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July 3, 2006
Garbage In, Garbage Out
This was the advice given to me by someone I worked with when I first started using computers a long time http://www.nassaulibrary.org/bryant/Ch_Room/Programs.htmago. She was explaining to me that if you're searching for a title in the catalog and it's misspelled in the catalog, you won't find it. (Now, of course, you can always choose an author or keyword search) But, I've found this phrase useful in other situations as well.
A couple of nights ago, I went to see Devil Wears Prada with a friend. When the book came out in 2003, I didn't feel the need to read it. Lots of titles come out all the time that are immensely popular, but don't appeal to me. Why, then did I want to see the movie? Just take a look at this cast -- I love Meryl Streep, Ann Hathaway was great in Princess Diaries and just look at how adorable her boyfriend, played by Adrian Grenier is! I see movies so rarely that I am surely no critic, but the most I can say for it is entertaining and "cute." This may be a little harsh, but even with the awesome cast, there was nothing to the story. As I said, "garbage in, garbage out."
The more exciting thing for me was that we got to the theater early, as it was opening night and we got to see not only the trailers, but the advertisements before that. Okay, most of them are boring, local ads, but one of them caught my eye -- it was advertising the Nassau Library System and the summer reading club at your local library! I thought that was major cool!
Posted by Michele at July 3, 2006 9:47 AM
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