Backyard Turtle

Added March 6, 2026: The first appearance of a turtle in the very wooded backyard of the house I lived in then. (July 3, 2012)


Turtle in my backyard this morning..

Things I put on Twitter in August 2011

(With some comments from me on March, 6, 2026)

  • Lisa’s quote of the day: “I want to show daddy my name tag, I know he knows my name but I want to show him”. (Kindergarten was fun.)
  • Earthquakes, hurricanes, Steve Jobs resigns, Pat Summitt’s health, Gaddafi on the run.

July jobs update

The paperwork for my job upgrade was been sent to HR, but it will be October before I see any salary increase. But the increase in pay will be retroactive until July 1, so it could be a nice payday. It doesn’t appear as though I’ve made it to the final interview stages of either of the jobs I applied for, although I could still be surprised.…

Jobs update

Well I didn’t get a librarian job. They hired someone for the User Education Technologies job but the Digital Media Technologies job was called a failed search and they’ll re-advertise it in the future. Better luck next time I guess.

On the brighter side my current position here at the library is being reviewed for an upgrade, and I’m in the pools for 2 other jobs elsewhere at UT and I’ve made it into the second round for both I think.…

End of an era

Hodges Library no longer has a reference desk. We had a wake for it yesterday afternoon. Day to day reference questions have been moved upstairs to the Commons desk.

In fact Hodges no longer has a reference department. It’s been split into Integrated User Services, Research Services, and Research Collections.…