A blog is a social networking tool.  Note the word ’social.’  That means that I write an entry and post it in the window on the left.  Then people visit my blog, read what I’ve written and either go away (sob) or reply (yeah!)  The reply part would be Making a Comment.  Comments make a blog ’social.’  People generally Comment on the topic of the day (using the link under the daily post Make A Comment) or they look at the recent posts, pull up a previous topic, and Make A Comment on an earlier entry.  Yes, you can do that.  : ^ )  You can also poke around the blog and open some of the links I have placed on the interface for your enjoyment.  I happen to like cats so I have cat photos that constantly refresh.  No, there is no reason to believe these cats have any association with the library or reading except that they may, on occasion, take a nap on a book. 

The links at the right are themed to the general interests of librarianship since my entire life is dedicated to learning about libraries, working in a library, graduating from library school and landing a full-time library position in Anywhere, CA.  I happen to enjoy reading these library-oriented folks.  No, I don’t agree with each and every thing they post.  They are outstanding librarians in their fields of interest.  I’ve included job hunting tools as so many of us are, or soon will be, looking for employment in public and school libraries.  Typical visitors are interested in talking about Storytelling, children’s and YA literature, library graduate school and library life.

I have removed the Sonific widget by popular demand so you can read in silence so you won’t have to turn off your speakers before secretly logging on at work (sob).  Why the Weather Pixie? you ask?  Sometimes it’s just nice to know what the temperature is out there in the real world when you are cooped up at the computer.  The weather reads from The Nut Tree Airport in Vacaville (where I’m at) so the weather girl is not “wrong”–she’s just not in your area.  Yes, the weather girl can be a weather boy if you like.  If you ask, I’ll can make him a Goth male with spiked hair if you prefer.  This pixie seemed a nice update to our last weather girl.  I post videos and yes I’m open to posting pictures.  If you don’t want to see my library book displays all the time, send some of yours.  It’s fun to see what other librarians are up to in the other end of the pond.

So that’s it.  Many people visit the blog and just read or link to stuff.  Others ask questions or just say hello.  Next time I’ll talk about how to use TAGS.  Thanks Claudia. 

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