Daily Thoughts 3/31/2011 (Poetry, Adult Summer Reading)

"Le premier livre des cachets, marques et monogrammes" (inside title page, p. vi)by George Auriol (Paris: Librairie centrale des beaux-arts, 1901)

Daily Thoughts 3/31/2011

This morning, I spent a little more time reading The Wise Man's Fear. 

Today, I checked the displays, updated the Twitter account, and spent a little bit of time making sure that the display for old photographs of the library was in order.  I also put up a display for National Poetry Month which is in April.  On April 14, 2011 we are doing a Writers Networking event from 6:30-8:00 p.m. focused on poetry.  I also picked out a few poems for the Poem In Your Pocket event on April 14, 2011.  http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/409

We had a meeting this afternoon focusing on summer programming.  We are going to have an Adult Summer Reading program.  I am thinking about two events for the program, a Scrabble hour, and a Lunch Hour Book Chat where we talk about books which we are reading.  This is part of a program where we sign up people to read books.  At the end we have a celebration where we raffle off a gift basket and some books for people who participated in the program.  Last year The Friends of the Library helped us with this.

This afternoon, I printed up some more flyers for a few programs in the library.  I also spent some time typing the paper surveys into the computer.

Shit happens

Oh yes it does.

I'm livin' on a prayer baby...

Daily Thoughts 3/30/2011 (The Wise Man's Fear)

[Main Reading Room under construction in the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building]
Shows circular central desk and reading room desks.  Date Created/Published: [between ca. 1880 and 1896]

Daily Thoughts 3/30/2011

I finished watching Star Wars yesterday and started watching The Empire Strikes Back.  They have a very different feel to them than when I first saw them. The story is very basic.

I also have been reading more of The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss.  It has a beautiful quality to it.  The fantasy has elements of intrigue, romance, games, music, and poetry.  It is not swords and sorcery.  The story is quite sophisticated.

Me & Cho Chang

Here's my entry for the Harry Potter Blogfest. I think I did it a little differently from everyone else, but here it goes...

“Do you think I let Harry down all right?” Cho asks me from across our table in the Great Hall.

I quickly pick up a piece of toast and shove it in my mouth so I don’t have to answer. Is it wrong to feel this jealous of your best friend? After all, I still don’t have a date to the Yule Ball and now Cho’s been asked by not one, but two champions! She is the prettiest girl in Ravenclaw, but still…

“Pavrati told me that she heard Dean Thomas telling Terry Boot that Harry cried himself to sleep last night!” Padma Patil interjects gleefully from among the crowd of younger girls around us. Ever since Cho started dating Cedric Diggory everyone’s been acting like she’s some kind of celebrity.

“Oh…” Cho says. I can tell she feels guilty, but I can’t work up much pity for her right now.

“We have to get going soon,” I tell her, desperate to escape her fan club. “Professor McGonagall will turn us into toadstools if we’re late for Transfiguration again.”

“Bye, Cho!” Mandy Brocklehurst calls after her as we get up. “I’ll see you at dinner!”

When we’re out in the corridor, Cho asks, “Do you think what Padma said is true?”

I laugh. “90% of what comes out of Padma’s mouth is garbage,” I say.

Cho smiles. “I just didn’t know what to say when he asked me. I was so surprised. I actually thought… that he was going to ask you.”

“Me?”

“Sure. I mean, I always see him staring at you –“

“Yeah, when we’re together!”

Cho laughs. “This whole thing, it’s just too good to be true. First Cedric and now Harry. Boys should be fighting over you, not me.”

“What are you talking about?” I roll my eyes.

“I mean, you are the prettiest girl in Ravenclaw,” she says, completely serious.

“Thanks,” I reply with a soft smile.

 I know I can’t stay mad at Cho. She is my best friend, after all.

