Buffalo Wings and Toasted Ravioli

Says Rory Litwin at Library Juice:

Laura Bush appropriates title of IMLS grant for librarians

For years the IMLS has been offering grants for LIS research and the education of librarians not appreciably different the one announced today on the IMLS website, except that this year’s grant program (and last year’s?) is called the “Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Grant,” as though the grant were her idea or funded by her personal wealth. This is a shameful appropriation of the good will of the public toward librarians. How false, how fraudulent, and how desperate.

With all the talk about social networking technologies like MySpace, Facebook, and most recently LinkedIn.com, sometimes the old-fashioned methods are the best: White-Collar Prison Is A Great Networking Opportunity (courtesy of The Onion).

UPDATE: On the other hand, see Dogster and Catster.

Due to the lack of interest, the Buffalo Niagara Podcasters Meetup previously scheduled for September 22 has been cancelled.

If anyone is interested in pursuing a meetup at another time, please let me know.