April 2010
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February 2010
6 posts
Government Services for Immigrants: USCIS... →
Information about the United States Citizenship & Immigration services on a national and local (NYC) level
Government services for Immigrants: NYC Mayor’s... →
NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs is an advocate for immigrants
Government Services for Immigrants: Bureau of... →
Immigrants and speakers of other languages can get information on labor rights issues through the Bureau of Worker’s Rights at the NY State Dept. of Labor
Government Services for Immigrants: ACCESS NYC «... →
ACCESS NYC is a great one-stop shop for information, eligibility determination and applications for many valuable health & human services benefits.
Government Services for Immigrants: “We Are NY” TV... →
More cross-posting. Information about the We are NY TV program
Government Services for Immigrants: 2010 Census... →
YAY for cross-posting. My notes and thoughts on the 2010 Census and its importance on a local and national level
January 2010
15 posts
Don't Muzzle Librarians - 1/15/2010 - Library... →
Parenting Short Takes: Sex, Poop & Outdoor Play -... →
A great list of parenting books from Library Journal (Booksmack feature) for pregnancy, babies all the way up to teens and the dreaded teen sex talk!
The Balkan Burger Unites All Factions -... →
337-times-pljekavica-primer-calls-out-queens →
Oh unpronouncable Balkan lamb burgers, my delicious friend. I will have to visit more of these restaurants!
Sex and the Digital City - Opinionator Blog -... →
@dbgrady said today that the New York Times plans to vanish from public discourse in 2011, I can only assume that great things like this blog about sex, privacy and values will become unreadable and uncirculatable and not valuable once the pay system is introduced.
Tyranny of the test: One year as a Kaplan coach in... →
School testing is deeply flawed and I hate it. That being said, who wouldn’t like a 6 figure income to do test-prep
The definitive guide to NYC’s cupcakes | The Feed... →
Because who doesn’t love cupcakes…oh yes, only minions of Satan & Scott Brown don’t love cupcakes.
VIDEO: Outlandish – “Keep The Record On Play” //... →
Fantastic, fantastic, fantastic. I love seeing an Arab, a Latino and a Desi together and making excellent music.
Kid Goth: Neil Gaiman’s fantasies from The New... →
Found in Translation: The Contemporary Arabic... →
“…and he wondered how the city had become such a disgusting thing on his...”
– Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann, pg. 256-257.
Description of NYC in 1974
COVERS - It’s Not Just Another Music Magazine →
Great article on “taqwacore” with a somewhat unfortunate title. Interesting that Omar Waqar complains about any foreign music being fit into “world” music but all the bands & people in “taqwacore” are being lumped into Middle East in the title. Overall, it’s an excellent article though
The movement without music - Blog Post →
An excellent piece by Marwan Kamel, of the band Al-Thawra, on music’s importance in social and political movements, particularly the “underground” music supporting the Palestinian cause.
Pioneering 'Monk' ends its run Friday -... →
YAY for fantastic Arab American actor Tony Shalhoub. I will miss Monk a lot.
14 Queens Libraries to Close on Weekends - City... →
It’s the comments that are really interesting…
December 2009
16 posts
The Many Ways Kids Benefit from Vaccines |... →
Why I choose to vaccinate my daughter.
Food Stamps: The Economics of Eating Well - Room... →
Caryn Sweeney’s privileged position and her presumably easy to do exercise of living on food stamps for a month is laughable. She says that she researched farmer’s markets, checked sale fliers, made a spreadsheet of recipes, made stock to use later, made multiple stopis in a single grocery shopping trip, had marathon vegetable chopping sessions and packed away things for use during the...
“I am an American. We don’t have czars in America” says the crazy...”
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKKKgua7wQk
Brothers: A Family at War With Itself - TIME →
There was something about the advertising of this movie that made it seem like an overhyped made for TV drama queen movie but it’s been getting such good reviews, I think I will have to see it.
The Funniest Reasons Customers Reject Books -... →
Absolutely hilarious. My favorite one: a customer rejecting Here Comes Darrell because there was no mention of an environmental impact study being undertaken to assess whether or not a pond should be put in and she wouldn’t want her grandson to grow up thinking that ponds can be put anywhere. Mind you, this is a cute children’s book.
Sidewalk librarians collect donations for answers... →
I love this idea and not just for raising money for a charity. Why can’t a public library do something like this in the community to raise awareness of the library?
TastingTable →
Bierkraft is now a bar! Wow, that’s super exciting. Must go soooon-ish
Surprised Kitten: The Boing Boing True Hollywood... →
Reminds me of one of my cats when I was a kid…Ashley with her gray & white tuxedo!
Muslimah Media Watch » The Burqa Barbie Brouhaha →
Monkey Bread/Balls →
Must make this over Christmas, yummy!
New Moon Movie Synopsis: The lol catz version →
More quiet laughing
Twilight Movie Synopsis: the lol catz version →
Absolutely hilarious, must laugh quietly at work.
The New Inquisition →
An excellent and easy to read debunking of all the hysteria surrounding the supposed “Islamization” of Europe
Zombie Reagan Raised From Grave To Lead GOP | The... →
Oh so awesome!
November 2009
10 posts
Near East Section Webcasts →
This is very cool!
Poder 360° - Gen Y Hispanics →
I think that libraries sometimes make the assumption that Hispanics as Spanish speakers as a group are less interested in Spanish content on the web no matter what their age or when they or their families immigrated. This is a very interesting refutation of that idea.
How to Kill a Great Idea - Jonathan Abrams -... →
Friendster…ha ha
Additional reading/watching for class, must look at later
Library 2.0 Theory: Web 2.0 and Its Implications... →
Additional reading/watching for class, must look at later
Web Squared: Web 2.0 Five Years On - by Tim... →
Additional reading/watching for class, must look at later
Eric Schmidt Defines Web 3.0 →
Additional reading/watching for class, must look at later
Editorial - The Ban on Abortion Coverage -... →
There are just some things we shouldn’t give up to have what is not a very good health care bill, like a woman’s right to choose whether or not to terminate a pregnancy, particularly if they are paying for their insurance themselves. I’d love to see some Republicans stand up for personal liberties on this one and bitch about taking choice away, but wait, Republicans only want...
10 questions about books, libraries, librarians,... →
Things That Keep Us Up at Night - 10/1/2009 -... →
Worst Birthday Ever at 10:30 AM
Do birthdays just get worse and worse as you get older? Maybe it’s because my birthday last year was so filled with euphoria…Obama had just been elected the day before (oh the jokes about what everyone had gotten me for my birthday were wonderful last year) and there was a great feeling of hope in the air, both personally and in general society. A year later and everything just feels...