I’m a piece of art

This Monday the IB3 art students opened up their final art exhibition in school so of course I had to go check it out. A couple of weeks back, my friend Lisa had shocked me by telling me that she was working on a piece in which I was the object. I didn’t believe it at first, but then she said that that piece was going to be in the exhibition so I could go see it with my own eyes. And I did. And it really was me. I have a piece of art that is of me! :D

She got inspired by my profile pic on Facebook

Lisa ♥

Another one of her pieces

Shill-pill :)

My favorite piece from my friend Tarane's works...So beautiful

How To Remove Skin Burst

for Memory

Continuing the cycle of Cultural Days of the report, conducted Tuesday a new activity under the National Day of Memory for Truth and Justice. This time, Dictatorship and the theme was football and the discussion revolved around the World '78.

The activity took place at our headquarters and like the previous day where rock was discussed and dictatorship, it was projected this time a documentary about the '78 World and then a discussion was generated debate among young people who participated the day. The activity also benefited from the presence of one of the Human Rights concerning the city of Mar del Plata, Julio Dauro, who shared his involvement as an activist during that period and his experience as a detainee-disappeared when he was abducted in the field Torture Cave.

cycle continues Cultural Days during the month of April. In this way we continue to seek to promote youth engagement in Memory and Human Rights.

Daily Thoughts 3/28/2011 (library photographs, The Wise Man's Fear)

Book jacket with engraving of E. T. A. Hoffmann, Lebens-Ansichten des Katers Murr, third edition, Berlin 1855, volume 2. The title is nearly identical to that of the 1st edition; the jackets of both volumes are identical besides the caption “Erster Band.” and “Zweiter Band.” The engraving showing the learned tom cat Murr is based on an original design from Hoffmann. Hoffmann also gives a description of exactly this picture in his preface to the 1st volume.

Daily Thoughts 3/28/2011

I read some more of The Wise Man's Fear this morning.  I like that the main character was a student at a university for magic.  It adds a nice touch of intrigue.

This morning, I put up some photographs of the library from the local history room in the rotunda.  We house different exhibits in the rotunda.  I also put in a few banners which explain what the photographs are.  We have scanned in a number of the photographs and the senior clerk who works with computers is captioning them right now on Flickr.  It is very interesting to look at.

I also updated the Twitter account, entered some surveys and checked the displays this morning.  This afternoon, I checked on the gift books.  There was one I added.

I placed a hold on the novella, The Alchemist by Paolo Bacigalupi; it is part of a book with another novella, The Executioness by Tobias Buckell.  I also placed a hold on a short story collection, Metatropolis edited by John Scalzi.  The Desert of Souls by Howard Andrew Jones also looks execellent.  It is a story set in the 8th century middle east.

The graphic novel, Richard Stark's Parker The Outfit adapted by Darwyn Cooke came in for me to read.  Richard Stark was a pseudonym for Donald Westlake when he was writing his hard boiled crime novels.  The previous Richard Stark graphic novel, The Hunter won the Eisner Award in 2008.

I took a few minutes to look through the Mount Vernon Public Library Anniversary Calendar 1896-1946 which has a number of captions describing photographs we are planning on showing on Flickr.  The calendar was produced for the fiftieth anniversary charter of the Mount Vernon Public Library by the University of the State of New York, March 18, 1896.

Sad, Sad Losses

Have you ever noticed that alot of people have been passing away recently? Oe maybe not recently, maybe a long time ago and people may not get ovet the loss of them? Well, I've noticed alot of people, whether it be historical figures, people in the entertainment industry or others, have had some pass away unexpectedly, or from other reasons. Here are some of those people.......

Ritchie Valens. May 13, 1941-February 3, 1959. He was the first ever noted Latino rocker. He was the one behind was is known as Chicano rock, meaning rock music performed by American people of Mexican ancestry. It's so sad that Ritchie died in a plane crash, but that cold night, he wasn't the only one to die, The Big Bopper and Buddy Holly also died that cold night. They all died on February 2, 1959, Ritchie was the youngest to die, at 17 years old. Their passing is what inspired folk singer Don McLean's 1971 hit American Pie. and now forever February 3 will be known as the day music died.



