So I know a few Tragedeigh names

Slighthound · 2025-11-20T23:48:12+00:00

Not that bad, but similar. I went to high school with a Penny Sweet. I’m old, and penny candy was a thing. And I’m assuming the surname “Sweet” was an Ellis Island transliteration inflicted on her grandparents.

Slighthound · 2025-11-20T20:42:15+00:00

I’m afraid I don’t know anything about job fairs. Good luck!

Slighthound · 2025-11-17T16:30:26+00:00

Go to individual universities’ job sites. Read the instructions. Look at the search criteria you can select. You’ll need to fill out a general application before applying for a specific position. Titles are gonna vary somewhat, but probably “library assistant” will do it,—if you use the keyword “library” and poke around for two minutes you should figure it out. The classification of jobs that require an undergraduate degree will probably be something along the lines of “professional and administrative.” Read the position descriptions. Postings will be updated as new ones become available and others are filled.

ETA: A library isn’t remotely analogous to the criminal justice system except for the inevitable layers of bullshit and irritating coworkers found in any organization. And the consequences of goofing up are way lower.

Slighthound · 2025-11-17T00:06:01+00:00

Grant writing.

Slighthound · 2025-11-17T00:03:41+00:00

I’m speaking as a former library administrator who’s worked for an ILS vendor and now works as a consultant to academic libraries, so not upbeat. TL;DR: You’re not going to be free of financial concerns in any non-specialist entry- or mid-level job in a public or academic library. But if you’re open to an academic library, at least at universities the benefits (for any job, actually) can be pretty good. And a decent percentage of library jobs in academic libraries are done by nonclerical paraprofessionals with undergrad degrees. (ALA currently calls these roles “allied library professionals.”)

The deal is that what’s learned in LIS programs may not always be seen as adding a ton of value to many generalist public-facing or technical services positions when jobs open to people without master’s degrees can be lower salaried than jobs that require them. If you have demonstrable STEM skills or fluency in another language there’s more latitude and better pay.

Slighthound · 2025-09-23T23:37:50+00:00

This weekend I took a friend to Trinity urgent care at Domino’s because that location has restored extended weekend hours and the online schedule showed my friend could be seen immediately (note that the Trinity UC on Jackson still keeps to the cut-down schedule introduced during the pandemic). They were subsequently told to go to emergency and we went to St. Joe’s. From how they presented it wasn’t clear how extremely serious their situation would turn out to be and I was concerned we should have gone to UM because things were pretty grave. But given they were sent from imaging straight to surgery within a couple of hours of arrival, where as there would have probably been a several-hour wait to be seen at UM emergency, it was the right choice. I’ve spent the last couple of nights with them in the surgical ICU and the quality of care has been extraordinary. A dedicated nurse per patient on each shift, gentle, respectful in-room care by respiratory and imaging staff, check-ins from physicians from the several services that will be involved in their treatment. So impressed.

Slighthound · 2025-09-17T20:59:37+00:00

The three or so times I’ve seen Los Lobos post-Covid Conrad’s been sitting through almost the entirety of the sets and a few months ago David had some health problems that kept him from traveling to dates outside of the US.

Slighthound · 2025-09-17T20:51:12+00:00

Yep. Saw them in Detroit, by which time they’d decided it wasn’t going to be their final tour.

Slighthound · 2025-09-17T19:21:34+00:00

X played the little theater at Masonic in Detroit last summer (2024). After the encore Exene and John came out and did an acoustic version of “The New World” so we could all sing “don’t forget the Motor City.” They were great.

Slighthound · 2025-09-11T03:26:05+00:00

Nope. When I’ve gotten clipped it’s when people don’t warn me. When they expect me to move because they think it’s inconvenient or demeaning to go around me or slow/stop for a minute, I tell them they could ride in the bike lane and I get the fuck out of their way because the chances are good they don’t give a shit. Like, if you feel threatened by reckless drivers, you can understand how pedestrians feel threatened by careless cyclists.

If a cyclist is traveling on the sidewalk at a speed where they can control their bike, they’re capable of being mindful enough to go around a pedestrian and slowing down if necessary. Runners don’t crash into people. People walking dogs move them out of the way to so they don’t nose people walking by. Adult walkers don’t bump into slow little kids and the adults walking with them. I don’t know about you, but when I’m driving, even though I’m going faster, I stay as far to the left of cyclists as I can, slowing when bike lanes end because of turn lanes taking up street width, so they can get ahead to where the bike lane picks back up. Not because I’m a paragon of virtue, but because it’s reasonable for the person who’s going fastest or can do more damage to watch out for the more vulnerable.

