My wife Lydia, my cat Foxtail, and I live in San Diego (in the neighborhood of Normal Heights). I am lucky enough to own a small house here.

My family of origin includes my my sisters (Annette and Susan), 3 nieces (Cris, Checka, and Megan) and great-nieces (Madeline and Adelaide). Adelaide was born on 2/3/2005. They all live in Southern California.

Lydia has several relatives (the Tannenhaus family) who live in San Diego and Coronado. We all have dinner together on Sunday evenings.

My hobbies include reading, playing games, taking walks, doing research, listening to music and podcasts on my new iPod, and listening to shortwave radio (I plan to eventually get my amateur radio license).

I am currently interested in an Outreach & Instruction Librarian position at the UCSD Science & Engineering Library. I had a phone interview there and am hoping to be called in for a face-to-face interview. I am also applying to the San Diego Public Library and the San Diego County Library for a librarian position. I was excited to be informed of  a temporary job openning at the Grossmont College Library (where I am currently working as a per diem adjunct librarian) and am applying for that position.

In order to learn more about how an information literacy class would be taught, I took a 1 unit class at Cuyamaca College in the spring of 2005. The class LIR 110 -- Research Methods in an Online World -- was a great deal of fun and quite educational.

We recently bought some new furniture. The Tempur-Pedic bed is great! And my niece Cris gave us a 27" TV to replace our old 19" one.

More information can be found about me on my new personal blog, John Stanton's Blog. I am now using Blogger to manage my blog.

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Pictures of my Family
Pictures of my Home
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