John Lennon. October 9, 1940-December 8, 1980. For all who listen to The Beatles, he was the one who was sometimes called a troublemaker by some, but ended up being a very loving person. He was the one who married the artist Yoko Ono and they had a son from Lennon's previous marriage to Cynthia, named Julian. For some reason, some might say he had a thing for Asian women because he dated May Pang, who was an assistant for ABKCO records. But there was no reason for John Lennon to die. On Dec. 8, 1980, he was brutally and fatally shot in the head 4 times outside his apartment in New York, by a crazed gunman named Mark David Chapman. Sadly, he was already dead before he hit the ground. The man behind his murder will be lucky if he ever gets out. I look up to John Lennon because he wasn't afraid to be himself, and he believed in giving peace a chance. I say, right on John! Yeah, give peace a chance!



Princess Diana. July 1, 1961-August 31, 1997. It's so sad that this beautiful woman is gone. Her wedding to Prince Charles actually made news headlines and everyone tuned in to watch this beautful woman walk down the aisle with her beautiful dress. It was so nice to see someone as pretty as her getting married. You want to know something sort of strange? One of her sons, William, recently got married too, to a beautiful woman named Kate Middleton. She's a beautiful woman, it's so nice to see someone getting married and not having it look so dramatic, what I mean by this is when celebs get marrie over here, it's such a big deal. But when people heard about the marriage of this man and this woman, it was big news in England and it was refreshing to hear about 2 good souls spending time together like this. I bet it must have been hard for both of Diana's sons, William and Harry, to be there at their mother's funeral. It's always hard for a child to be at their paren't funeral. But she's free of any pain or suffering, she's up in the beautiful land above, being the beautiful soul she always was. The saddest thing is that she died in a car crash, and you want to know why the crash happened? Princess Diana was trying to escape the nutso paparazzi, I swear, those jackasses always do whatever they can to terrorize someone, and now the world lost a beautful woman to these, pardon my French, assholes! That's what paparazzi are, assholes!

         

Jim Croce. January 10, 1943-September 20, 1973. This folk singer was 30 years old when he died and best known for hits like time in a Bottle and Bad, Bad Leroy Brown. Him, musician Maury Muehleisen and 4 others died in a plane crash that happened on Sept. 20, 1973. After finishing a concert at Northwestern State University's Prather Coliseum in Natchitoches Louisiana, the crew was flying to Austin Texas for a concert, when despite good visibility, the plane did not gain enough altitude to clear a pecan tree near the runway and the plane crashed, killing all 3 on impact
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John Denver. December 31, 1943-Oct. 12, 1997. He was a country singer, and an avid pilot and photographer. He was most popular in the 1970s, and when he was flying his Rutan Long EZ plane, it crashed in to the Pacific Ocean, taking him with it and taking one of the best known country singers with it, despite having over 2700 hours of flying experience.



Martin Luther King Jr. January 5, 1929- April 4, 1968. This man was best known for his "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington D.C. This speech talked about uniting everyone together and about a world where skin color, race, religion, sexuality, etc didn't matter and about everyone coming together as one, which is a lyric from the song Imagine by John Lennon. Martin Luther King Jr was a nonviolent man, using the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi to spread the word about coming together as one, and he fought ever so desperately to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil means. He was staying in room 306 at the Lorraine Motel when he was standing on the balcony and he was shot. Nowadays, you can visit the motel where he was killed, but you can visit it today and see how the room looked before his murder. There was a man convicted of his death, James Earl Ray, he was charged and found guilty of his murder.



The reason I did a blog about those who have passed is we should never forget those who passed. Sometimes people take life for granted and before they know it, someone they love very dearly is passed away and they don't know it. We should live every day like it's our last and we should cherish the precious gift called life.

Food Happenings Around Town

 

 [It looks like it's warm enough to eat lunch outside, but really it wasn't.  Yet.  Bonus: the top of the river defrosted.]

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!  Take a sip of iced coffee and say hello to Monday morning.  Whew....we're rolling into busy season, and I don't just mean for work.  We've got travels, challenges, epic journeys, and food events coming. 

