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Holiday musings

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:14:25 GMT

Last night I told my brother I was planning to put the Christmas tree up today. His response? "Bit early for you, isn't it?"

I need a holiday icon.

I am apparently a very dangerous person to take to Toys 'R Us. Mom & I went a few days ago to get presents for the younger cousins (us old folks don't exchange gifts any more, but we still give the kids stuff ... what a racket!). Thanks mostly to me, we came away with some very cool stuff ("'Big Bucket O' Dinos!' We have to get this!!!"). Thanks mostly to some reserves of willpower I never knew I had (and some very weird looks from my mother), I managed not to come away with a Marvel Comics Nick Fury bobblehead action figure. But it was close. I think possibly this newfound love of comics is getting out of hand ....

Well, hell

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:15:41 GMT

CBS Cancels "As the World Turns."

It's a good thing I don't watch soaps any more, or between this & losing Guiding Light, I'd be rather depressed.

Gaaahhhh!!!

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:09:51 GMT

Got my first packet of forms from the IRS today. If anybody wants me, I'll be hiding under my desk until the end of April.

Hive mind, part 2?

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:25:09 GMT

We're all wearing brown today. I'm starting to think I've been working here too long.

Hey, katatomic !

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:32:19 GMT

OUr local liquor store was having a post-Halloween special on Werewolf pinot grigio & Vampire merlot. Why this made me thing of you, I don' t know ... Am having the pinot now. It's a bit strong (or as mitchy says, "It has bite").

What is this, The Place Where Rodents Go To Die???

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:27:01 GMT

There's another one, now, in the vicinity of the reading room. Ugh!

sneak sneak sneak

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:40:06 GMT

*swipes boss' space heater while she's out to lunch*

*sneak sneak sneak*

's bloody freezing in here. How long does it take to install a new heater, anyway?

How NOT to sell me books at work

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:45:14 GMT

Be a sales rep who starts a cold call by wishing me a Happy Monday.

Shhhh!!!

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:32:03 GMT

They're digging up the back parking lot to put in a new gas line.

My teeth are vibrating. :-P

The Doctorrrr...

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:29:11 GMT

I always get such a kick out of hearing David Tennant speak as himself, as it were. *g*

beats up Facebook

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:03:13 GMT

OK, so - I can read other people's posts on my phone, but I can't post from my phone, and I can't get into Facebook from my laptop @ all.

Ordinarily this wouldn't bother me much, except all my stuff in Farm Town is gonna die - !

GAK

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:53:28 GMT

I think we've got a dead rat in the wall by the circulation office.

*waves can of Lysol around*

Who says there's no wildlife in the suburbs?

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:58:20 GMT

All right, all you can really see is a blurry bushy tail, but I went to walk the pooch just now & startled a raccoon on the back patio. Poor thing had a "Who turned on the lights?!" look on his face. Meanwhile, Her Serene Poodleness just sat there, showing absolutely no inclination to bark, chase, maim, or kill. Disgrace to her species, she is. *scritches behind ears*

On a related note, this makes me extra glad that:

1. We got the porch light fixed yesterday, and

2. Garbage pick-up was this morning.

Lemme guess ...

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:43:09 GMT

Full moon?

ETA: I just looked it up - not even close, in fact. It's waning, going to be new on Sunday. Huh.

Pray for me

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:08:19 GMT

I joined Twitter yesterday.

It is all Mitchy's fault.

Ow.

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:33:37 GMT

Got my flu shot this morning. Hurt more than usual.

And I didn't get a cartoon bandage, either!

Harrumph.

Give me a reason ...

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:22:54 GMT

...not to kill the co-worker who came in with a cold & a fever this morning???

Time for another "my job would be awesome if it weren't for the people" post

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:54:41 GMT

Seriously. I work 10 minutes from my house, surrounded by books, with unlimited free internet access. What more could a girl ask for? Well....

My first day back @ work after a great 3 days off began with a call from one of my chronic nutjobs. She needed to scan a picture & e-mail it to someone; if she brought her printer/scanner & laptop in to the library, could I show her how to do it?

*facepalms* Um, no. I am not conversant with every piece of technology out there, and there's no guarantee that after you hauled your gear into the library & set it up, that I'd actually know how to use it. That's what instruction manuals and "Dummies" books are for. There's also the little matter of the last time you brought your laptop in & asked for help, then proceeded to ignore everything I suggested.

Which leads me to a tangential rant: if I ever find out which of the circulation staff is touting me as the "computer genius" on staff, I'm going to strangle them with a USB cable. Seriously. Chronic Nutjob actually started the phone call with "Ohhh, you're the one they told me was the computer genius!" I'm about as good with tech as the average librarian these days, but I'm by no means a "genius." (Or Genius, for my fellow Mac people.) Being described as one would be flattering if it weren't for the fact that patrons now expect me to be able to solve every possible computer problem, and get mad at me when I can't. Like it's my fault they don't even know what OS they're running.

Anyway.

After lunch, there was the gent who needed a cookbook but had the title wrong. I found it for him anyway, as I do, and mixed in with the thanks got the beginnings of a lecture on Why We Should All Be Vegans, and how the Evils of Meat should be taught in high school. Which, thankfully, I managed to squash (no pun intended) in a hurry by spotting another patron who looked like she might possibly need directions to the water fountain. Otherwise I might've been tempted to describe, in loving detail, the lunch mitchy & I had at Virgil's BBQ yesterday.

Best part of the whole day (for unusual values of "best")? Call from a circulation clerk downstairs, asking timidly if we should put up a sign warning people about the acorns.

Acorns??

Um, yes. One man (possibly my proselytizing vegan) came in complaining that the acorns were falling rather violently. His words. And a woman complained that her car had been dented by one, and she would be contacting her insurance company. So, should we put up a sign? Cue several seconds of deep breathing, followed by my saying, as politely as possible, that no, I didn't think we needed a sign to remind people that acorns do occasionally fall on windy September days in New York. What we need, I added to myself, was not more signs but smarter patrons. Or patrons who would read the damn signs in the first place.

Watch the car lady sue us now, although how she'd ever prove it was one of our acorns, I've no idea.

What a show!!

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:38:17 GMT

And nobody blew anything up, which was nice. :-)

More coherent report later, after I've had caffeine.

facepalms I have U2 tickets for tomorrow. So naturally ...

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:24:28 GMT

This.

Whoopie.

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:08:32 GMT

I just won $4 on a scratch-off card.

Now I can buy another card.

Writer's Block: Shopping spree confessions

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:01:44 GMT

If you could choose a $1,000 gift certificate for one online store, which would it be and what would you get? Would you share the love with your friends?

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Amazon, duh.

And yes, of course, I'd share. :-)

Tennis thoughts

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:41:11 GMT

So, Rafael Nadal got his arse kicked in straight sets today , and totally neglected to threaten the linesman. Tsk.

Poor John McEnroe. Everybody keeps looking at him like it's his fault.

You know those post-match, on-court interviews they do? "So, Joe Schmo, you just went down 6-0 in straight sets to somebody nobody's ever heard of before. WTF happened?" I'm just waiting for someone to reply, "Well, I dunno, I just really sucked today."

Must ... resist ... urge ...

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:35:26 GMT

... to kill co-worker having a very loud, very personal conversation at the circulation desk for the last 20 minutes.

*facepalms* Some people have no sense.

Writer's Block: Finders keepers?

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:31:11 GMT

If you found a $100 at the library, would you pocket it or turn it in? What about at a diner or pub? Confess!

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I'd turn it in. And, in fact, this has happened to me & this is what I've done.