I have managed to subscribe to the Library Journal RSS feed and three others:
1. The Shifted Librarian http://theshiftedlibrarian.com with the intention (bit of a lietmotif here) to at least lurk around the edges of technologically supported library innovation - but then, to ease my soul
2. Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://dictionary.com/Wordoftheday based on a true love of language and a firm belief that a healthy mind spawns from a health vocabulary (given my colleagues, I think I'll find many uses for today's choice - redoutable - in describing them), and
3. Simply recipes. Recipes only http://www.elise.com/recipes - largely because I could not help but fall under the spell of a website defining itself as a source of healthy foods which nevertheless in three days has highlighted sauerkraut with bacon and a Chicken/bacon roulade.
I'll admit to a certain disappointment. I was expecting the feeds to pop up on the screen as new material was added - or that, like the SDI of my library school days, I'd receive Groupwise e-mail with the latest package. Since there is a need to invoke the feed reader, I'll probably be able to restrain myself from non-compulsive minute-to-minute checking of my feeds. Of course, I selected feeds which I felt would not be changing hourly. If others subscribe to personal finance feeds, I'd like to know how they'd be able to control the urge to peek for an updated feed.
On the discipline front, I've even shied clear away from seeking out new lolcat sites - until today when I convinced myself that posting an image was good refresher training.
The photo suggests the beauty (and evil soul) of a late, lamented companion.
