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Moral of this blog: Yeah! A new fashion icon. I haven't had one in a while.

I'm not going to lie to you. I worry about my hair not staying put. I have tried every pomade on planet earth, and finally, I find this. And while I don't exactly look like the target market, pictured on the lid of the tin...according to their website, 20% of their market is made up of folks like me! People who touch themselves when they think of Dan Kloeffler! OK, not really. But I really

One of my favorite things to do is dress up. I dress up almost every single day - and by dress up I mean a collared shirt with cuff links, a sports coat, dress trousers and neck wear. I love to wear black Chucks with what I have on. It is sort of a visual contradiction in style to add something so casual to something so dressy - but the mix actually works. The contrast is fun, and unexpected.

I was inspired this morning, when fellow blogger and librarian, Director LaFlamme, e-mailed me to say he was "wearing cuff links today." To say the least, I was delighted. I too, am wearing cuff links, as I do everyday. It all started when I was a freshman in college, and a great uncle passed away. Dear Great Uncle Joe left me all his cuff links, and tie bars. Follow with another sad passing,

Can I say enough about Holiday Themed Clothing ™? I will answer that question for you. No. I decided to keep it simple, as I encourage all librarians to do. A tightly patterend green shirt, that almost looks solid - with a great piece of neckwear. This one was landed at Brooks Brothers. The dark green stripe was just enough to say "I can read the calendar, but this is all you're getting

I bought this when I was doing my undergrad at Oxford. We had "fancy dress" dinners once a week...so being on a student budget, I went to a mens clothier, and bought a "used" tux from the late 40's. It fit my budget then. I forgot all about it until this weekend. I paired it with a black cashmere sweater and polka dot bow tie...I think this is the best costume for the day. I have to

Moral of this blog: Thanks for modeling the sweaters for me cupcake!!

These, my gentle readers, may prove to be the death knell of the library profession. "Why? HOW?" you may wonder to yourself, as you sip your Baileys laced coffee at your desk this morning, brushing the occasional danish crumb from your lap. After reading the super hilarious and brutally honest AL's stimulating, and rather recent thread on the term "guybrarian", I started thinking of other

Often, adoring fans have asked me "How do you look so good all the time?" as if my job consisted of nothing more than sipping hot coffee and having the occasional cigarette. My job is dirty work. Building a library from a completely donated collection is dirty work. Much dirtier than I anticipated. So, I invested in a white lab jacket. Now I can clean my library, organize, move boxes - and still

I LOST MY VOICE
by
Gregory K. Pincus

This morning when I first got up, I knew I’d lost my voice.
I truly couldn’t make a sound (which made my sis rejoice).
I’d had my voice the night before. I wondered where it went.
I checked my floor, beneath the bed, inside the heating vent.
I peeked in every dresser drawer. I looked both high and low.
I figured it was somewhere near, but where I didn’t know.
I searched and searched until I screamed in vain in great frustration…
But then I heard my voice, and it was deep in conversation!
My voice was with my father in the kitchen down the hall,
And I have to say I didn’t like the words it spoke at all.
I hurried to the kitchen, and I peeked in through the door.
And what I saw is something that I’d never seen before.
I still can’t quite believe it, but there’s just no way around it...
I lost my voice this morning, and my baby brother found it!



(I'm posting an original poem-a-day through April in celebration of National Poetry Month. Links to this and other poems here on GottaBook (and there are lots of others, because poetry is NOT just for April) are collected over on the right of the blog under the headline "The Poems".)