Interlibrary Loan of the day

Me Write Book: It Bigfoot Memoir is just what it sounds like. This book was also recommended by a groovy friend of Captain ILL's, and he has another cardboardy friend who's always trying to convince him that Bigfoot is real, so the Captain borrowed this one from an ILLy friend at the Spokane Public Library. Captain ILL hasn't read this book all the way through, but it does have lots of pictures in it, so it's undoubtedly his kind of book. It does finally prove that Bigfoot exists though, otherwise how could he have a memoir? That's proof enough for Captain ILL, so it better be proof enough for you!

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101 Things to Do With Ramen Noodles is a book that was suggested to Captain ILL by a groovy friend so he ILLed it for himself. Righting Wrongs and ILLing are a very hungry businesses, and don't pay well as a general rule. So a book full of Ramen recipes is a godsend for the Captain since the average cost of a package of noodles is around 10 cents. Unfortunately, many of the recipes call for expensive ingredients like pork chops, cooked shrimp, or hot dogs. What's the point of eating a 10 cent package of noodles if you have to spend ten or twenty times that in additional ingredients? Aside from that caveat, this is a pretty nifty book. Here is a sample:

Pizza Pasta:
2 packages ramen noodles
2 to 3 cups spaghetti sauce
20 to 25 pepperoni slices, halved
3/4 cup chopped green bell pepper
1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
1 cup grated mozzarella cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cook noodles in water according to package directions and drain.

In a saucepan, combine sauce, pepperoni, pepper, and cheddar cheese. Stir constantly until cheese is melted.

Place noodles in a lightly greased 8x8 inch pan. Pour sauce mixture over top. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Bake 15 minutes, or until cheese is melted. Makes 2-4 servings.


Sure it sounds disgusting, but how can you go wrong with pizza?

Wit and Wisdom From the Peanut Butter Gang is a collection of sayings and aphorisms written by persons in the 5 to 16 year old age bracket. Here are some selections:

"The class in school I hate the most is the one I learn the most from." Joanne, age 10

"You can't get away with everything, but it's fun to try." Heather, age 14

"Childhood is not preparation for life. It is life." James, age 9

"If you put your peas in your mashed potatoes, they don't taste so bad." Jonah, age 10

"Moms make better lunches than dads." Emily, age 10

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Captain ILL isn't quite sure what Halloween is all about, but the pumpkin dude on the cover must have just finished carving his own face ... why else would he be holding that big sharp knife? Captain ILL really enjoys Halloween; going to the pumpkin farm (only sincere farms for this Captain), trick-or-treating, and throwing rotten eggs at Lex Luthor's front door. Captain ILL doesn't usually condone throwing rotten eggs at anyone's front door, but one year he and Superman got a bit drunker than usual and found themselves crouched behind Luthor's rosebushes throwing eggs at mach 3 at his porch. It became a bit of a tradition after that. Besides, Lex Luthor is a big ninny.

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The Andreasson Affair is "the documented investigation of a woman's abduction aboard a UFO". The New York Times says: "This book, ... if true, must rank with the great classics of scientific revelation." This isn't the first time that Captain ILL has encountered someone (often farmers) complaining about being abducted by creepy aliens, and he doesn't understand what the problem is. Every time that Captain ILL has been abducted by aliens, he's developed superhuman abilities. Seen in this light, a few abductions and missing memories doesn't seem like such a big deal. Who wouldn't submit to a body cavity search if it meant that he would develop x-ray vision afterwards? Wouldn't having a few gigantic needles inserted into your brain through your nasal passages be a small price to pay for the ability to shoot lasers out of your eyes? And wouldn't it be nice to give those creepy aliens a piece of your mind (only a small piece) in exchange for the power to start fires with your pinky finger?

Proof at last!

There has been a lot of speculation about the secret identity of Captain ILL. Many folks have assumed that since Joe is the official spokesman for Captain ILL that he is, in fact, Captain ILL himself. As anyone can see from this picture of them together, this is not the case. Joe is actually a mild mannered, though undeniably cool, ILL specialist, and Captain ILL is heroic righter of wrongs with a cooking pot on his head ... no similiarity at all.

