recent lcsh additions and changes of note.

150 Assassins [May Subd Geog] [sp 85008752]
* 450 UF Hatchet men (Assassins)
* 450 UF Hit men
* 450 UF Hitmen
* 450 UF Triggermen

When I was a kid, I kept a colony of frogs captive.
(C) 150 Captive frogs [May Subd Geog] [sp2008007736]
550 BT Captive amphibians
550 BT Frogs

(C) 151 Confusion Range (Utah) [sp2008007616]
451 UF Conger Range (Utah)
451 UF Crystal Peak Hills (Utah)
451 UF Heckethorn Hills (Utah)
451 UF House Range (Millard County and Juab County, Utah)
451 UF Perry Range (Utah)
550 BT Mountains—Utah

mmm mmm mmm mmm
(C) 150 Crash test dummies [May Subd Geog] [sp2008007744]
450 UF Anthropometric test dummies
450 UF Anthropomorphic test dummies
450 UF ATDs (Anthropometric test dummies)
450 UF Dummies, Crash test
550 BT Crash injuries—Research—Equipment and supplies
550 BT Mannequins (Figures)

My Quebecois friend told me about this… French comfort women…
(C) 150 Filles du roi [sp2008007304]
680 Here are entered works on French girls, including royal wards, who were sent to New France between 1665 and 1671 as wives for settlers and soldiers.
450 UF Daughters of the king
450 UF Filles du roy
550 BT Women—Canada
550 BT Women immigrants—New France

150 Gothic type [May Subd Geog] [sp 85139104]
* 450 UF Blackletter

How evocative…
* 151 Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Provincial Park (Alta.) CANCEL
151 Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump National Historic Site (Alta.) [sp 86003581]
451 UF Head-Smashed-In Bison Jump Site (Alta.)
451 UF Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Provincial Park (Alta.) [EARLIER FORM OF HEADING]
451 UF Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Site (Alta.) [EARLIER FORM OF HEADING]
550 BT Parks—Alberta

(C) 150 Herne’s Oak (England) [sp2008008102]
550 BT Historic trees—England

A narrow topic
(C) 150 Lesbians in advertising [May Subd Geog] [sp2008008075]
680 Here are entered works on the portrayal of lesbians and lesbianism in advertising.
550 BT Advertising

A broad topic
(A) 150 Heterosexual men in motion pictures [Not Subd Geog] [sp2008007515]
550 BT Motion pictures

(C) 151 Limpy Creek Site (Or.) [sp2008007715]
551 BT Oregon—Antiquities

(C) 150 Moose—Counting [May Subd Geog] [sp2008007743]
550 RT Moose populations—Estimates

(A) 150 Penny dreadfuls [sp 85099557]
* 053 PZ1 (Collections) CANCEL
* 550 BT English fiction CANCEL
* 550 BT Gothic fiction (Literary genre)
* 550 BT Gothic revival (Literature) CANCEL

(C) 150 Power line bird strikes [May Subd Geog] [sp2005007492]
450 UF Avian power line strikes
450 UF Bird power line strikes
450 UF Bird strikes, Power line
450 UF Birds—Collisions with overhead electric lines
450 UF Birdstrikes, Power line
450 UF Collisions between power lines and birds
550 RT Overhead electric lines—Environmental aspects

(C) 150 Touch in motion pictures [Not Subd Geog] [sp2008007787]
550 BT Motion pictures

(A) 151 Cyclops, Cave of the (Greece) [sp2008007632]
451 UF Cave of the Cyclops (Greece)
550 BT Caves—Greece
551 BT Greece—Antiquities

I am going to introduce the word “affianced” into my vocabulary. After I find out how to pronounce it.
(A) 150 Fiancées [May Subd Geog] [sp2008007373]
450 UF Affianced women
450 UF Engaged women
550 BT Single women

(A) 150 Fiancés [May Subd Geog] [sp2008007375]
450 UF Affianced men
450 UF Engaged men
550 BT Single men

155 Gossip radio programs [sp2007025557]
455 UF Radio gossip columns
555 BT Nonfiction radio programs

(A) 150 Mafiosi [May Subd Geog] [sp2008007511]
450 UF Mafia members
450 UF Mafiosos
550 BT Criminals

There are religious aspects? Oh I guess maybe we get to stop being unclean. How exciting! Or maybe since we’re not productive in any valuable way after menopause, we are *always* unclean? Hmm… *shaking head*
(A) 150 Menopause—Religious aspects—Buddhism, [Christianity, etc.] [sp2008007699]

