The end of Hispanic Heritage Month? I think not.

Today is "supposed" to be the last day of Hispanic Heritage Month. However... since I have not had time to post all the posts I have wanted to post, I plan on extending HHM. Well, I realize that I can't "officially" extend it. However, for the purposes of this blog, I will. So... no worries. You will can continue to read about awesome Hispanics. Yay!

P.S. Mafalda was the answer to the last HHM quiz question. Good job, Mother's Little Helper.

Iceberg Ahead?

I thought that many interesting points were brought up in this article. It is especially true that online books/articles, etc. have brought the library business to a whole new ballgame (bookgame?). It's amazing. I may not be a librarian, but I do get to see how patrons love their electronic resources (and how they want their documents delivered NOW!). They want their PDFs and their Zips and their this and that emailed. Oh, how upset they can get if they don't!!!! How could they have possibly survived back in the day, when practically ALL research had to be done at the library. No internet, no email, no nada (well, just "nada" because the former's a double negative).

Anyhow... since there are icebergs involved, please see: Here.

So much technology!!!

For someone who really does not like "new and improved" so much... (well... not entirely true. I like it when I get used to it. When it becomes "not-as-new and improved," I guess). Well anyhow, for me, these challenges have been kind of O.K. Every once in a while I've run into a snag or two (or several), but overall it hasn't been too bad. This technorati stuff. I haven't gotten a chance to play with it too, too much, but I did open an account (Link me up). Interesting stuff. Speaking of which... Shift Happens Here.

Yum... Delicioso...

I opened a del.icio.us account and downloaded it to my work computer. It's pretty interesting to see who has the sites I've tagged. See me! It could be good advertising for the library... Good deal. Really easy to access and add bookmarks to. Of course. It had to be a Yahoo!. Speaking of delicious... Fun Times.

Hispanic Heroes

She's an Argentine girl (five or six?) with strong political views. She grew up in the sixties and wants to work for the United Nations when she grows up. A couple of her friends are Felipe and Susanita. Who is she?

Hint: She may already be somewhere in this blog...

You know the drill...

A watery tomb... And to think... It's not even Halloween yet...

The girl's definitely got some skills. Quarenta para siempre has done it again! She replied the post correctly. Thanks for reading my little blog and for playing our little game. Keep on bringing that A game of yours!!!

"La Llorona" was the answer we were looking for. It's a story about a woman who drowns her children after being abandoned by her man. Those men...

Folklore says that you can hear "La Llorona" crying for her drowned children. Sometimes she's looking for live children to take, and replace her own. Some sneaky parents tell this story to their kids so that they can later say, "If you don't cut it out, "La Llorona" is going to come and get you." Manipulate, much? Sometimes it's, "You have to come inside from playing. It's getting late and "La Llorona" will be out soon." O.K... So maybe it was just my mother... Anyhow, there are many different versions of "La Llorona." I guess it all depends on what Latin American country you're from, and then what town in that particular country. According to this website, there is a movie being made (that's been made?) about "LL."

P.S. D.F. - This bud's for you: Picasso

The Adventures of Princess Cupcake à la Mode

Note to self: Do not to get stuck in a dark alley when a triceratops is following you... unless... there is a Bill and Ted phone booth in said dark alley...

The Weeping Woman

It was a dark and scary (stormy... whatever... the point is it was a messed up) night... We all know stories that begin like this. Do you know the one about "The Weeping Woman"? In certain Latin American countries this is a tale that is definitely worth telling. Does anyone know what I'm talking about, or am I just rambling (as usual)? Comment at me if you're down with this story. If you do... you've got skills (and they're multiplying)...

It's my roll, yo

Check my rollito. I do wonder... why does it imperfectly rhyme with the string cheese (and look like the fruit roll-up copycat)?

LibraryThing...y, Thing-Thing

How cool! I really liked putting this list together (I have more books to put on there, but that will do for now). You can see my list on the right side there.

Speaking (writing) of which... I highly recommend "I, Lucifer." The writer is a British Dude. It's good writing, and pretty funny too. They are making a movie of it staring my obsession, Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan o mio). Oh, and Daniel Craig is gonna be the devil. Interesting.

ADIDA...B?

Yeah, that's right... All Day I Dream About Blogger... and I am semi-proud about it!!!

I really like the billboard generator thing. What will Flickr think of next? I tried playing with the caption generator one, but that wasn't really working to my advantage. The caption bubble kept messing up and half of it would end up out of the picture. I tried Warholing this sneaker picture (I LOVE me some sneakers), but that didn't work out too well either. I guess the picture was too light. But, the billboard one worked nicely. Don'tcha think?

Dexter's Laboratory

I'm venturing off my "Hispanic Heritage" month theme to do a TLC 2.0 post. A chick's gotta do what a chick's gotta do. What's my post, you ask? I shall tell, since you are oh so intrigued. Have you heard of (or even seen) that show "Dexter" that people have been raving about lately? I heard the hype, but I tend not to believe it. Well... not usually. Some shows are incredibly dumb (did you hear they were making a show featuring cavemen... yeah... pass...).

But, back to Dexter. I watched a couple of episodes of this show recently... Wow. That's all I can say. Well, no. I can say loads more. It's edgy. It's interesting. It keeps me focused and wanting more (a not-so-simple task). It's a new idea (well... at least one that I'd never heard of... he's a serial killer serial killer. Brilliant). It's just a really, really good show. If you have the opportunity to catch a couple of episodes of Dexter, please don't let it fly by.

So, in honor of dear ol' Dex, I am making a billboard. I hope it's not too much.

On a similar note... Jeff Lindsay is the masterful mind behind the mayhem. And... guess what... we carry 2/3 of the Dexter series books here at the ASLRITC. They're supposed to be to die for... Too much? Alright, I'll give you that. I'm starting to sound like the Crypt Keeper, yeah? Anyway... read the books. Watch the show... and enjoy the (slightly) empathetic Dahmer (without the nasty meals) of South Florida.

P.S. Click on the billboard if you want to know where it was created.