I'll be in Minneapolis from March 25th to March 29th for the Public Library Association conference. Are there any Legion Worlders in the Twin Cities area?
Posted by CJ Taylor on :
Not as many as there use to be...
I know of one other, but she hasn't been seen 'round these parts in a while.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
The question Legion World is dying to know to answer to is... Did Rockhopper Lad twirl around and toss a beret in the air while an old woman looks on with disapproval?
Posted by googoomuck on :
I live in Minneapolis.
Posted by CJ Taylor on :
There's a statue of MTM doing that in downtown Mini Apple o'Ice, Quis. Whenever I had any visitors, they always wanted to see the statue and visit the Mall of America. They always seemed more impressed with the statue.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
CJ, how many of them recreate the scene?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: The question Legion World is dying to know to answer to is... Did Rockhopper Lad twirl around and toss a beret in the air while an old woman looks on with disapproval?
As a matter of fact, yes I did!
The MTM statue is half a block from my hotel.
Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
What did you say to the old woman who looked on with disapproval?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Eat it, Grandma! Posted by Quislet, Esq. on :
Now what excitement is happening in the Public Library Association conference? Have the Deweyphiles reigned in the Boston Librarians? Who got shushed first? I'll bet it was the Miami contingent.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
The PLA conference was great! Paula Poundstone gave the closing address and we were in stitches!
I had my picture taken by the MTM statue. When my friend who took it sends me a copy, I'll post it. Posted by CJ Taylor on :
quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: CJ, how many of them recreate the scene?
I had one friend (from out your way Quis) that actually brought a beret with him so he could do his best.
Rocky, did you get to the Walker Art Center or the Sculpture Garden?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
And here it is!
CJ, I didn't really get to do much outside the conference, alas. A couple of my colleagues did get to the Walker though.
Posted by knowjack on :
Hey Rockhopper--I was at the PLA conference! I just got back home last night. A co-worker of mine and I conducted a Talk Table on Thursday afternoon. I think we walked in the vicinity of the MTM statue a couple of times, but didn't actually see it. I'd been to the Twin Cities once before, briefly...this was the first time I got to experience the downtown area, and the nightlife. It was really fun...especially since it never snowed like they predicted!
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Well for heaven's sake! I knew there were other librarians here, but I wasn't sure who they were! What was your Talk Table about?
Posted by knowjack on :
I'm not actually a librarian--I'm our Public Relations/Marketing guy. Our library system is the biggest in Mississippi, and we're just south of Memphis...at the conference, we presented a short film we produced about the trips crews from our libraries took down to the MS gulf coast to help some of the libraries down there that had been ravaged by Katrina. I didn't actually go down there, but I helped a friend edit the footage. It's up on youtube now...
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