'Zup?

Not much.

I've spent most of this afternoon doing the first run-through of the schedule for Senior Highs for the full year. I'm feeling much more confident about the year, now that we've got one under our belt. The leader (and neighbor) with whom I had issues last year has shifted to the middle school group, so we are short a female leader, but I think our relationship is probably going to improve as a direct result of not working together. Funny how that works sometimes....

Otherwise I'm mostly feeling like this, so I'll just link to other people's stuff rather than bore you with my dullness:

Nathan Bierma pointed this Song Meanings site out awhile ago and I've been having fun checking on various songs to find out if what I think they mean is the 'real' interpretation.

Walt Crawford used Jen!c@'s blog to compile his latest study on "liblogs" in the Great Middle in this month's Cites & Insights. If you aren't a library person, this will not be a big deal, but it's kinda cool if you are (and if you know Jen!c@...).

TangognaT discovered shoe advice for librarians. While I'm freaked out about the grammar on the website, I do like the boots.

And more wordy stuff:
from Omniglot:

eisteddfod , noun
related words: eistedd, verb - gorffwys ar sedd neu gadair, seddu. to sit, to seat
eisteddfa / eisteddle, noun - lle i eistedd, sedd. seat
eisteddfodol, adjective - yn ymweud ag eisteddfod. eisteddfodic, to do with eisteddfodau
eisteddfodwr, noun - un sy’n mynychu eisteddfodau. an eisteddfod-goer

Background: Eisteddfod is one of the few Welsh words that is used in English, at least in the UK. The word is derived from eistedd, to sit/seat. The first eisteddfod was held in 1176 by Rhys ap Gruffydd of Deheubarth at his court in Cardigan (Aberteifi), when he invited poets and musicians from all over Wales to a grand gathering. The best poet and best musician were awarded a chair at the Rhys’ table, a tradition that continues to this day.

The modern eisteddfod, which dates back to the late 19th century, is a folk festival featuring music, poetry, dance, drama and literature. Local, small-scale eisteddfodau are held all over Wales, and there a number of larger eisteddfodau, including the National Eisteddfod of Wales or Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru, which is held once a year alternating between North and South Wales, and the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod or Eisteddfod Gerddorol Ryngwladol Llangollen, featuring performers and visitors from all over the world, and held annually in Llangollen.

from Word Spy:

mechanical placebo, noun
A device or object that appears to perform a specific function, but in fact does nothing at all.

This feels like me some days.