Bugzy's Blog: An interview with Matt N from Circulation at Lawrenceburg

Greetings one and all! Hope you are having a good day and all is well with your family and friends. Chip says HI! :)
Today we get to meet with Matt Neuendorf from Circulation at the Lawrenceburg Library. Our North Dearborn patrons probably don't get to meet any of the fine staff the library has at LPL, so I thought it would be great to bring some to my blog. Diane was last week, and now we get to meet with Matt.

Bugzy: Greetings Matt. Nice of you to be here today. I tried calling you earlier but we had a bit of a mixup. But we got that straightened out.

Matt: Glad to be with you too. Always a pleasure.

Bugzy: What is your favorite movie for kids?

Matt: “Secondhand Lions” is a great one with lots of adventure and a bit of mystery

Bugzy: That's great. No one has chosen that movie as long as I've been talking to the staff. How could you go wrong with Robert Duvall and Michael Cain? Two of the greatest actors of our generation, so I've been told. Of course, neither one of them is green or has two arms, but they are still great.

Matt: Yes, my thoughts as well.

Bugzy: What is your favorite pizza topping (besides cheese)?

Matt: Extra cheese.

Bugzy: I had not thought of that one! Most kids love pizza, and they never really grow out of it. Which is a good thing.

On to the next question: What is the greatest breakfast cereal of all time?

Matt: Cheerios.

Bugzy: Good answer. Here are some fun links and information about Cheerios:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheerios

http://www.generalmills.com/Brands/Cereals/Cheerios.aspx

https://www.facebook.com/Cheerios

Next question to Matt: Let’s get kids interesting in history: If you could go back in time and live in another era, what would it be?

Matt: My politics, religion, and desire for comfort all agree, c900s Constantinople under the Christian Roman Empire has the best mix of all three (though with a bit of danger from barbarian invaders and civil unrest).

Bugzy: I'm glad you agree with Diane and I that it would be hard to give up modern comforts, like indoor plumbing, lighting, cell phones, grocery stores.

Ok, I'll try not to get off topic too much here. What is your earliest library memory?

Matt: Summer reading at the Aurora Public Library with our very own Georgeann Doan, reading the Moonbeam books or the Freddy the Pig series

Bugzy: Sounds wonderful. I have not heard of the "Freddy the Pig" series before.

Matt: "Freddie and the Dragon" "Freddie the Pilot" "Freddie and the baseball team from Mars" are several good ones.

Bugzy: Did you play any organized sports as a kid, or did you like to play a pickup game of something with the neighborhood kids (like I did!)?

Matt: Soccer, Baseball, and my own invention: Foot Tennis

Bugzy: I think it's truly wonderful when children can make up their own games and their own rules and enforce the rules among themselves. That shows social skills, communication skills and imagination skills. But enough of my dime store psychology.

Next question: What did you want to be as a child when you grew up?

Matt: Knight, a Mechwarrior, or a Soldier (sometimes a Marine instead).

Bugzy: Interesting. Phil Kuhn from North Dearborn wanted to be the 3rd baseman for the Cincinnati Reds, and he ended up a librarian like you!

Matt: Yes, you never now how things will turn out.

Bugzy: What is your favorite children’s book? You can have several.

Matt: "David and the Phoenix” is a classic, and I can’t leave out “The Hobbit.”

Bugzy: Something else we have in common Matt! The Hobbit is one of my all time favorite books too.

Who is your favorite Muppet? Of course, mine is Kermit.

Matt: If the Sesame Street crew counts, Ernie was always a favorite. Otherwise, I’d have to go with the Swedish Chef (Beaker is my runner-up).

Bugzy: Good answers! That is open to debate if the Sesame Street crew counts or not. But since this is my blog, and they were both created by the great Jim Henson, I would say yes.

Matt: Good to hear.

Bugzy: What do you like best about being a librarian Matt?

Matt: Everything, though having the chance to work with books (and see all the new stuff as it comes out) is a real highlight.

Bugzy: My traditional final question: What fun thing would you do if you had four arms like me?

Matt: Build Lego models that much faster. Here is one of the ones I did.