Sell by, Best if used before, Expiration date

Sorry, it has been over a week since the last post. Guess I was having too much fun being a librarian!

From the last weekly email by Marylaine Block [She's going strictly to the web] comes this link to the U.S. Government blog which is both readable (surprised) and most useful. I didn't know till a few months ago that diet drinks have a very short shelflife. This website elucidates the different messages marked on grocery products and actually has a "Cold Storage Chart" on how long one can actually keep refrigerated or frozen foods. And another strangely entitled "Foods Purchased Refrigerated."

I'm not sure that after looking at these charts that there is anything in my freezer or pantry that won't kill me. Frozen hotdogs-2 months! Canned tomato soup-18 months! And that aerosol can of real whipped cream. C'mon--tell me you haven't secretly done tongue-shots of whipped cream for months after the use-by date!

Another site to peruse this weekend from Marylaine Block:
 StrangeUSA.com
http://www.strangeusa.com/Default.aspx
"Consolidating the vast amount of 'Strange Stuff' out there into 1 easy
to use place. Haunted buildings, places, Urban legends, cemeteries, weird
places, cool places, ghost towns, and anything else that is worth your
time to visit." Click on a state and then browse by town name or by type
of weirdness; you'll get descriptions of the incidents, soe with links to
news stories."

Academy Award Winners --of sorts

Happy Valentine's Day! Perfect day to check out YouTube, the nostalgia machine!

Academy Award winning cartoons and short subjects as collected by Michelangelo Matos and cited by Marylaine Block [this week filled with lots of great websites.
Enjoy your Saturday morning with the best of the best!
http://m-matos.blogspot.com/2008/02/academy-award-winners-for-cartoonshort.html

Also Note:
I will be in the Auditorium at 3:30 today for a Writing Outreach Session on finding books in the Library and on the Web.

The Rainbow Library

Hmmm! I need a fushia book with ecru lettering, but it must have seafoam green edging.
Ask your Rainbow Reference Librarian!

The Rainbow Library

Black History Month in Gov. Docs

Paula Webb has just today put up a new Hot Docs for Black History Month.
http://www.southalabama.edu/univlib/govdocs/hotdocs.htm

We Will Do Anything to Serve

Just give a Reference Librarian a few lessons in Photoshop!

This is from the imaginative, service-minded librarians at Lafayette College.
http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~library/pra/gallery.html

[Link courtesy of Paula Webb, Doc. Librarian]

If you need help here at USA call our Reference Desk at 460-7025.

Next Thursday, Valentine's Day, bring your sweetie to a Writing Outreach session at 3:30 in the Library Auditorium on Finding Books in the Library and on the Web.

Hot Docs for the Elections

Hot Docs from Paula Webb.
http://www.southalabama.edu/univlib/govdocs/hotdocs.htm

Laissez les bons temps rouler!

Laissez les bons temps rouler!