The ruckus did send me over to the May SLJ on my desk, hoping to find something with which to threaten Rebecca Miller with a chair over the head and thus prove the editorial independence of both our journals but, alas, I found myself in complete agreement with her editorial. I suppose I could find some scorn in my heart for the campaign to get a librarian on Glee, but I can’t blame SLJ for the inexorable fangirling of our profession. But anyone who expects that said librarian character should “smash stereotypes” obviously doesn’t watch the show.

[UPDATE: The Met reversed the ban.]

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One other thing–Kaling says she is driven crazy by the amount of time guys take to put their shoes on. But having recently spent a week with two female friends, I’ve been wondering why the ladies seem to take so long. Which is it?

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And while my pal Elizabeth can never say anything less than rapturous about the literary, televised and film editions of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, I would have walked out of that one had I remembered to bring a book. Never have a seen a movie more tailored to people who were seeing it for the second time. I’ll stick with MI-5, which, in the episode we watched last night, got rid of two members of the team at one go. That’s how I like my TV: ruthless.

And congratulations to Walter Dean Myers, succeeding Katherine Paterson as our Children’s Book Ambassador. SLJ has a good interview with him; I had to roll my eyes when the NYT said “the choice of Mr. Myers represents a departure from his predecessors.” Considering that Myers is only the third person to hold the position, who wouldn‘t seem like a departure, particular since the first two (Scieszka and Paterson) are not exactly peas in a pod? But I think Walter is the perfect choice: friendly, personable, and omnivorously curious about the world and other people. He’ll be swell; he’ll be great.

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Off to New York to see some shows, walk in the bamboo forest and spy on our little sister for a couple of days.

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