Here's what's on my local events calendar for the next month-ish--I can't make them all, but you should try.*

4/2: Glens Falls Brewfest
4/3: Jewish Food Festival. See also, FLB, HVGS, TU**
4/9: Tour de Soft Serve
4/30-5/1: Tap NY Craft Beer & Fine Food Festival 
5/7: Tulip Festival (OK, you can't eat them, but hopefully it'll be warm and toasty for tulips + brunch).

What else should be on the calendar?  Whatcha got?  Also, Montreal is quickly approaching--any last minute tips?




*No one gave me anything (free tickets, hugs, ice cream cones, dollar billz) to mention these events.  One person did ask me nicely, though.
**I was told there would be challah.  Hence the bold and asterisk.

And She Emerges from the Cave

Hi, there! Remember me?

You guys probably know that I have the most adorable excuse in the world for not writing. But, I'm just putting up a quick post to let all my loyal readers know that I will be back in full force for the ABC Blogfest starting on Friday! (Have you signed up? I think every writer online has. At last count, I saw 678 people are participating!)

So yeah, I have a three-year-old and a newborn at home and I am somehow committing myself to blog every day of the month in April. I'm nuts. But I'm also hopeful it'll help me get back in the swing of things.

I'm going to stop by and visit with my blogging friends this week (after missing you all terribly!). Then I'll spend the next month whining and moaning about how I haven't got any writing done since January (okay, not true... I did start a new project... but more about once April rolls around...).

Talk to you all this week!

-- Lisa

Daily Thoughts 3/27/2011 (The Wise Man's Fear)

Ishiyakushi  Print shows an elderly traveler or monk reading banners hanging above a watering trough; his hat is on the ground behind him. Date Created/Published: 1804.

Daily Thoughts 3/27/2011

I am taking a little break this weekend.  Right now, I am reading The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss.  I am also watching the original Star Wars trilogy on video.  I am enjoying reading The Wise Man's Fear.  The book is on the Locus Bestseller list as well as the New York Times Bestseller list.  It is fantasy. Most fantasy books do not make it there.

Saturday’s Eye-Candy: Alex Pettyfer

Yeah, just because he is my newly discovered hottie, he deserves to be Saturday’s Eye-Candy.

If I wouldn’t have watched that ridiculous movie Wild Child last weekend I never would have known who this dude was…

From I Am Number Four

He doesn’t only have the a pretty face, he just happens to have an Australian surfer’s body too…Me want a piece of that. ^^

I Am Number Four

Last night it was time to hit the movies again after what? Like a year’s pause?? Haha, it’s true. I don’t go to the movies that often actually but yesterday it was the premier of I Am Number Four starring my newly discovered hottie, Alex Pettyfer. Soooo, how could I possibly miss that? ^^

Me & Bianca last night ♥

Typhoid And Relative Bradicardia

Silvia Munoz and Gaston Larrieu, present

Every year, Youth Solidarity, marched yesterday to accompany the mothers and grandmothers at 35 years of the coup that launched the self-proclaimed National Reorganization Process.

lifter and one of the flags representing the organization, which is reflected in social portraits that decorate the venue, and in the name of it, commemorated in a plaque and Gaston Muñoz Silvia Larrieu.
Between
dye flags flew Youth Solidarity, was a square of seven colors, known as the Wiphala, and the blue and white of our country.

The event lasted three hours and ended with a march at the epicenter of the city.


Communication Area Youth Solidarity

Daily Thoughts 3/25/2011 (The Wise Man's Fear)

Lesende im Scherenstuhl. Um 1900. Aquarell und Kohlezeichnung. 69 x 57,5 cm, by Max Hendricke.

Daily Thoughts 3/25/2011

Today, I started reading Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear.  I rather like that the main character studies both alchemy and music at the university where he is learning magic.

This morning, I checked the displays, updated the Twitter account, and did some more tabulating for the survey.  We have 147 surveys that were brought in directly by the library and 44 that were sent in via the website so far.

We are working on putting together an annotated Flickr! gallery of historical photographs of our library.  I already printed up a few color pictures to put in one of the display cases.

