Happy Friday, dear readers! I’m sorry I’ve been away from the blog for almost a fortnight. It’s been a crazy two weeks. Last week was fantastic as I was in San Jose for my yearly residency with my fellow doctoral cohortmates. It was a week of thought-provoking fun (but exhausting) work. This week, though, has been insane to put it mildly and that’s my excuse for not having been back to posting on Wednesday. Also, due to the insanity, I only have a few fun things to share with you to get you in a good mood for the weekend.

Because I always have to include something you can share with your patrons, family, and friends, check out Lifehacker’s Top 10 survival tricks for when the zombie apocalypse hits. It never hurts to be prepared.

Now, do something nice for yourself this weekend and make Joy the Baker’s Peach Cobbler for one (or two if you’re nice). Yummy peaches make summer wonderful.

And finally, take a break and watch this video. One of my lovely colleagues shared it with me and as multiple people have said (quite rightly) one cannot be in a bad mood when watching a baby laugh.

Have a wonderful weekend and I’ll be back next week (fingers crossed) with library, archives, and tech news. Allons-y!