The Lerner Blog

Ashley Hope Pérez has an enlightening (if you’re inclined toward DIY) post on scanning one’s personal library. Ashley’s moving to Paris, and so like any book lover, her mind turns to these things (hopefully after it has turned to wine and pastries and bistros and museums, etc.). I’m not moving anywhere, but I have had […]Read more "Discreteness and idle worries"

It’s times like this when I really really love my job. I mean, how many chances do you get at work to stage your own Philippe Halsman photo shoot (above)? The photo at left of surrealist painter Salvador Dali and three cats, as if suspended in the air, is typical of Halsman’s stop-action jump pictures. […]Read more "Jump!"

“Even though I hate taking on all the responsibility myself and I’m often crazed,” she said, “the moment that I hold a book I’ve completed, it makes up for all the uncertainty of getting there.” Source: Maybe It’s Time for Plan C article in the New York Times While this article as a whole isn’t […]Read more "Quote of the Day"

This weekend I’m headed to a high school reunion, and the anticipation has got me thinking back to those years much more than usual. What do you remember from high school? Hanging out with close friends? Hours each night spent on homework? The daily routine of classes, sports practice, dinner, hitting the books? The Mean […]Read more "Biology Review"

  My colleagues and I wore our Little Black Dresses to work to celebrate the release of TFCB’s new Fall 2011 Dressing a Nation fashion series. Above, left to right, back row: Anna, Ashley, Brie, Domenica; Seated, left to right: Sara, Katie, Martha. Not pictured: Danielle the photographer, Amelia the prop girl, and Alison the […]Read more "The Little Black Dress—Top Ten List"

I enjoy checking Brian P. Cleary’s Facebook page. Here are a few recent tidbits I found especially interesting: “Had me in stitches?” STITCH originally meant a sharp thrust or puncture. Nearly 1,000 years ago, the word meant an acute pain in the side, as if stabbed. So if someone “has you in stitches,” it’s a […]Read more "Word Nerd Fun"

If you hate blogs about the old days, skip this one. I was reminiscing the other day about how much office supplies once mattered in the bookmaking process. We’d collect highlighters or colored pencils in every color we could find and hoard them like gold. They were just right for trying to suggest a color […]Read more "Office Supplies, etc."