my librarian bling wish list

Just collecting my favorite sources of librarian stuff

SuperLibrarian: http://www.cafepress.com/superlibrarian
LibrarianAvengers: http://www.librarianavengers.org/ (see Schlock for t-shirts, etc)
Unshelved: http://www.overduemedia.com/ (see Store)
Kidstamps-- the people you see at ALA with the to-die-for Read t-shirts & bags, as well as stamps, etc.

SCA: Background reading/librarian grumpiness

C. Ann Wilson's Food and Drink in Britain, Bridget Henisch's Fast and Feast: Food in Medieval Society, and Gies & Gies' Life in a Medieval Village and Life in a Medieval Castle are all easily available, valuable secondary/tertiary sources. Once you have read the texts, you can decide for yourself whether to trust them. There are other 'foundational' texts out there for many areas of study, many of which have been recently ignored as starting blocks by those rushing to the primary sources and/or the Internet.

As a Librarian who is on a lot of lists, I'm finding it increasingly frustrating to provide information on a topic when others are not remotely familiar with background reading on the period, and apparently not willing to follow up on pointers by going to look at the books. Maybe I'm burning out, or maybe it's the whole attitude adjustment thing. I don't know. But I wish people would try reading the books.