If I used the examples I really want to use in class, my students would find cataloging more depressing than they already do.
150 Mortality—Seasonal variations [sp2008007723]
680 Here are entered works on the effects of seasonal fluctuations on mortality, which may include social as well as biological factors.
450 UF Seasonal variations of mortality
450 UF Seasonality in mortality
450 UF Variations, Seasonal, of mortality
550 BT Medical climatology

I googled this and ran across the phrase “Quarantine Island is a pretty little spot to camp…” in reference to another island with the name in Ireland.
(C) 151 Quarantine Island/Kamau Taurua (N.Z.) [sp2008007538]
451 UF Kamau Taurua (N.Z.)
451 UF Quarantine Island (N.Z.)
550 BT Islands—New Zealand

(C) 150 Variable message signs [May Subd Geog] [sp2008007193]
450 UF Changeable message signs
450 UF Dynamic message signs
450 UF VMS (Variable message signs)
550 BT Traffic signs and signals

150 Pink Panther television programs [sp2006002636]
* 550 BT Animated television programs
* 550 BT Television programs CANCEL

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(C) 110 7 World Trade Center (New York, N.Y.) [sp2008006313]
410 UF Building 7 (New York, N.Y.)
410 UF Seven World Trade Center (New York, N.Y.)
410 UF WTC 7 (New York, N. Y.)
410 UF WTC Building 7 (New York, N.Y.)
410 UF WTC7 (New York, N.Y.)
550 BT Office buildings—New York (State)

(C) 150 Boy bands [May Subd Geog] [sp2008005239]
550 BT Male singers
550 BT Vocal groups

(C) 150 Chickens in literature [Not Subd Geog] [sp2008006104]

(C) 151 Little Pickle Site (England) [sp2008006827]
551 BT England—Antiquities

With a name like ROACHBURN PIT…
(C) 150 Roachburn Pit Disaster, England, 1908 [sp2008006290]
550 BT Coal mine accidents—England

perhaps those who say i work too much have a point.

I have worked diligently on writing, looking up page numbers in articles, and verifying citations for just over 36 hours since Friday morning. A tad over 12 hours a day. And here I was excoriating myself for not getting started earlier in the day(s).

This is ridiculous.

Every 5-10 minutes I am stopping myself from writing a paragraph that isn’t necessary, so imagine how bad it could be.

the LCSH insult challenge

Tim Spalding at LibraryThing asks: “…if LCSH is a language (of sorts), how good is it for that most important role of languages—conveying insults?”

And of course since I collect headings that have amused me, I had to play…

The first one that popped to my mind was Horses–Anatomy. Also Horses–Manure.

Of course, there is always just Asses or Asses–behavior.

I know at least one person I might call an Emotional contagion. To such people one might want to say “You are my Nausea–Etiology.”

It’s bad if you are not the sharpest knife in the drawer and you are a member of the Dull Knife family. And then there is the Butt family. And my ancestors, the Downer family.

Someone can be a Headache or an Intractable pain.

I find it curious that there is no –Pain, since it could be used with many other headings. The closest I could get to my goal with this one was Buttocks–abscesses.

I do not know what a Bog-butter is, but it sounds like an insult. So do Butt rots.

Something sorely needed, perhaps as a part of employment tests: Thickness measurement—ability testing (not sure if that’s valid).

Some people just leave one speechless. One might call them Curiosities and wonders if one wanted to be nice.

Dam failures only works if spoken aloud.

Some people are full on Disasters (often with –Chronology tacked on). Often they are Messes in art.

And then there are your Monsters and your Freak shows.

Surely there are occasions to tell someone they need Anorectal function tests or that they need Defecation disorders–Diagnosis. I know I’ve at times wanted a Defecation–Fiction stamp to use on papers that I end up throwing across the room.

In fact the freefloating –Fiction can be used in so many places for sarcastic effect: Competent authority–Fiction, Ability–Fiction, Intellect–Religious aspects–Fiction, Food–Quality–United States–Fiction, or Hedge funds–Fiction.

And now back to work with me. Of course, I could stretch it and say this is work since I’m teaching more LCSH next week. But in reality we all know this is Procrastination. If Proposal writing in library science doesn’t kill me, not doing it will.

And now, the Exorcism of Distraction (Psychology).