Today has been slow and steady.  I took some time to clean my desk and update my phone book.  I also checked out the book, Getting More How To Negotiate to Achieve Your Goals In The Real World by Stuart Diamond.

The March 17, 2011 New York Times Book Review has a review of The Information by James Gleick.  I liked reading the book.  It was information as the underpinning of how the universe works from the positive and negative spin of electrons, the code in dna, to the zeros and ones in computers.

Hopefully, I will get a chance to go to a Meetup to tour The Swann Galleries in Manhattan with the New York Library Club and the New York Librarians Meetup on April 5, 2011.  It would be a nice break and a chance to see something interesting.

Indiana Weather

Isn't Indiana weather crazy? One minuet it feels warm and sun shinny out, the next it's storming, and the next it's cold and there might be snow flurries. If we wait twenty minuets, it will be warm again.  And yet, through it all, God is still in control. I had an experience with this just yesterday. During the Behold the Lamb performance, when ever the music was quiet, or when we were back stage, we could hear the hail on the roof quite clearly. Then in the middle the crucifixion scene we were told that there was a tornado, and that the sirens were going off outside. We quickly, but calmly moved off the stage and into tornado safe rooms that were behind the auditorium, and the audience went into the safe hallways on the other side of the auditorium. I sat with a couple of my friends and waited for it to be over. I used to be really afraid of even the thought of a tornado, but not this time. I told my friend Mallory, that there was no where else that I would rather be, and that I felt like singing!

 Afterward, as we made our way back to the stage, I felt so happy! I just kept telling God "Thank You, thank you! I don't know why, but thank you!" I knew that God was doing something great with this tornado, and this whole situation, and even though I didn't know what it was I was so happy and thankful. I know that it was all in His plan and I am so happy that I could be apart of it.  We now know that at last night's performance, 45 people indicated that they trusted Christ as their Savior, and I am quite confident, that the storm was used in some way to bring at least one of those people to their knees. Isn't God great?

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, 

who have been called according to his purpose." -Romans 8:28  

-SM

Quotes Before Board Exam

National Day The Memory

To view the text, pick the image.

Static Electricity

As part of of topic on ROBOTS we have been learning about electricity (as robots would be pretty useless without it).

One of our investigations involved using balloons and our sweaters to generate some static electricity. Here's an example of the learning taking place.

(Apologies for the background noise but when the children are really enjoying their learning they tend to let each other know and things can get a bit noisy.)

Daily Thoughts 3/24/2011 (webinar, library photographs)

Wonder Book For Girls & Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1892,  Illustrated by Walter Crane


Daily Thoughts 3/24/2011

I finished reading The Physics of the Future by Michio Kaku.  It has a very positive feel to it.  The author reminds us to not let go of the ability to constantly invent new technology and research new science, it is extremely important for our future.
We had a webinar this morning in the computer lab, AARP's Living Well in Westchester Webinar Series. It was focusing on affordable housing and assisted living for seniors.

Today has been steady.  I made some calls to schedule workshops on different subjects during the next several months including wills, foreclosure, and energy efficiency, all subjects which I think there might be some interest in.

I also spent some more time looking at different photographs of the library.  In the early 1900s we had a fireplace in the childrens room which is a bit different.  There is even an advertisement to buy a brick for the fireplace to support the library.  We also have pictures of a doll case display from 1970 which is intriguing.


Web Bits

Your “Library” Doesn’t Participate in Social Media, But Your People Do – A TTW Guest Post by Dr. Troy Swanson
http://tametheweb.com/2011/03/23/your-“library”-doesn’t-participate-in-social-media-but-your-people-do-a-ttw-guest-post-by-dr-troy-swanson/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+TameTheWeb+(Tame+The+Web)

The Voices of Librarians and the DPLA (Digital Public Library of America)
http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/889797-264/the_voices_of_librarians_and.html.csp

Submissions- exhibition made in conjunction with glasgow school of art and byam shaw school of art

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=768009745&aid=372954&closeTheater=1

http://ppprojectdocument.wordpress.com/

in the kitchen

here is something i put together recently staring ian beale.

