Sarah loves pop culture

I am a librarian and I love books, movies, cooking, crafts, and the internet.

Creative Correspondence by Michael and Judy Jacobs

Creative correspondence: includes 20 unique card and envelope projects. Cincinatti: North Light Books, 2003. $19.99 After looking at this book about 10 times at the store, I decided to actually buy it. I like to buy reference books, especially craft and recipe books because I tend to spill on the pages and don’t want to [...]

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Science Commons Coming

From their website: http://science.creativecommons.org/ This looks like a worthwhile project. I strongly support open access to research, especially taxpayer funded research. “Science Commons is a new project of Creative Commons and will launch early 2005. The mission of Science Commons is to encourage scientific innovation by making it easier for scientists, universities, and industries to [...]

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Easy scarf patterns

I watch way too much tv, and I like to be doing something else while at the same time. My Grandma Hazel ways always working on something–quilts, tatting, embroidery, and crochet–and I guess I am taking after her. I have been having fun knitting scarves in funky yarns. I made Marissa a scarf for Christmas [...]

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You can find out a lot by looking at your web stats

I have pretty good stats available from my website. It is interesting to see what phrases people use to get to my website. For example–people got to my site looking for “what pop does to teeth.” Until my last post, I had nothing related to that on my site. It sort of makes me skeptical [...]

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What pop does to your teeth

Good news for pop / soda / carbonated beverage addicts (like me): according to some latest research, pop doesn’t rot your teeth! Accoring to this study: R.A. Forshee and M.L. Storey (2004). Evaluation of the association of demographics and beverage consumption with dental caries. Food and Chemical Toxicology, Vol. 42, Issue 11, November 2004, p. [...]

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