This week a number of Aldi's stores opened up in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. I think they are the first in Texas. Having heard so many people talk about Aldi's before, I am quite curious to check one out.
There is one that is on my way to my morning tutoring student (and on my homeward trek as well). So I will probably stop and check it out on Sunday (doing a Sunday session to make up for tutoring student taking Wednesday off to go to Six Flags).
In order to get to it on my homeward trek, I'll have to do a turn around, so it'll have to be well worth it. 
(I don't like u-turns - especially on busy roads.)
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Yesterday I kind of made a pointless trip. (i.e. wasted gas) I'm doing a research project on cataloging graphic novels. I've found enough journal articles to give me a good background for the paper, but only a blog post dealing with the MARC codes. The author of the blog post pointed me towards a particular book. After much searching, I found that the book was available in the central Fort Worth library, not for checkout.
So, I called and eventually ended up with an appointment to see the book. The person I made the appointment with ended up having been someone in one of my classes last semester - he'd recognized my name (distinctive last name). So, that was fun.
The book itself ended up not being much help after all, but my professor (whom I'd emailed about my problem) gave me the go ahead to use the blog post as a source.
So ... I met one of my classmates in person, got to see the central library, and realized the book didn't have what I needed. I guess not a *totally* wasted trip.
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I've completed two barefoot run/walks this week (more walking than running at this point.) I really need to replace my sandals - they both have quarter size holes in them. When I went walking in them on Tuesday I had bad enough blisters form that I had to delay my run/walk till yesterday.
I guess I keep hoping to find another $5 deal on sandals (how much my current ones cost 4 years ago) but I might have to give in and go for the $10 pair. My feet will thank me.
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Today I returned the iPhone data cable. No problem whatsoever. I even had taken the wrong receipt with me 
and the guy had no problem pulling up my info.
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Groceries today: $22.58
One of the items I bought seems to consistently be overcharged. Usually I catch it when it goes across, but today I was distracted and didn't think about it till I got out to the car. It was a difference of $.98. I debated about going back in and fighting it out, but in the end decided it wasn't worth my frozen items defrosting on me.
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Not terribly exciting weekend plans. Tomorrow is potluck at church. I have the corn pudding casserole I made last month (which I forgot) - need to take that out of the freezer tonight. Then Sunday I have the tutoring appt. Then of course work on school work.
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Just an FYI for anyone who isn't aware, but, I do believe the family that owns Aldi also owns Trader Joes. I have both near me and give them both a thumbs up. I generally refer to TJ as an/the uspscale Aldi.
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Robert G Weiner. Graphic novels and comics in libraries and archives : essays on readers, research, history and cataloging. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2010.
ISBN 0786443022
Goldsmith, Francisca. Graphic novels now : building, managing, and marketing a dynamic collection
Chicago : American Library Association, 2005.
ISBN 0838998038
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Crazyliblady,
yes, I agree. There really isn't much written on this topic. What is written about it pretty much either says "it's debatable where / how to catalog" or gives lists of good graphic novels. What I need (and what the blog post I found has) is a good explanation of how the somewhat unique nature of graphic novels is handled in cataloging.
Thank you for the book suggestions. I hadn't seen the first one, so will check and see if I can find it. The other one - both copies were checked out near the beginning of the semester and not due back for several more weeks.
I chose this topic with the misguided idea that it'd be easy for me, since I took an entire class on Graphic novels.