Lovebugs!

The Florida Cooperative Extension Service has a great site, Solutions for Your Life, that presents information on topics that we deal with every day. Several things in this large site deal specifically with things Floridian; however, one topic, lovebugs, impacts daily life throughout the South.

For instance, did you know that lovebugs are attracted to gasoline and diesel fumes? Guess that explains why there are so MANY on the highways. They’re also attracted to fresh, light-colored paint, so DON”T paint your house during lovebug season (May – Sept.) or you’ll end up with a sticky, lovebuggy mess!

Check out the Lovebug section of Solutions for Your Life – an make sure you visit the rest of the site too. There is a ton of great info here that you’re sure to find helpful and interesting.

Avoid Scams and Fraud

Take a look at the Federal Citizen Information Center provided by the U.S. government. Here you can learn all about scams and fraud that can affect you. From online threats, to odometer fraud, to fake promotions, you can find reported scams listed here. You can also file a complaint, report a potential scam and find resources to help if you’ve been the victim of fraud.

This is a great resource, containing valuable consumer information. Stay informed and stay safe.

Monterey Jazz Festival Collection

Hot fun in the Summertime! Summer makes us think of music festivals, and the Monterey Jazz Fest, held since 1958, is one of the best in the world. Stanford University’s Archive of Recorded Sound houses the Monterey Jazz Festival’s collection of performance recordings and provides us with access to clips and audio files of some of the Fest’s great performances.

Monterey Jazz Festival Collection

Listen to and watch these wonderful clips and you’ll be aching for more. Don’t worry, we have plenty of jazz CDs and videos at the library to satisfy your jones. Check the catalog!

Horror Books

Looking for a gruesome, exciting read? Here are some of the latest horror titles added to the collection. Read them if you dare, but we must warn you, not for the squeamish! woohahaha!

Hater
David Moody

Infected: A Novel
Scott Sigler

The God of the Razor
Joe Lansdale

The Living Dead
John Joseph Adams, editor
(A collection of short stories from some of the greatest horror writers)

The Sound of Building Coffins
Louis Maistros

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Max Brooks

Business Person of the Month: Rosalind Thomas

Rosalind Thomas thinks most people should be able to find their style at her clothing store, Roxxanne’s. With attire for all occasions, Roxxanne’s can satisfy the need for something skimpy and sexy; no-nonsense business attire; elegant formalwear; or that fashion staple, blue jeans.  At the moment current brand name clothing dominates, but Thomas wants to acquire more of the retro and vintage items (often with original store tags on them.) Her vision is for the shop to be half modern fashion, half vintage. Though she caters mostly to women, Roxxanne’s does have some men’s fashion.

Thomas has been in the clothing business off and on for over 30 years. Her first foray into small business ownership was a booth called Rags to Riches in the flea market on Florida Boulevard.  Then she opened a store named The Real Roxxanne, which lasted about eight years and grew to two locations–downtown as well as on Highland Road near the LSU campus.   People continue to call her Roxxanne (often prefaced by the words “the real”) so she stuck with that name for her newest business. Read More…