Daily Thoughts 3/23/2011 (Books)

Young and old visit the library on the parkway Poster promoting libraries, showing a family going to the library.  Date Created/Published: Pennsylvania : WPA Federal Art Project, [1936 or 1937]


Daily Thoughts 3/23/2011


This morning, I checked the Twitter feed and tabulated some more surveys.  The surveys are interesting to read.  We also opened the computer lab in the rotunda so people could search for jobs.  It went quite well.  There are two handouts we created for internet job search.


I also spent some time looking at identified pictures from the libraries history.  We have many pictures from 1938 as well as some pictures from the childrens' room in 1909.  I especially like a picture of the old bookmobile from 1940.

Esmeralda Santiago has a novel coming out in July called Conquistadora which is about plantation life in Puerto Rico.  I very much enjoyed her autobiography, When I was a Puerto Rican.  Also John Scalzi is coming out with an authorized version of a book called Fuzzy Nation which is based on H. Beam Piper's Fuzzy books.  Another novel which looks interesting is Embassytown by China Mieville which is about alien contact and language.

Sometimes you see things which are a little funny.  There is a new children's picture book which features surfing called Dude: Fun With Dude and Betty by Lisa Pliscou, illustrated by Tom Dunne.  The title caught my attention along with the review in the March 21, 2011 Publishers Weekly.  It is supposed to be a spoof of the Dick and Jane books.  Another title which caught my attention is Pink Boots and a Machete:  My Journey from NFL Cheerleader to National Geographic Explorer by Mireya Mayor in the March 15, 2011 Booklist.  These are both wonderful examples of how a title can catch a readers attention.  There is a third title which caught my attention as well, this is something I might read; Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, and the American Story by Howard Means.

The March 15, 2011 Booklist is a graphic novels issue.  I put the the graphic book, Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit by Darwyn Cooke on hold.  It looks to be a noire graphic novel.

Web Bits

Masterpiece Theater Book and Film Guide
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/bookclub/guides.html

13-15 April 2011

My ticket to Belgium is booked! :D

When To Have Intercourse After Polyp Removal

BOSSIO LATIN AMERICAN EDUCATION SEMINAR OPENED 1 A 1

The executive director ANSES Diego Bossio, and the Minister of Education, Alberto Sileoni, opened last Thursday, the first Latin American Seminar on Education 1 to 1, where 12 countries in the region to share experiences of implementing technology in teaching and learning processes. This meeting is held under the Equal Connect program.

During his presentation, Bossio said: "In the framework of inclusion policies, such as the Universal and Son, the Connect program Equality is central to digitally include public school students around the country" .

Moreover, the holder of the work highlighted ANSES undertaken by different agencies so that each student has their netbook. He added: "We identify the computer with each child, through the Cuil, to optimize the delivery process of netbooks."

The seminar is organized by the ANSES, the Ministry of Education, the educational portal and the Organization of Iberoamerican States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI). The same is done for 17 and March 18 at the Sheraton Hotel Retiro, with free admission.

The Equal Connect program aims to distribute more than three million netbooks among public high school students, special education and teacher training institutes in the period 2010-2012. So far, ANSES delivered more than 360,000 computers around the country. In parallel, develop digital content and work processes to transform teacher education paradigms, models and processes of learning and teaching.


Communication Area Youth Solidarity

H&M spring collection 2011

The weather in Sweden is always a bit screwed up, and especially during the “spring months”. You just never know when there might arrive a snowstorm that stays for 24 hours and then starts melting away :o (Exactly what happened this Monday.) However, I’d like to believe that the “real spring” has come to stay and therefore I totally fell in love with H&M’s spring collection.

Inspiration, inspiration is all I have to say :)

Creo

Brrrrrrrrunch!  Yay!  We recently had a shmancy brunch at Creo and it was divine.  What makes Creo shmancy in my opinion is its cool copper-y tables, open kitchen, modern decor, large space, careful service/plating (including cleaning shmears off of the outside of the plate), aaaand the fact that we didn't wait in a crowded vestibule for 40 minutes.  In fact, we made a reservation on this new-fangled city slicker contraption called OpenTable. 

