Ice Cream Dreams

All I could think about all night was ice cream. The first ten minutes of our chat tonight focused on ice cream. The discussion brought back a lot of memories of the Penn State Creamery, but moreso, it reminded me of my childhood.

I used to go to the Polar Bear with my parents, then my friends, then my boyfriend, and now my husband and family. Through all those years, I was faithful to my order:

small vanilla with chocolate dip in a bowl

Yum!

Digging Out...

I have been spending all of my free time "digging out" in my new office in the library. It has been quite a big job to sort through 30 years of "stuff."

I'll be excited to actually begin working with the books...and students when they arrive in August.

"Digging out" isn't all bad. There's a lot of great "stuff" hidden away.

A Librarian's 2.0 Manifesto

Relaxation

During the past week my husband has made me go out in to the sun. He wanted to see me in light other than the glow of the computer. We have been spending time on the Swatara Creek in our canoe and kayak. Relax... Simplify... at least for the next 3 weeks.

More Eats!

Although I didn't get to see a lot of the Pittsburgh sites while I was there, I did take in a lot of the restaurants. To round out the trip, I added these restaurants to my list:

Union Grill

Church Brew Works

The "O"

Primanti Bros

Lu Lu's

Chipolte

Melancholy Elephants

Since we have been discussing copyright in our classes, Jennifer posted this blog entry about the story "Melancholy Elephants" by Spider Robinson:

Basically, it reminds me that having copyright extended to forever would hurt the people who create original works just as much as it hurts the public goods access to public domain items. Eventually, there will be nothing more to create because in reality, something new is almost always based on something with a twist. Eventually, this would no longer be feasible if there is system of controlling copyright so carefully it would say such items are not original works and not eligible for copyright much less publication or anything else.

Melancholy Elephants by Spider Robinson

Ars longa, vita brevis

A group member in True Gods of Sound and Stone suggested that this quotation relates to the copyright issues.

Ars longa, vita brevis is part of an aphorism by Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates.

from Aphorisms, section I, no. 1; rendered in Latin as

Ars longa, vita brevis, occasio praeceps, experimentum periculosum, iudicium difficile.

This is often rendered in English as

Life is short, [the] art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment treacherous, judgment difficult.

(Wikipedia)