Det var en vemodig dag, da BILoteket - den lille bogbus i den tidligere Hashøj kommune - kørte sin sidste tur den 11. oktober 2007. Den lokale TV-station 24 Sjællandske kom for at lave en reportage. De interviewede også bibliotekschefen om beslutningen om at nedlægge kørslen med det rullende bibliotek - det hang sammen med den relativt lave benyttelse. Og de 3 chauffører på ruten blev også fotograferet til avisen. Og så rullede jeg ud på den sidste tur til Fårdrup, Lundforlund, Slots Bjergby, Hvilebjergskolen og Sørbymagle Brugs. Klokken 16.45 var det hele slut, og jeg kørte hjem til Vestre Skole, hvor BILoteket havde fast holdeplads. Næste dag tømte vi BILoteket helt og aldeles for bøger, lydbøger, film, spil, tegneserier og hvad som helst! - Lånerne i Hashøj? - ja, nogle af de ældre medborgere er blevet BK-lånere, mens andre dukker op på bibliotekerne i Slagelse eller Skælskør. Hvis de da ikke tager til andre kommuner og låner på eksotiske steder som Sorø og Fuglebjerg biblioteker ...
Se slideshow fra BILotekets sidste tur!
Det er ikke altid lige let at være helt up to date med alle de ting, som man skal studere iflg. planen for de 23 Ting. Er ting 7 på plads, når ting 8 er klaret med endnu et login og password. Der er snart så mange, at man skal lave en alenlang huskeliste for at hitte rede i skidtet! - Blev vist ikke klog på iGoogle, men oprettede for flere måneder siden en konto på Flickr, så nu må vi håbe, at den side dukker op i forløbet, så jeg kan lægge en fotoserie på bloggen. Det bli´r en serie fra den vemodige dag, hvor vi kørte sidste tur med BILoteket, minibogbussen udi gl. Hashøj kommune.
Det er sikkert og vist, at jeg ikke når at få lavet alle ting til rette tid i 23 ting, men det ender vel med, at det meste bliver studeret og afprøvet før eller siden. Det er bedre at være bagud end slet ikke at være med. Kan dét være moralen? - Undervejs kigger man jo osse lidt på andre bloggeres adfærd, og dét kan til tider være inspirerende. Så hvis jeg må se din, må du også se min, og måske kan det ende med links til flere venner. Nu er blogspot jo ikke facebook, så jeg slipper nok for flere tusinde nye venner. Men som ting 24 kan der da altid blive plads til et par stykker mere ...
Så er der mulighed for at stemme på årets bedste danske film 2007. Det gælder Robert-prisen / publikums-prisens konkurrence. Jeg har langtfra set alle filmene, men derfor kan man jo godt stemme, og hvis man er rigtig uheldig vinder man samtidig en Playstation 3. Så vil jeg hellere have en af de andre såkaldte superpræmier, som dog ikke er nærmere beskrevet. Hvad jeg stemmer på? - Kunsten at græde i kor. Det var godtnok en grum oplevelse!
It´s nice to have something to look forward to, and holiday travels are something of the very best to look forward to. Hanne and me, we have been travelling to Greece for years now, and in 2008 we hope to repeat a succesful experience from 2005. Two holidays in Greece in one year. Luckily there are so many Greek islands, that we can still go to new places. The first trip in 2008 will go to Thassos for a one week stay in early June. The booking is already made last year, and we are almost ready to go ... but in the cold and grey January in Denmark it´s still too early to pack the suitcase.
We are once again travelling with the Apollo travel agency, and we have never had anything to complain about. Check their description of the Thassos travels (in Danish) here. Or if you prefer the english language, go to Wikipedia or the ultimate (so they say themselves) Thassos page here. There´s also a nice page about the nature on Thassos here. We will be staying in the main town Limenas (or Thassos City), and during our stay we intend to sail to the Greek mainland to visit the large town Kavala. Apart from the joy of sailing on the Aegean Sea and the sightseeing, I plan to go looking for a decent record shop. On my shopping list is the latest release by one of my favorite Greek singers, the great Haris Alexiou. See details about the 2 CD + DVD live set from the Odeio Irodou Attikou (with soundclips) here. - So, let´s finish this commercial for Greek holidays with a tourist photo slide show set to music by Giannis Parios & Haris Alexiou - a beautiful Greek ballad titled "Kikino Garifalo".
Today Benazir Bhutto was murdered after a political meeting, only 2 months
after she came back to Pakistan to take part in the upcoming election. She was killed by a suicide bomber, who also took more than 20 other lives. I was shocked, when I heard the news on the radio. - What a sad day for Pakistan, what a sad day for democracy and for the world.
I couldn´t help it. Still one week to Xmas and I unpacked my early present from my boss / our library. It was a rather Creative gift, which - after what I have heard - is actually needed in 2008, when we enter the next stages of 23 Things. The present is a Creative Zen V Plus audible player with a 2 GB memory, and this little
black matchbox can contain 1000 songs (that is if they are only 64 kbps) and handle MP3, WMA, FM Radio and perhaps even tell you, when it´s time for a lunchbreak! - (read about all details in danish here or in english here)
- so, I am of course mistaken. This is not a new toy, this is a work tool for at least one of 23 Things, but - it may come in handy, when we continue with the next 43 Things!Now, is this an expensive gift? - well, I see many different prices for this little monster on the net, and I guess my boss negotiated for a discount, when he bought the whole stock as presents for his staff! - And of course other library managers should give their staff a small present for Xmas. Last year we got 3 presents: a book, a bottle of wine and - because of my age and fading memory - I can´t remember what the last one was. - You can´t drink this little black & green toy, but for a music lover it may still come in handy. Also for 1 or 2 serious library things!
Today my boss gave me, and the whole staff, an early Xmas present. What am I supposed to do, wait for 16 more days or unwrap this present? On monday some of my more curious colleagues have already unpacked their presents and I will know what it is. No more looking forward to Christmas and the presents under the tree, but that may be childish. Whenever you get something, you want to know what it is. Right away. - It´s an MP3 player, somebody said, and I never knew I needed a thing like that! - What if it´s an Ipod, which is a thing I feel I need even less. - Time may change your needs, so maybe an MP3 player is my main desire in 2008 (that is, if I get the Emmylou Harris box Songbird for Christmas). But I can surely wait untill December the 24th. There´s no hurry. Time will eventually catch up with me, while I will never catch up with time ...