Don't expect any updates for a while, I'm going on VACATION!

Finaly, someone has combined Bonsai, Scale Modeling and Car Crashes! Of course I will simply have to make my own, as making it is most of the fun, and they cost ~$125! [via Memepool]

More debunking, not that I exercise or anything. Stretching does not prevent muscle soreness. Effects of stretching before and after exercising on muscle soreness and risk of injury: a systematic review. [via EurkAlert!]

From the makers of the Librarian's Index to the Internet (LII), comes The Free Range Librarian.

I just love de-bunking. Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath shelved in the fiction section for a reason.

My favorite abandoned building in my neighborhood, is not only being renovated, but has it's own website, complete with pictures.

The Congress Hotel, is also a building I always looked at while it was abandoned and was amazed that it was vacant. It's also recently been renovated.

The Librarian's Book Club is a group to read and discuss books that are about libraries and the library profession.

I've added some Baltimore Blogs to the left, over there. Strangely, when I went lookin' for Baltimore Blogs, most of them were Christian. The ones linked are not.

Open With Caution, an article from infoworld , discusses shrinkwrap licenses for medical books. The license for this particular pharmaceutical book prevents the licensee from "disclosing any of the information in the book to third parties". You can read the book, but not use it in practice, as you may have to reveal information to your patient, such as what medication they ought to take! Yet another example of publishers being both paranoid and ham-fisted.

There is a list of Big Trees. And you can even get your hands on some Historic Trees. But I really want (or at least to visit) one of these Moon Trees.

The gagets weblog: Gizmodo.

The Publisher's Hall of Shame is a collaborative list of new books purchased by public, school and academic Libraries in the United States that have fallen apart almost immediately upon release into circulation.

Two of my most "hated" thing's.

In connection to reading Human Trials by Susan Quinn [see library books], I am also reading the zine Guinea Pig Zero.

Food Zines:
Food Geek by Carrie McNinch is available from her for $1(plus postage by mail) PO Box 49403, LA CA 90049
The Hungover Gourmet : The Journal fo Food, Drink, Travel & Fun.

Library Zine: "I Dreamed I Was Assertive" by Celia C. Parez is available from Frida [heart] Diego.

Things What Happen To Me. Karl Anderson's blog. viva la Chunk 6.6.6.

'Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day' -- Really?
Dartmouth professor finds no scientific evidence for '8 x 8'
[via EurekAlert!]

I feel so cool, Google knows who I am!!

While I'm all for the "One City One Book" project, Baltimore exploiting it's link to Frederick Douglass, and reading the primary literature, if you're trying to get the public to read for pleasure, perhaps 19th Century Non-fiction isn't the best bait. The Enoch Pratt Free Library presents: Baltimore's Book.

A special edition of the Zine Rack! This column includes zines that have been published by former and current librarians, library workers, and library school students. It's how I found "browsing room", the rest are coming to my mailbox, slowly but surely.

Even if your fears of Shark Attacks have been debunked, there is still plenty of worring and monitoring you can do in anticipation of your beach vacation.

UMB joins Hopkins in the big leagues. For years, medical research in Baltimore was synonymous with the Johns Hopkins University. However, as new figures released by the University of Maryland, Baltimore show, Baltimore is fast becoming a two-team town in the big leagues of medical research.

Library Zine: "browsing room" by Tara Moyle is available from Moon Potatoes Zine Distribution.

In the stacks : short stories about libraries and librarians. Edited and with an introduction by Michael Court. New York : Overlook Press, 2002, ISBN: 1-58567-259-9 has piqued my interest in the following authors: Anthony Boucher (1911-1968), Italo Calvino (1923-1985), Maria Dabrowska (1889-1965), M.R. James (1862-1936), Sue Kaufman (1926-1977), Lisa Koger (1953-), Lorrie Moore (1957-) and Francine Prose (1947-).

The Food Timeline not only lists the appearence of various foods along a cronolical continuium. It links to information about the history of each food item (some facinating), as well as historical recipies. History and food geeks alike can appreciate this. Also a timeline of social history, menu's and manners.

The folks at the National Historic Landmark Program will help you plan your trip.

This is absolutely amazing...way more interesting than actual TV. Cooper Black, Behind the Typeface.