Jose-Rodrigo, Author at Patchogue-Medford Library

Need a Side Hustle? Look no Further!

September 23, 2019 By Jose-Rodrigo

Need a new part-time job? The following are jobs that could be applied for with your smartphone and are hiring! These jobs are all part-time jobs that are done on evenings, weekends or during vacation breaks. Some extra money can go a long way towards saving for any kind of emergency or preparation for a large purchase. You might end up making your side-hustle your career! While these are not all the side hustles out there it’s a good list to get started with.

These sites are all considered platforms: a place where someone who needs service can easily connect with others providing the service. You can skip these platforms and start your own business with your own advertising and quality service! Even still, these platforms are a helpful way to get your feet wet.

Did you know?
You can look up Business plans with the Gale Virtual Reference Collection. There are also Books (physical, made of paper) on Business Plans in the library. For those who prefer Electronic versions, there are business plan books on Hoopla and Business Plan books on Overdrive. Hoopla and Overdrive both allow you to download ebooks and audiobooks for free with your library card. If you are more of a visual person, there are videos on creating business plans on Kanopy.

Did you Know?
Need boilerplate contracts for your side and/or small business? There are plenty of useful forms from NuWav Legal Documents, Gale Legal Forms, and LawDepot.

Side-Businesses by Category:

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How to Fix a Pothole

August 1, 2019 By Jose-Rodrigo

Have you ever wondered where to go if you need a pothole fixed? Because different roads are maintained by different government entities, finding the right person to speak to when it comes to fixing a pothole is a confusing process. We’ve put together a list of government entities in New York that are in charge of pothole repair. If you have ever needed to have a pothole fixed, these are the following numbers you should keep handy:

Ever in doubt?

The New York State Department of Transportation maintains an interactive Functional Class Map that can show you whether a certain road is maintained by a State, County, Town or local government entity. New York State Department of Transportation Functional Class Viewer.

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Books About People Living with Dementia / Alzheimer’s

June 27, 2019 By Jose-Rodrigo

This bibliography was compiled by the librarians of the Adult Reference Department.

June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month. Learn more with these books and movies about people living with Dementia/Alzheimer’s.

All gone : a memoir of my mother’s dementia. With refreshments

Witchel, Alex.

Just past seventy, Alex Witchel’s smart, adoring, ultra-capable mother began to exhibit undeniable signs of dementia. Her smart, adoring, ultra-capable daughter reacted as she’d been raised: If something was broken, they would fix it. But as medical reality undid that hope, and her mother continued the torturous process of disappearing in plain sight, Witchel retreated to the kitchen, trying to reclaim her mother at the stove by cooking the comforting foods of her childhood.

Memory’s last breath : field notes on my dementia

Saunders, Gerda.

“Based on the “field notes” she keeps in her journal, Memory’s Last Breath is Gerda Saunders’ astonishing window into a life distorted by dementia. She writes about shopping trips cut short by unintentional shoplifting, car journeys derailed when she loses her bearings, and the embarrassment of forgetting what she has just said to a room of colleagues. Coping with the complications of losing short-term memory, Saunders, a former university professor, nonetheless embarks on a personal investigation of the brain and its mysteries, examining science and literature, and immersing herself in vivid memories of her childhood in South Africa. ” — Provided by publisher.

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What’s Grump Lit?

December 26, 2018 By Jose-Rodrigo

Brought to you by the Patchogue-Medford Reference Department:

Books about grumpy older women (or men) whose compassion and tenderness are displayed after their grumpiness is challenged by perfect strangers who make them think twice about their beliefs in people. Here are a few books to help you get started!

A Man called Ove (Audiobook Download) (Book on CD) (Book) (Large Print)

There is something about Ove. At first sight, he is almost certainly the grumpiest man you will ever meet. He thinks himself surrounded by idiots – neighbors who can’t reverse a trailer properly, joggers, shop assistants who talk in code, and the perpetrators of the vicious coup d’etat that ousted him as Chairman of the Residents’ Association. He will persist in making his daily inspection rounds of the local streets. But isn’t it rare, these days, to find such old-fashioned clarity of belief and deed? Such unswerving conviction about what the world should be, and a lifelong dedication to making it just so?

Our Souls at Night (Audiobook Download) (eBook) (Book) (Large Print)

Addie Moore has lost her husband, and one day she boldly invites a neighbor, widower Louis, whom she does not know well, to come to spend the night sleeping with her (chastely, just so that she may have someone to talk to and confide in during those particularly lonely early-morning hours). Meanwhile, Addie’s grown son is in a troubled marriage, and because of that, he dumps his son on her. Her grandson’s boyish energy attracts Louis even more than it does Addie, and once Louis gets the boy a dog, the three—no, the four, including the delightfully affectionate new pooch—form a new family unit from the spare parts surrounding them.

The Other Side of Everything: a novel (Audiobook Download) (eBook) (Book)

A curmudgeonly widower emerges from a hermit-like existence in the wake of a neighborhood murder that implicates an artistic cancer survivor who creates suspiciously realistic paintings of the crime scene in her efforts to cope, a situation that is further complicated by an abandoned teen who finds herself drawn to the chief suspect.

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