The bertha armyworm

is a moth.

That's dumb.


The coolest moth name by far is the Western grape-leaf skeletonizer.

We didn't receive a document on that one. (Yet.) It was just in the cross-references list.

I bet all the other bugs are jealous of his kick-ass handle. Grrr!!


Edit : Oh dear.

I love our cooperative extension service

In cataloging their latest round of informational documents this week, I've come across a beef specialist named Lardy, a croplands specialist named Aakre, and a fruits/vegetables specialist named Garden.

Subject heading of the day

Official Library of Congress cross-reference.

Smeagol
USE Gollum

'Fun' with English

What does this sentence demonstrate?

Neither leisured foreigner seized the weird heights.

What have we done to food

that I can walk through the freezer section and see Mexican-style quesadillas?

Life in the year 2008

Per a 1968 issue of Mechanix Illustrated.

These are all pretty similar, but I still like them. They were always too optimistic about the pace of change. Which is fine, really. I remember discussions in elementary school about whether we'd live on the moon or under the ocean as adults. As in, it was a given that those would be our only options, because the surface would be thoroughly blighted (or at least over-populated), so which was our preference? Both ideas creeped me out, in terms of the risk of a dome being pierced.

"The meal then is served on disposable plastic plates. These plates, as well as knives, forks and spoons of the same material, are so inexpensive they can be discarded after use."

Doesn't even occur to them that all that garbage could become an issue.

Not even bunnies

can counteract the evil librarian stereotype.

The lamb seems to have a bone to pick with us as well.

A coworker with small children confirmed they would NOT like this cover. Except perhaps for the chick who was in a really big hurry to read something.

Life-changing books: Recommendations from 17 leading scientists

From New Scientist magazine

Like it sounds, leading physicists, geneticists, neurologists, etc talk about the book that meant the most to them and why.

It's not surprising that the list is things like Alice in Wonderland and Isaac Asimov and Philip K. Dick, but it's still neat.

I don't have one yet.

Subject headings that are more open-minded

Interestingly, superstition and legend gets better treatment from Library of Congress than alcohol and mental illness.

Sasquatch, Nessie, yetis, chupacabras, etc are found within Zoology (QL). Under the subcategory Alleged animals.

Extra-terrestial life is under Astronomy (QB). UFO's, however, are in Technology, under Astronautics (TL).

But I've always seen her in blue

"Technically, ladybugs are members of a single family of beetles, the coccinellidae. The “lady” part of the name refers to the Virgin Mary since their red color reminded early Europeans of her red robes."

From Library Journal