best women's Nationals ever, I think

Wow, the women's long program at Nationals was amazing this year! I was sorry BeBe Liang didn't do better, of course. But Ashley Wagner was amazing - coming from 12th in the short to win the long, and come in 4th overall. I liked her costume quite a bit, too. I liked Kristine what's-her-name; it's always nice to see new faces. I was underwhelmed by the woman who did the most overdone bits of Carmen in an inexplicable brown dress, and of course by the irritating pumpkin-headed golden retriever, Rachael Flatt.
And then, too, Mirai Nagasu was amazing - given that she was weepy before she started, I was afraid she'd fall apart altogether. Zhang's "Ave Maria" was lovely - it's not my favorite piece of music, but she really did seem to float across the ice. I should like Alissa Czisny's miraculous win better (seriously, I didn't think she had enough points to beat Flatt; that cushion after the short was very handy!), but my favorite skaters tonight were Wagner and Nagasu.
I've probably misspelled a few names here, but I don't want to check them, lest I see other sports results that I'm not ready for yet. Here's hoping that Weir can rebound and win the long, by the way, just as Wagner did.

Oscar nominations

I'm not a fan of hers, really, but I'm pleased to see that Marisa Tomei got an Oscar nomination. She's been an easy target for "what a fluky Oscar win!" comments for years now, and hopefully this nomination will remind people that really, she's a fine actress.
(With, yes, some occasionally bad guesses about which roles to choose, maybe).

charlatan!

I went to a conference a couple of months ago. While at one of the social dinners, I sat with a man, and we talked about work. He talked about putting on a specific type of library program, and said he had never done it. So I was greatly surprised to see him, both at the conference and in print, presenting ideas of how to do this type of program.
It would be like a librarian creating a list of "great storytime reads" and not trying them in storytime first - but worse, because this person is making a name for himself that is in no way deserved. Disgusting.