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First name: Janis
Screen name: StarlingV
Tell us a little bit about yourself :
I’m 50, married, with one son who just graduated from college. I work as a college librarian and I love cats, fashion, music, and especially playing games. I also really love to read, and the best part of my job is being allowed to choose the books for our library. Apart from academic books to support our students’ and faculty’s work, I also make sure that there are lots of interesting choices for leisure reading.
At home, I like to relax with crosswords, knitting, social media and of course Pogo. The variety of games and the great people who are part of the Pogo community make it a continual favorite. Sometimes my husband and I play against each other in Cribbage, Scrabble, Jungle Gin or Dice Derby. Other times I like to work on my ranking in various one-player games. Being a Club Pogo member means I’m never bored.
State, Province or Country? New York
Astrological sign? Scorpio
What do you usually play on Pogo.com? Thousand Island Solitaire, although a new favorite for me is Mahjong Escape
What did you have for breakfast this morning? I skipped it this morning, but had a delicious roast beef sandwich for lunch.
Do you have a life philosophy? I share mine with a favorite author, Lewis Carroll: The opinion of other people in general is useless in determining whether a thing is right or wrong.
What is your favorite Pogo.com game? Thousand Island Solitaire — I’m excited to achieve rank 50; it won’t be long now!
What’s your favorite TV show? Game of Thrones
What’s your favorite drink? Ginger ale
What’s your favorite season? Autumn
Apart from Pogo, what are your hobbies? Knitting, reading, playing with my two Siamese kitties.
What’s the last good book you read? The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell. He’s the author of Cloud Atlas and his books just keep getting better.
Who’s your hero or heroine and why? TV’s Mister Rogers, because he always encouraged children (and grown-ups!) to be kind, creative, and to never stop learning and growing.
If you could be invisible for a day, what would you do? Stow away on a flight to London or Rome. I guess getting home might be an issue, though — I’m sure I wouldn’t want to come back the same day!
If you could gently remove any celebrity from the spotlight, who would it be? Toss up between Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil.
Do you have a clean joke you can share with us? PATIENT: I can’t sleep at night, doctor. I keep dreaming that I’m a teepee and a wigwam. DOCTOR: I know your trouble — you’re two tents.
How long have you been playing Pogo? 14 years
What makes you a unique Pogo fan? I’m not sure, but it might just be my Mini — I enjoy styling my Pogo-self in wild and fantastical ways, even though my own style is pretty tame.
I can usually be found on Pogo.com playing: In the UK chat rooms, because I’m such a big anglophile.
Coffee, tea, or soda? Soda, please.
Sugary treats or salty treats? I love both — but usually when I have a craving, it’s for sweets.
Cat, dog or small rodent? Cats! Although I’ve enjoyed having pet gerbils in the past, so small rodents are also cool.
If you could remove any emotion from mankind, which one would you choose? Anxiety — if we could all be more mellow, we might have easier lives and less conflict.
Excellent profile. Like your life philosophy, your cute joke, and your hero and your favorite tv show. You are so lucky to be surrounded by books all the time. I am a dog person but I do love cats, too. Siamese cats are beautiful. Take care.
Hi Janis, Nice to meet you. I love books too and would love to have a job where I was surrounded by books to read.
I loved reading your answers Starling and got a good laugh from your joke! Maybe we will cross paths sometimes. My own style is rather tame too but I just can’t bring myself to spice up my mini, which is of course kind of silly of me. Thanks for sharing and continued fun with Pogo!
You sound like a well rounded lady. What is an Anglophile?lol
Enjoyed your comments, thanks for sharing..
Congratulations to you for being the Pogo Player Spotlight. I too am an avid reader and after many years have just renewed my library card. Certainly is much cheaper than buying books. I agree with you that if people were not so anxious, they would enjoy life more. Hope to play a game or two with you. Take care and God Bless.