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The Alaskan Bootlegger's Bible is packed with recipes for beverages like: Parsnip Wine, Oatmeal Stout, and Horse Turd Whiskey (a farmer's favorite). There don't seem to be any tips for outrunning revenuers, but there are diagrams for building various stills, including the "deskdrawer still", which will require the Captain to empty out a drawer, but will no doubt be worth the trouble. Captain ILL was recently at a friend's house (in his secret identity) where he saw a beer spigot mounted on the side of their fridge. The Captain wants take this idea a bit further and mount a spigot on the side of the cooking pot he wears on his head. The only trouble is, there doesn't seem to be any space for the beverage container. If anyone has any ideas for solving this problem, please post a comment.

Interlibrary Loan of the Friday

Friday's ILL of the day is Separated at Earth: The Story of the Psychic Twins. The back cover says: "The only psychic twins in the world, Terry and Linda Jamison are internationally acclaimed for their astounding predictions of the 9/11 World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks ...". Captain ILL is a bit outraged at this claim, because he happens to be close personal friends with the Wonder Twins, Zan and Jayna, who were psychic twins long before these upstarts came along. In fact, Captain ILL used to date Jayna, but her habit of wearing purple tights all the time threatened to reveal his secret identity, plus Gleek the space monkey tried even Captain ILL's legendary patience. That was a long time ago though, and now they all live on a farm somewhere, where Jan's power to turn into a rainstorm comes in very handy.

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Captain ILL prefers to avoid controversial or icky subjects when he chooses the ILL of the day, but the cover of Denying Evolution: Creationism, Scientism, and the Nature of Science was too farmin' cool to pass up. It turns out that many scientists believe that life evolved over time into more and more complex forms through the process of natural selection and mutation. Now Captain ILL knows lots of scientists, as well as quite a few mutants. The scientists are usually mad loners performing dangerous and unethical experiments; oftentimes they will have hideously deformed faces as a result of some terrible experiment gone wrong. Captain ILL isn't sure we should be taking the word of people like that about something so important, especially since he happens to know that the entire universe was created when it was sneezed out of the nose of the Great Green Arkleseizure.

Interlibrary Loan of the day

Today's ILL of the day doesn't really have anything to do with farms, but Captain ILL supposes that farmers probably like to read about Jedi too. Jedi Bounty is part of the Young Jedi Knights series. Apparently this series details the adventures of the twin children of Han Solo and Princess Leia. In this particular adventure their wookie friend, with the unlikely name of Lowbacca, leaves the Jedi academy to fly off into space or something. Captain ILL wasn't able to follow all the details, but aside from a conspicuous absence of farms, the back cover was an exciting read.

# 11 आबंटन टैग करें , आप यह कर रहे हैं ! सामाजिक बुकमार्क में Del.icio.us

कैसे कर सकते हैं पुस्तकालयों का लाभ उठाने के सामाजिक बुकमार्क साइटों ? का उपयोग करके उन्हें .

क्या आप इस उपकरण की क्षमता देखने के लिए अनुसंधान सहायता ? हाँ .

या जैसा बुकमार्क बनाने के लिए एक आसान तरीका है कि कहीं से भी एक्सेस किया जा सकता है ? नं

Přiřazení # 10 wiki wiki zábava!

Co jsi našel zajímavé? Obávám se, že jsem se opravdu najít něco obzvlášť zajímavé.

Jaké typy aplikací do knihovny může dobře fungovat s wiki? Pokud byly banda knihovníci kteří se nemohli postavit před očima na sebe, mohly by koordinovat své aktivity pomocí wiki.

Interlibrary Loan of the day

The Wanderer: His Parables and His Sayings is another book of poems and parables by Kahlil Gibran. In the spirit of consistency, here is another Gibran selection:

The River

In the valley of Kadisha where the mighty river flows, two little streams met and spoke to one another.

One stream said, "How came you, my friend, and how was your path?"

And the other answered, "My path was most encumbered. The wheel of the mill was broken, and the master farmer who used to conduct me from my channel to his plants, is dead. I struggled down oozing with the filth of laziness in the sun. But how was your path, my brother?"

And the other stream answered and said, "Mine was a different path. I came down the hills among fragrant flowers and shy willows; men and women drank of me with silvery cups, and little children paddled their rosy feet at my edges, and there was laughter all about me, and there were sweet songs. What a pity that your path was not so happy."

At that moment the river spoke with a loud voice and said, "Come in, come in, we are going to the sea. Come in, come in, speak no more. Be with me now. We are going to the sea. Come in, come in, for in me you shall forget you wanderings, sad or gay. Come in, come in. And you and I will forget all our ways when we reach the heart of our mother the sea."

