Outbreaks. They are both fascinating and alarming, the perfect combination to make them the stuff of novels and movies and breathless news stories. Like lately? The Ebola virus outbreak? I'm riveted. My fascination with all things viral and epidemic-related began a long time back, but exploded when I read Richard Preston's books The Hot Zone […]
Turntable image from openclipart.org What's an AudioSplice? The Basics: I've taken little snippets of a handful of songs and smashed them together into a sort of sonic puzzle for you to figure out. There is also a theme that links the songs somehow for you to work out, to help you along and make it […]
Photo booths! They’re silly. They’re fun. They’re even better with ridiculous props and costumes. They’re a huge hit at weddings, proms, and parties of all kinds. We have fun with them at the library, too: Want to play along? Grab some ridiculous costumes, print some props out online, pose with absurd furnishings, and make sure […]
So Moira Young, author of the awesome Dustlands trilogy, agreed to answer some questions for us about the books, the barren setting, and her warrior-like heroine, Saba. I was delighted to get to ask her because I've been loving these books, but equally happy to read what she had to say in response. Read along… […]
Girls. Sugar and spice, and everything nice? Not always. Lately, we've seen more and more girls more into a white-knuckle ride than a white knight, and I am loving it. Maybe it's a trend. Maybe it is backlash against all the chicklit and swoonier heroines that were around for a while. Maybe it's that the […]
Turntable image from openclipart.org What's an AudioSplice? The Basics: I've taken little snippets of a handful of songs and smashed them together into a sort of sonic puzzle for you to figure out. There is also a theme that links the songs somehow for you to work out, to help you along and make it […]
Halfway through summer, I thought you might want to get the final word on the AudioSplice winners so far? Yes? So while today's contest is brewing due to some technical difficulties and will be up this evening, here we go: Week 1 The one that got it right: July said… Green Day: Holiday Boulevard of […]
So Guardians of the Galaxy opens tonight, chock full of aliens as both the good and the bad guys – I'm so excited for this! But since I haven't seen it YET, it is making me want to look at other alien movies because hey, has Hollywood ever loved them some aliens over the years. […]
*PAINT*less. Jeez. 😉 Yes, you can. You CAN have street art with no spray cans, no brushes, no markers or stencils. So, uh, what's that look like, then, you might ask? Well, for one thing, it usually doesn't go by the name of graffiti. Same guerilla art heart, different exterior, and often seen more as […]
Turntable image from openclipart.org What's an AudioSplice? The Basics: I've taken little snippets of a handful of songs and smashed them together into a sort of sonic puzzle for you to figure out. There is also a theme that links the songs somehow for you to work out, to help you along and make it […]