Comments on: ON TATTOED LIBRARIANS

By: Daniel Ransom

Daniel Ransom — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:45:55 +0000

Get to it Greg!

By: Miss Grace

Miss Grace — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:56:46 +0000

Well said.

By: jsr

jsr — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:41:30 +0000

Spot on!

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:37:59 +0000

Bravo! This is so right on, Daniel. You may have just inspired me to take up blogging…

By: Daniel Ransom

Daniel Ransom — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:36:44 +0000

Well, I’m not criticizing tattoos per se. Like any art form there are good ones and there are bad ones, and I’ve certainly contemplated getting one myself. I just see no need for the general defensiveness about librarians, nor the focus on our appearance. If instead of worrying about aesthetics we just kept proving how damn valuable we are, we wouldn’t have anything to worry about.

And of course I do really like tweed, corduroy and argyle. So I’m happier to embrace the stereotype than run from it.

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:59:11 +0000

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By: auntie elsa

auntie elsa — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:06:12 +0000

no, i’m going to concur with carolyn and say, simply put, that [your post/writing] was amazing. tatoos ARE passe, in a good sense.

By: Daniel Ransom

Daniel Ransom — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:46:42 +0000

Carolyn, I take it you’re referring to Jenny’s back tattoo? I mean, I’d like to assume you’re referring to my writing, but I’m not sure it qualifies as “amazing”.

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:23:45 +0000

Simply put, that was amazing

By: Al_Pal

Al_Pal — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:27:52 +0000

Cool post. I see what you mean about protesting too much. ;p