Congrads Janis
U R A very beautiful young lady an thank you for sharing a part of your life with us.. also thank you for being a librarian. I so appreciate your work.. I love to go to the library an read.. so much diverse works of awesome art to read.. very nice pick this week pogo.. May GOD Bless you an your beautiful family an yes that includes them furry family members to,,
Peace Sandi
Loved reading your bio, Janis! You sound like a fantastic person! I’ve never read any David Mitchell, but I just added him to my Amazon wish list! Can’t do better than a librarian’s recommendation! Hope to see you on Pogo soon!
What an interesting profile, Janis. This was the first time I’d seen ‘anxiety’ as the emotion one desires to remove. I believe you’re right – it does seem to spur conflict. I do hope to see you in TIsolitaire. As well, I hope you get to England (again?) soon!
Nice profile Starling, I love that you would remove anxiety. Good Luck ranking out in Thousand Island!
Game of Thrones fan – and a librarian? You are a great person to be in the Spotlight. :) (Remove Dr. Phil or Dr. Oz?? Cracked me up!) Thank you so much for sharing your story with us! Going to work on being more mellow. :)
Hi Janis,
Nice reading about you. I made it too 50 on Thousand Island game I like when it changes the maps and how far I have gone. I like crocheting my twin does the knitting. Good luck with your badges
I like that you had a clean joke for us, most people don’t have one. Also interesting choices for “gently remove a celebrity from spotlight” I like it..
Loved your spotlight.You are a very positive person. Thank you so much for sharing.
Congratulation on being in the spotlight. I love to read and just got a rescue kitty, her name is Izzy and she thinks she is a dog. I would love to learn how to knit in fact I am looking into classes for it now. I enjoyed reading your profile, thanks for sharing.
Hello, it was nice to read about you and your thoughts. I love Thousand Island Solitaire also, and Jungle Gin. Good luck on reaching rank 50!! woo hoo! I enjoyed your thoughts on life and philosophy… and imagine it would be hard to get very stressed working in a library! Good luck to you and take care, Susan
Best player spotlight I’ve seen yet! I just got into David Mitchell so I’ll have to check out “The Bone Clocks.” Nice meeting you, Janis!
how do you find an admin. in here?
you don’t! lol
I enjoyed your comments StarlingV. Just want to say that you are a dead ringer for Penelope on Criminal Minds, one of my fav tv shows.
Janis..that joke total cracked me up! LOL. You seem like a very nice person with great aura. God bless!
Hi Starling – I enjoyed reading your profile. Intelligent, witty and interesting. Lucky you, working in a library (one of my favorite places to be). I love to play Thousand Island Solitaire too. I’m not that good at it, but for some reason I enjoy it. Maybe I’ll see you there sometime. Thanks for telling us about yourself. Nice to meet you!
Very well written and answered. You seem down -to -earth and a very nice person. I agree with your choices of Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil.
Fantastic Spotlight! We share of love of many of the same things, so it was fun reading your profile. I kept thinking I could have written it as we have so many things in common! Lol. Hubby got a laugh when I read him your joke. Take care.
Very nice profile, love the joke!
Nice to meet you Janis.
I enjoyed reading your Spotlight interview.
You have your head on straight. Good for you.
Where are the comments?? Thanks again Starling, for a great profile!
Congrats on being in the Spotlight!
Janis, what an interesting profile! My husband was also a librarian, except he worked at a National Laboratory. He, too, was a rabid anglophile and loved history. You two would have had a wonderful chat. You sound like a lovely, warm woman and I’m so glad you have been showcased!
Stella
You sound like a very nice lady. We nees more people in the world like you. I enjoyed your story.
Great interview. Thoughtful, intelligent responses. I’m also an avid reader. I’ll put the Bone Clocks on my to read list. Happy gaming!
congrats on being in the spotlight,i loved your story
You have a terrific profile. I enjoyed reading it ! You sound like a wonderful person ! Your joke really made me laugh.
Awesome profile, and pogo player! You are so upbeat and have a great attitude! Congrats on Player Spotlight :) Have a great week Janis! Good luck on rank 50 in Thousand Island Solitaire!
Love your spotlight! Lol about not being able to get back home from Rome or London!