.T. Anderson

2007-06-29T22:57:00.000-07:00

This book is a compelling read about a future world where people have a feed (computer chip) planted in their head. It is somewhat like having a computer connected to the internet. The feed tells you about news, items you can buy, latest trends and places to go. The story starts out with Titus and his friends going to the moon for spring break. Titus meets Violet there and a friendship begins. Violet cares about what is happening in the world and challenges everything Titus and his friends know and believe about the feed.

This book reminds me of 1984 and is somewhat scary, because I think it is actually possible we could end up in a world like the one described.

Highly recommended.

The Innocent's Story

2007-06-26T00:17:00.000-07:00

This was an ARC I received through COLAPL. The book is to be released June 2007, written by Nicky Singer.

"OK. This is what I think happened: I got blown up. Boom, boom, explosion, Cassina Dixon, aged thirteen, is blasted limb from limb. I'm not trying to be funny about this (a characteristic of my father's) but to try and explain it, if only to myself. You see, I'm not quite the person I was at 5:11 p.m. yesterday afternoon. In fact, I may not be a person at all"

So the book begins with 13 year old Cassina narrating her story and her existence as a "para-spirit" after being killed in a terrorist bombing. She travels through various hosts listening to their thoughts and seeing the world as they see it, including the bomber. Very interesting book, with lots of questions and insights as to why we humans do what we do.

Highly recommended.

Sonja H. Information Professional

Oh My Gosh!

Wow how time flies

my resume in wordle

Expanding my horizons

Computer issues

Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos

Steve and Me by Terri Irwin

Happy Holidays!

Fractured Fairy Tale Wiki

I've Got It!

Blog and Book Reviews

Books and Reading

Which Sesame Street Character Are You?

Wyoming Libraries Ad Campaign

National Talk Like A Pirate Day

Web 2.0 Social Software--Connecting with the Community

23 Things- Finished!

Vampire Name Generator

My own Fairy Name

Random Fortune from image generator

Rollyo vs. Google

Infopeople 23 things

Librarian Flickr Account

RSS Feeds for Class

Fastr a Flickr game

Tagnautica

Spell with Flickr -- http://metaatem.net/words/

Infopeople Web 2.0 --23 Things Challenge Numbers 1,2,3,4, and 13

Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Kelley Armstrong Otherworld series

Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix

Feed by M.T. Anderson

The Innocent's Story