On the Road Again

Well folks, looks like I will be manning the ship all alone for the next two weeks while my supervisor is on (her second this year) vacation.  Must be nice to have five weeks of vacation a year.  To dream... To dream... Whatever shall  I do with myself?

Need A Gas Mask

Reinforcements needed STAT!  Someone keeps walking past my desk wearing the stinkiest, most lingering, nauseating perfume.  I'm choking from the fumes!  Help! I think I'm getting light-headed and about to pass out.  Seriously....

Idiot Proof

IBM celebrates their centennial this week.  After all those years why can't they make an idiot proof photocopy machine? I get so frustrated by staff and public alike that don't bother to read the diagram or the instructions and continually jam or loose their copies in the machine.  People...get a clue!

Why 'O Why

Why are people in Hollywood so dense?  I saw an ad for a new version of Conan the Barbarian.  The first one sucked so why try and repeat it with a former Baywatch star? 

Unrealistic Expectations

I once had a girl approach me at the Ref Desk and ask for help in locating any books that we had on strategic defense satellite systems.  She apparently had just graduated from boot camp and wanted to bone up on the subject before her duty assignment.  She seemed unphased when I told her that we generally didn't stock military-grade texts in the library.

Tears of A Clown

Have you ever heard someone talking on the phone (rather loudly) and you can't tell whether they are laughing or crying?  Happened to me this morning.  I didn't know whether to try and console the person or mind my own beeswax.  Totally confusing...

Are You Talking To Me?

Bluetooth users totally suck! What else are you supposed to do when someone is standing in front of you talking and looking in your direction?  When you ask them if they need any help or if they can repeat the question, they actually get upset with you for interrupting their conversation.  Like I'm the one the being rude....

Who You Gonna Call?

My supervisor is about to embark on the first of what I suspect is many vacations this summer.  Things are not boding well.  She was supposed to be out-of-the-office today but showed up for a meeting.  Luckily she was here to tackle a particularly sticky situation but I have a feeling all heck will break loose while she is gone and I'll be up sh** creek without her.

Snapping Turtles

I don't know if it is the hot weather outside or just the fact that it is a Tuesday that feels like a repeat of Monday but I have one of those exhausting headaches that just won't go away.  Don't tick me off today people, I just might snap.

Another One Bites the Dust

I've worked with two people who have fried their iphones by dropping them in the toilet.  I hate to say it again but low-rider pants should be outlawed. If your pants don't cover your butt crack surely the back pockets aren't going to be deep enough to carry around your electronic devices.

How to Train Your 'Puppy'

I think we're going to have to start using puppy pads in the public restrooms. Men just can't seem to hit the right spot anymore.  Can Cesar Milan train people too?

Fly Fishin'

"Lady Wrangler" is always taking days off when the weather is good and heading out to the nearest lake, stream or river.  One day his elderly mother called the library to speak to her son but as usual he was a state away fly fishing on some remote stream.  When he returned I told him that his mother had called several times that day wanting to talk to him.  He told me the next time she called to tell her to call his cell phone and to tell her he was 'at lunch' or 'in a meeting'. He didn't want her to worry.  Boys and their mothers.... tricky!

R.I.P. Marshal Dillon

"Miss Jane" is in mourning today, her beloved 'crush' James Arness has passed away. Let's hope those twins from The Suite Life live long and prosper...

Freaky Friday

Why do people always wait until Friday to request a butt-load of information?  Like they are really gonna read all that research on the weekend when it's sunny and 80 degrees outside.  Gimme a break!

Call Me Old Fashioned

I guess I'm an old fashioned librarian that still thinks of the library as a quiet place.  These new fashioned collaboration stations just don't jive with me.  If you want to get together and talk do it in a coffee shop or a book store don't disturb my peace in the library.... please.