h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Since we all publish "journals" on h2g2, I suppose we are all technically journalists. However, now that I have a regular column in the local newspaper, I feel less like a fraud using the title. Which is a backhanded way of announcing that I have a regular column in the newspaper. Library news. Because it finally occurred to them that we are always doing something interesting around here.

Hypatia
President, Journalist, Library Goddess, Sheltie Mom

I bow my head.

Let's hope I can find something to write about every week. That isn't always an easy thing.

Boy, cool, Hypatia - congrats. (Sounds better than my 'freelance writer'.)

I'm sure you'll think of something.

I'm sure you can think of something - and that you won't be like the president of the community college where my dad lives.

Back when I did some work for those people, the president was...well, you know the type. All good hair and teeth, not much between the ears...

He had a column in the local paper. He filled it with uplifting thoughts...plagiarised, uplifting thoughts...

The sloppy paper let him...

I said nothing. We had enough problems.

If we don't have any interesting programming to talk about, I can always do new book lists and book reviews.

Great idea.

Or I could beg for money. Rant about the Patriot Act. Discuss issues like smelly library patrons and we're sorry, but what the heck can we do about it?

You get get really, really drunk and write a column. It could be "your thing"... Call it "Rantings of a Drunken Librarian".

Excellent.

oOOooooh! Best of luck!

Groovy.

I hope they have decent copy editors at your paper. One of our local papers doesn't, and they mangled the Lincoln columnist's submission. She was discussing family members, and in all five instances where she used the phrase, the editors turned it into 'family mambas'.

You write well, Hyp - and how wonderful to have a platform where you can beat the drums you want people to hear.

You could always entertain them with tales of your visits to the Library of Doom and the one at the police college

Family mambas

I've lost me walking stick............. if any one see's it....... thank you

Congrats on that Hyp. I don't suppose we'll be able to read this column using the magic of the internet, will we?

I saw a picture of a cake ordered for a baby shower. They had requested "It's a boy" on the cake. When they got it it read "The pizza boy" and had drawing of a flying pizza chef.

Sounds like fun!

Here's an odd little library story: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/04/17/oddities-us-odd-george-washington-library-fines_7523536.html