Look at the size of that coffee cup. And that cute little mini muffin - there were 3 in a basket that was meant to hold 10.  I appreciate free food, regardless of its presentation.

I faced the pretty open kitchen and the hottt pizza oven while J faced the rest of the cavernous restaurant.

Look at that monster.  It's freshly cut roast beef (think more like sliced prime rib than the deli stuff), tomatoes, over easy eggs, crispy prosciutto, and Swiss.  It's insane.  That bread is toasted ciabatta, by the by.  It's innocuous name is "egg sandwich," but really it is so much more.  It may be one of the most ridonculous brunch item I've ever enjoyed, along with the likes of the ropa bennie at New World or the brisket hash in Austin.  But, it's a close call, and NWBB is way closer to our digs.  Walking distance in a town where walking is practically verboten. 

Another angle, half eaten.  Seriously, with the sauce and the egg yolk making friends with the crispy bread...

J had a slice of charred bread with his duck confit hash and poached eggs.  His hash a little more shine than Ii'd like, and I wasn't really getting much duck.  There was a vaguely Asian flavor to it that I enjoyed in my few bites, but it seemed too potato-y to me.  I'm such a hater these days (of potatoes). J agreed that I had clearly won in the Battle of the Order, even though his sounded superb on paper. 

We'll be back to Creo.  Even if it's for drinks and apps--the bar is nice, and it's away from the main dining room (which probably makes weekday dinners less noisy).   I'd also like the breakfast pizza or the bananas Foster pancakes--the latter would be ideal for after a nice run.  Delmar Dash perhaps?  Or maybe we'll go somewhere closer to the neighborhood. 

Creo Restaurant
1475 Western Avenue (Stuyvesant Plaza)
Albany, NY

Well-rested

Man how tired I was yesterday. After my dear friend Shilan’s belated birthday dinner, I went home directly to book the ticket that I was supposed to book yesterday, but lucky as I was, internet didn’t want to work, which meant that there was no other option than to wait for today…Maybe that was good in a way anyway, since I have slept like a baby (went to bed at 10 last night! ^^) and therefore have my thoughts more rationalized (at least I like to think so, hehe).

Now I’m going to head to school for some lunch and history with my one and only miss B.

Revolution Facemasks For Sale

Youth Solidarity launched a series of cultural events for Memory

With a cinema-rock debate on national and dictatorship, the NGO began the cycle in the framework of the Day National Memory for Truth and Justice. It was the first of a series of Solidarity Youth activities take place between this week and next, with the aim of promoting youth engagement on memory and human rights, promoting different values \u200b\u200bfor greater participation.

The cycle began on Monday with a conference on national rock and civil-military dictatorship. Young people came to the headquarters of the organization has in R. Peña 3285 for participating in the activity. 19hs was projected to a chapter of Perhaps Because: National History Rock, a documentary directed by Maximilian Canal Ezzaoul Meeting. After a discussion took place, which also involved some artists of the city joined the initiative.

day was closed with a toast in celebration of the exiled artists and repressed during that period of dictatorship, as well as in celebration of the freedom of expression that exists today and cultural process that is going through.

The activities organized by Solidarity Youth continue throughout the week, and like every year the NGO will participate in the march on Thursday 24.

Communication Area - Solidarity Youth

3D in 3C!

Numeracy classes in 3C this week are taking on the topic of 3 Dimensional objects (or 3D to you and me).

We've been learning the names of some of the 3D shapes and have enjoyed making some of our own. Over the next few days we will be learning how to describe 3D shapes by their features and maybe even making some of our own to take home.

Here's what we've come up with so far:

Pentagonal Prism

Pentagonal Pyramid

Triangular Prism

Tetrahedron, Square Based Pyramid and Triangular Prism

Pentagonal Prism

Double Tetrahedron

Cube

Cube

2 Tetrahedra (plural for Tetrahedron)

Cube, Pyramid and Cylinder

Pyramid

Double Pyramid

Cuboid

Dodecahedron

Mr. Cusack