Author: Alan

It’s me again, that thirty-something librarian fellow. I want to pass on an insight I recently that recently illuminated the lightbulb in my brain.  Don’t worry, I’m not here to remind you to wear sunscreen, explain to you the concept of water, or otherwise tell you how you...

Every year since 2003 I’ve had one plan for New Year’s Eve:  to listen to Death Cab For Cutie’s “The New Year” at midnight1.  Besides being one of the few New Year’s songs (as compared to the saturation of Christmas songs), the opening lines:  So this is the...