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Month: August 2017

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You should be writing

Posted on August 30, 2017
by John Jackson

Aletheia: Are you going to work tonight?

Me: No, I’m going to sleep. Sleep is important.

Aletheia: But work is important, too.

It’s like she knows my inner monologue!

Posted on August 30, 2017
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And all the bees rejoiced

Posted on August 24, 2017
by John Jackson
Cosmo flower
So this lovely flower popped up in my garden a few weeks ago. I thought it was a weed. Good thing I didn’t pull it.
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And now that song will always be creepy for me

Posted on August 17, 2017
by John Jackson

Aletheia: “There’s no more blooooood. There’s only dried bloooood.” (sung to the tune of “We Are the World”)

And that was bath-time this evening.

Posted on August 17, 2017
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LMU library statement on Charlottesville

Posted on August 15, 2017
by John Jackson

Library Statement on the Events in Charlottesville, VA, from LMU Library News

Our library’s statement on the events in Charlottesville this past weekend. tl;dr: Libraries are not neutral. We stand with those who fight for inclusion.

Posted on August 15, 2017
by John Jackson
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Up late making mint ice cream

Posted on August 7, 2017
by John Jackson

Mint ice cream

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Being a good parent is hard

Posted on August 7, 2017
by John Jackson

Aletheia: The adults don’t like it when I say “oh my god Becky look at her butt.”

Me: Yes, they do. They just don’t admit it.

Posted on August 7, 2017
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First rule of children’s center fight club

Posted on August 2, 2017
by John Jackson

Me: What’s that all over your shirt?

Aletheia: Blood. But it’s all mine.

 

Posted on August 2, 2017
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Gardener. Father. Academic librarian. (bibliothecarius communicendi). I drink and I know things.

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