I vaguely remember seeing pictures of the Constitution hanging around my alma mater’s library as a first-year, and not really understanding why, since we didn’t even celebrate Labor Day or Columbus Day. A staffer told me that the school had to celebrate Constitution Day in some kind of visible manner, or else risk losing federal [...]
Posts Tagged ‘philosophical ramblings’
Constitution Day
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Drexel, libraries, philosophical ramblings on September 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Calm Before the Storm
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged flute, nerdery, philly, philosophical ramblings on September 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With the roommate off getting a cavity filled, the apartment is, like the city, a bit eerily quiet. Tonight being d&d night, this won’t last for long, as a whole bunch of people will make sure my apartment is anything but quiet tonight – not just that, but Tropical Storm Hanna appears to be heading straight [...]
Genre Dilemma
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged conundrums, manuscripts, philosophical ramblings on June 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been working on this manuscript on Anabaptists in Muenster for a couple of days now, and am just about finished. I follow a certain pattern when cataloging a manuscript: pagination/foliation physical description title/author/table of contents/provenance, etc. summary and finally, subject headings and genre terms. Doing an initial foliation can be extremely helpful, not simply [...]
