Eddie Kristan
@giantlibrarian.bsky.social
He/Him, BookSky, public librarian, pie baker, audio-drama nerd, fantasy reader, Ren Faire attender, Star Wars fan, & therapy advocate. 2020 LJ Mover & Shaker.
Halloween is also John Candy's Birthday so every year I dress up as a different character of his. 2025 is The Polka King of the Midwest, Gus Polinski:
November 2, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Halloween is also John Candy's Birthday so every year I dress up as a different character of his. 2025 is The Polka King of the Midwest, Gus Polinski:
Bristol Ren Faire 2025 was as good as always. I'm gonna try to have that history written by next season opener.
September 4, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Bristol Ren Faire 2025 was as good as always. I'm gonna try to have that history written by next season opener.
James Dobson and his contemporaries were the Sackler Family of child abuse. It existed before him but he packaged it up nicely, gave it an institutional endorsement, and profited as it evolved and tore lives apart.
August 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
James Dobson and his contemporaries were the Sackler Family of child abuse. It existed before him but he packaged it up nicely, gave it an institutional endorsement, and profited as it evolved and tore lives apart.
"Kid loving a library book" by me.
F*ck AI. Make art. Start bad.
F*ck AI. Make art. Start bad.
August 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
"Kid loving a library book" by me.
F*ck AI. Make art. Start bad.
F*ck AI. Make art. Start bad.
Damn, I was right. Go Cubs!
July 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Damn, I was right. Go Cubs!
I also made a lemon meringue and a banana cream (not pictured). They were excellent.
July 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I also made a lemon meringue and a banana cream (not pictured). They were excellent.
The Piebrarian is on duty this morning with this, the first peach 🍑 pie of 2025
July 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The Piebrarian is on duty this morning with this, the first peach 🍑 pie of 2025
PCA made a catch for the Cubs and it was the first time he did NOT make it look easy so I'm guessing it was a catch probably of 0.0013%
July 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
PCA made a catch for the Cubs and it was the first time he did NOT make it look easy so I'm guessing it was a catch probably of 0.0013%
Great news, everyone: Sven finally made it into the smallest cabinet shelf we have. He is very pleased with himself.
July 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Great news, everyone: Sven finally made it into the smallest cabinet shelf we have. He is very pleased with himself.
Greetings from the Shrek Shine in south Philly.
July 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Greetings from the Shrek Shine in south Philly.
Heads up, the Chicago Sun Times actually published an AI slop hallucination book list this weekend complete with MANY fake upcoming titles from notable authors.
May 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Heads up, the Chicago Sun Times actually published an AI slop hallucination book list this weekend complete with MANY fake upcoming titles from notable authors.
Gutless reply from Durbin re: IMLS. Tell me something I don't already know OR actually do something maybe?
April 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Gutless reply from Durbin re: IMLS. Tell me something I don't already know OR actually do something maybe?
Today's morsel of joy: Barbie congratulating new doctors on match day.
March 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Today's morsel of joy: Barbie congratulating new doctors on match day.
Lazy Sunday Chair Nap
March 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Lazy Sunday Chair Nap
Happy Ides of March
March 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Happy Ides of March
I rescued and digitized a few 35mm slides from 1975 of the early days of the Bristol Renaissance Faire (then known as the King Richard's Pleasure Faire in Gurnee). Here are my favorites.
March 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I rescued and digitized a few 35mm slides from 1975 of the early days of the Bristol Renaissance Faire (then known as the King Richard's Pleasure Faire in Gurnee). Here are my favorites.
Dan Ackroyd had his foot on the neck of Illinois Nazis long before he wore the shades.
March 12, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Dan Ackroyd had his foot on the neck of Illinois Nazis long before he wore the shades.
My library is close enough to where Dashcon happened for me to do a local history presentation on it, lol. The moral of the story is that the kids did nothing wrong, you shouldn't ridicule young people, and Doug Jones is a prince among men.
February 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
My library is close enough to where Dashcon happened for me to do a local history presentation on it, lol. The moral of the story is that the kids did nothing wrong, you shouldn't ridicule young people, and Doug Jones is a prince among men.
Serena Williams and K-Dot giving everyone life.
February 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Serena Williams and K-Dot giving everyone life.
Not to be all anti-football edge lord, but I wish we could have all the lovely Midwest trappings of the Superbowl but for something more fun like the Hugo Awards or Fat Bear week. Anyway, I made wings:
February 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Not to be all anti-football edge lord, but I wish we could have all the lovely Midwest trappings of the Superbowl but for something more fun like the Hugo Awards or Fat Bear week. Anyway, I made wings:
Day 14 of posting things that I love about America to give us the strength to fight back: I love John Denver's 1985 Senate Hearing statement on the dangers of censorship.
February 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Day 14 of posting things that I love about America to give us the strength to fight back: I love John Denver's 1985 Senate Hearing statement on the dangers of censorship.
Day 13 of posting things that I love about America to give us the strength to fight back: I love the beautiful game of baseball.
February 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Day 13 of posting things that I love about America to give us the strength to fight back: I love the beautiful game of baseball.
I got an incredible donation of local historical film reels and I'm going to digitize them but they were delivered in a *unique* old box so now when you walk into my office at the library, this is the first thing you see:
February 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I got an incredible donation of local historical film reels and I'm going to digitize them but they were delivered in a *unique* old box so now when you walk into my office at the library, this is the first thing you see:
Day 12 of posting things that I love about America to give us the strength to fight back: I love public library book sales and how library volunteers give weeded and donated books another chance at life as well as vital funding for library programs.
February 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Day 12 of posting things that I love about America to give us the strength to fight back: I love public library book sales and how library volunteers give weeded and donated books another chance at life as well as vital funding for library programs.