Bryce Moore's Blog, page 329

My Librarianly Task of the Day

Another busy day at work, but I thought I'd share with you what I've been working on for the past hour or so. There's a professor who's planning on teaching a class on the films of the Coen brothers next semester. I'm her assigned librarian, and I've been investigating potential materials to purchase to support that class. What this means is that I've been able to roam the pages of imdb and the rest of the internet in search of any material that might pertain to the Coen brothers.

This is awes...

Writing Rejections

Rejection is a part of the publishing business. If you want to become a published author, you're going to have to deal with rejection. Fact. If you can't deal with that, then don't try to become a published author. While I don't write solely to become a published author, I certainly wouldn't say no to it if it ever came around. :-)

I've decided I've been waiting enough. Right now, I have three manuscripts that I consider ready for submission. How many am I going to have to write before I start...

Bakugan

So there's this thing that's all the rage at TRC's school: Bakugan. You heard of it? I hadn't, until he started coming home every day raving about how cool they were. Basically, they're small little spheres that have a magnetic latch inside them. When they roll over metal, the latch activates, and they spring open, becoming tiny little creatures. I can see why he likes them. It reminds me of my obsession with Transformers back in the day. Better yet, these are actually a game of some sort. Th...

Pink Eye, DKC Update and a Nostalgia Fail Movie Review

First things first. TRC has pink eye. This was confirmed by a physician yesterday after I came home from work. No fears--he's got his medicine now, and he should be better soon. (Taking the medicine, on the other hand . . . that was a different story. The kid was absolutely terrified of drops AND the paste stuff. He didn't want anything going anywhere near his eye. It took a half hour of effort--and DKC and I playing Good Cop/Bad Cop (I was the good cop, BTW) for him to relent. At which point...

President Bryce

The hinted changes have arrived. It's official now. I'm no longer Ward Mission leader. I'm Elders Quorum President. For those of you who have no clue what that means, join the club. :-) I'm trying to come up with an easy way to give an overview of it, but I'm drawing a blank. That's where Wikipedia steps in, right? See the full definition below my post, if you're curious.

So how do I feel about this? Mixed. On the one hand, I really enjoyed being a Ward Mission Leader. I loved working with the...

Have You Read Ichabod?

If you have, I need your help! I'm trying to rewrite the query again, and for some reason, I just can't seem to effectively sum up the story. All my attempts are falling short. So . . . if you were going to describe the events of Ichabod (the concept of the story as well as what exactly happens) in a paragraph or two, how would you do it? I'd love some ideas, people. Help!

Houses are Like Relationships

I've been thinking about this on and off for the past while--especially in light of all the work I've been doing on my house this summer. In a way, I think houses are like relationships. At least, the one house I've owned so far has been that way for me. You start off pretty infatuated with the house (hopefully). The first impression is darling, you love this detail and that oddity--love at first sight. And for the first bit, everything is hunky dory. You're caught up in the swell of emotion ...

Pictures

Oh yeah--and for those who care, pictures of my home improvement projects are up on my Facebook page.

The Siding is Finished

It's not sanded, caulked or painted, mind you--but it's now all up on the garage, which is much better than it lying on the floor of the garage. DKC, TRC and I got it done this morning before I had to head in for my night shift at work. That means that of my house projects, the following are finished:Chimney RetoppingGetting wood structural supports 2 inches away from chimneyWood stove installedElectrical outlet for wood stove installed1.5 inch hole in main water drain for house...

Library Statistics

It's an odd fact about me, but I actually enjoy working with statistics in Excel. Of course, there's always such a thing as too much of a good thing, and that's what I'm in now. Having to prepare 9 different spreadsheets (each with 6 separate sheets of data covering 12 months of time and 270 different categories) . . . it can get a bit old. What are the statistics covering? How many titles and volumes we'll add to the collection, weed from the collection, and withdraw from the collection for ...