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Lately Captain ILL has been choosing books with titles that speak for themselves, and Beet Sugar Handbook is no exception. This monster 866 page book is "The first all-in-one reference for the beet-sugar industry". Captain ILL didn't even know that there was a beet-sugar industry, but he's glad that there is now an all-in-one reference for it. He can't help but wonder how the beet-sugar industry got along without this book which, incidentally, is "written in a conversational, engaging style". In spite of this engaging style, most of the book is way over Captain ILL's head, but he was pleased to note that beets are, in fact, grown on farms.

Interlibrary Loan of the Friday

You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Start and Succeed In a Farming Enterprise is yet another title that speaks for itself. Captain ILL has never lived on a farm, but he'd like buy a farm when he retires someday, mostly because he likes wearing overalls. Of course all the farm animals are pretty cool too and those big farm tractors are awesome. But Captain ILL feels that the best thing about farms is the pies. Pie farms are probably the best kind of farm, and you can be sure that Captain ILL will be retiring to a pie farm when the time comes to hang up his cooking pot.

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The Madman by Khalil Gibran is a very small book of parables and poems. Rather than insert a snide comment, Captain ILL has decided to transcribe one in it's entirety.

"When my Sorrow was born I nursed it with care, and watched over it with loving tenderness.

And my Sorrow grew like all living things, strong and beautiful and full of wondrous delights.

And we loved one another, my Sorrow and I, and we loved the world about us; for Sorrow had a kindly heart and mine was kindly with Sorrow.

And when we conversed, my Sorrow and I, our days were winged and our nights were girdled with dreams; for Sorrow had an eloquent tongue, and mine was eloquent with Sorrow.

And when we sang together, my Sorrow and I, our neighbors sat at their windows and listened; for our songs were deep as the sea and our melodies were full of strange memories.

And when we walked together, my Sorrow and I, people gazed at us with gentle eyes and whispered in words of exceeding sweetness. And there were those who looked with envy upon us, for Sorrow was a noble thing and I was proud with Sorrow.

But my Sorrow died, like all living things, and alone I am left to muse and ponder.

And now when I speak my words fall heavily upon my ears.

And when I sing my songs my neighbors come not to listen.

And when I walk the streets no one looks at me.

Only in my sleep I hear voices saying in pity, "See, there lies the man whose Sorrow is dead"."

Interlibrary Loan of the day

Perhaps Captain ILL is betraying his age by recollecting the days when our nation's highways were covered with gleaming silver bullet-like Airstream trailers. Airstream: The History of the Land Yacht is a look back at a sleeker, shinier age. Actually, a colleague of Captain ILL's, Captain Marvel, used to travel around in an RV, speaking magic words and righting wrongs. I believe Captain Marvel drove a Winnebago rather than an Airstream, so he wouldn't have been able to apply his lipstick by gazing into his RV like the young lady in the picture here.

The poll is closed ...

Well, it's not as close as the Obama/Clinton race, but Captain ILL's evil/good poll is pretty darn close, though the turnout was pretty disappointing. Apparently, the Captain is only two votes away from supervillainy, and worse, three votes away from a real job. Still, the voters have spoken and Captain ILL needs to take his medicine and hide all those rotten, evil thoughts deep inside, until someday he explodes and splatters bloody pieces of Captain all over his lair. Hopefully one of Captain ILL's powers is piecing himself back together again.

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Captain ILL is a simple man with a simple brain. This is why he finds a book like The Instant Intellectual The Quick and Easy Guide to Sounding Smart & Cultured so appealing. For example, the book defines faux pas as "False step. A social error. Something unacceptable." Captain ILL has been wondering what this means for the past few days because people keep coming up to him and saying things like: "Putting the name of your patron in your last post was quite a faux pas." The Captain thought it meant something like "darn cool" or "neato" but, in fact, it was almost the opposite. He never realized that patron confidentiality was a "categorical imperative".

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Why can't I go? Answers and Relief For Women With Constipation is another title that, I believe, speaks for itself. It was requested by: Gertrude Andrews of Mountlake Terrace, Washington.

Interlibrary Loan of the day

International Code of Nomenclature For Cultivated Plants - 7th Edition ... the title speaks for itself.