Geek of the Software

Well, my stats professor did it again. He mentioned during class that he has been inside the SPSS* Headquarters in Chicago. He described the inside offices (underground and many stories up) and the proximity to the river and the subsequent massive leaking of said river into said underground offices.

Luckily, we determined that he was there for a conference and not on vacation. THAT would have been almost too much. Almost.....



*SPSS is a statistical software that Quantitative Researchers use to compile and analyze their data. It's full of lots of fun little tricks.

Geek of the Strip

Well this Unshelved comic strip just cracked me up!
Not only because it is funny - but because I have considered this as an alternate plan to trying to live on a librarian's pay.

If you are unfamiliar with the comic, it is a daily strip about life in a public library. The manager, reference librarian, young adult librarian and children's librarian deal with all sorts of issues concerning patrons, budgets and each other. Most of the time, the authors are right on. If most of my friends didn't already read this strip - I'd be forwarding it to them all the time.

Dewey definitely wins Geek of the Week for his attempt to remain in his profession despite the seemingly inevitable pay scale.

Work for books, indeed.

Geek of the Numbers

Geek of the week this week goes to my stats professor who is gets so excited FOR US when he is about to teach us something new. He gets a big grin on his face and jumps around the room and puts his arms out like he can transfer the knowledge bodily.

Who thought learning math could be so fun? He did!