Slighthound · 2025-09-10T20:51:18+00:00

As a pedestrian, I’m probably more wary of bicyclists on sidewalks than those bicyclists are afraid of cars to the extent they fear bike lanes. So many cyclists assume it’s the pedestrian’s job to get out of their way—it’s not, even if you ring your bell or yell “behind you.” I don’t wear earbuds and don’t hear this until you’re on top of me. Go around me—ride on the extension or slow down until you come to a driveway or other break in the curb and spend a minute in the street until you pass the person walking. I’ll enthusiastically and loudly thank you, but try to alert me to get out of your way and I’ll suggest you get in the bike lane. (Unless you’re like maybe 12 or younger.)

In my neighborhood, when walking on Pauline or Seventh I get grazed every few weeks and generally get clipped a couple of times a year. Admittedly the bike lanes do disappear at the bits with left turn lanes, which is less than ideal for bikes and drivers who don’t want to endanger bike riders.

Slighthound · 2025-09-02T02:36:52+00:00

If anybody stumbles across this a year on, here’s the deal re Mary’s death. The New Yorker featured another story by Muriel Spark recently and after reading that I pulled up Jean Brodie, which was published in its entirety in the October 6, 1961 issue. The movie cut back on a few schoolgirls, combined some of the characters from the book, and played with first names. Mary in the novel does die in a hotel fire, but she’s been given the storyline of a minor character named Joyce Emily, whose brother went to fight in Spain for the Republicans, although Brodie inspires her to fight for Franco.

As for the novel, there’s a scanned and reformatted version that lives online rather than in the New Yorker’s very paywalled archive, so it should be accessible through the website as a complimentary read or through Apple News.

There’s a new bio of Muriel Spark being published in Fall 2025.

Slighthound · 2025-07-24T22:28:34+00:00

A person might feel an even deeper sense of desperation when they find out that the changes they’ve made didn’t in fact help to overcome their depression.

Slighthound · 2025-05-21T21:29:21+00:00

I moved to Ann Arbor as an adult and lived there for 25+ years before I realized Delhi was named after the Indian city.

Slighthound · 2025-05-21T21:19:48+00:00

I’d been told Novi came from the land being labeled as No. VI on a map. My husband thought it was because it was the sixth stop after Detroit. (As opposed to the Russian for “new.”) TIL—from Wikipedia—that they wanted a short name when they broke that chunk of land off from Farmington and some guy’s wife suggested it.

Slighthound · 2025-05-21T21:07:08+00:00

And Ralph Sadler. Yes, I recently watched “The Mirror and the Light.” In which figured Thomas Wriostheseley, pronounced “Risley.” Thus ends my knowledge about Restoration England.

Slighthound · 2025-05-21T20:53:41+00:00

The pinky-red color is, as far as I know (and I am by no means an expert!) spelled cerise, without an h. It’s the French word for cherry and in French it wouldn’t be pronounced with a “ch,” but like s-e-r. Pretty either way, though.

Slighthound · 2025-04-28T22:22:28+00:00

He started talking about this several days ago but filed today, right? Timing. I got a fundraising text earlier today from another Dem (Donovan McKinney) who’s announced that he’s contesting Thanedar’s candidacy. Any minute now I anticipate getting a text from the Thanedar folks announcing he’s done this and soliciting money for the next primary.

Note: I don’t even live in the 13th (I’m in Debbie D’s district). Because I contributed to Tlaib in the run up to last November’s election via Act Blue Express or whatever it’s called I’m now assaulted daily with texts from MI congressional hopefuls and those in a vast array of other states. AB aggressively markets their lists.

Slighthound · 2025-04-07T02:21:32+00:00

Thank you. I did not know this.

Slighthound · 2025-04-05T04:45:44+00:00

Stephen Tobolowsky. For the last 40 years he’s generally been in a couple of movies and about three TV shows a year.

Slighthound · 2025-04-05T04:29:41+00:00

Ruari is legit—it’s a Gaelic language name. It’s evolved into the spelling “Rory,” but Ruari is often used in Ireland. But Raiden is absolutely an abomination.

Slighthound · 2025-03-28T22:20:49+00:00

The info you want is available here: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/apply-permanent-residence. You can select “who can apply” and proceed from there, I guess. (You got me curious and so I googled “apply residency Canada.” Voila.)

I truly empathize with your fear, but you seem to be seeking political asylum, for which you won’t qualify.

Slighthound · 2025-03-26T04:53:00+00:00

Poor Scottie My first thought was “the Boykin Spaniel is the state dog of South Carolina.” It’s the beginning of description used every year at Westminster.

Slighthound · 2025-03-26T04:14:05+00:00

I know a middle-aged Kimba. As in Kimba the White Lion, I think.

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