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Friday Links — on Thursday!

Michele McHugh — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:15:52 +0000

The Middlebury Community Players is putting on SWINGTIME CANTEEN beginning tonight. I have now seen the show in rehearsal seven times and it’s been an incredible experience. This cast is wonderful and they put their hearts and souls into the music and the USO storyline. I have a favorite song and each night she performs it better and better. (I had goosebumps last night.)

The Players have free tickets for all WWII veterans so if you know someone, please invite them to join you. Maybe they once experienced a real USO production… 70 years ago. Just mention this to the ticket sellers at the Town Hall Theater.

I’m sure you know most of the music and you know at least one person on stage. (Next week let me know what your favorite part was!)

Michele

Thursday-Saturday, July 19-21 at 8 pm; Matinees Saturday & Sunday, July 21 & 22 at 2 pm

Friday links – July 13, 2012

Brenda Ellis — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:08:18 +0000

It is Friday the 13th, are you prepared for a Zombie attack? (from the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).

This week was the 65th anniversary of the report of a UFO crash in Roswell, NM. The Huffington Post reports numerous witnesses and government officials claim the report was true. You decide.

Friday links roundup 6-17

Jess Isler — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:30:58 +0000

For our next all-LIS Staff meeting…: Talk-o-Meter: Monitoring flow and balance in conversation

Using map software to solve a James Joyce riddle: Yes! It is possible to cross Dublin without passing a pub.

Illustrious Omnibus of Superpowers. Which would you choose?

Friday links roundup

Arabella Holzapfel — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:30:26 +0000

This link was in Brenda’s report on the Vermont Library Conference. Good resource on evaluating health information on the web.

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Now for some random how-tos:
How to clean your keyboard. (Warning – includes gross photos of grimy keyboards.)

How to, er, tie your shoes:

Friday links roundup

Arabella Holzapfel — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:03:04 +0000

Some Gmail accounts of government officials and others were hacked recently. Keep yours safe.

The contents of libraries (inside and outside of their walls) have been described using MARC format for decades. Is it time to move on?

Wednesday Fun

Arabella Holzapfel — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:13:00 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving from everyone in LIS!

Here’s a, um, holiday treat:

Friday fun

Arabella Holzapfel — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:00:51 +0000

A follow-up from some weeks ago:

Friday fun

Arabella Holzapfel — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:16:12 +0000

Friday Fun

Arabella Holzapfel — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:43:19 +0000

In partial compensation for the lack of Friday “quick flicks” the last few weeks, I offer two items on this day so “gloomy” they’ve even closed the Golf Course!

Three LIS staff members – Mack Roark, Mike Lynch, and myself – are appearing in Little City Players’ production of The Wind in the Willows. It opened last night and continues this weekend and next weekend with performances at 8 pm each Friday and Saturday, and 2pm Sunday matinees. Click here for more information and a link to purchase tickets.

Many weeks ago, Trish Dougherty kindly sent me a link to share in this LIS Friday Fun space. (Sorry it’s taken so long, Trish!) A captivating livejournal post/poem that begins:

This morning I was asked to change my password on my work computer, as I must do every four months. And I sat there waiting for it to authorise my new password, and I thought, I have measured out my life in login codes.