Monthly Archives: August 2010
Library Materials
No Library Materials in the Restrooms Really? Really? Is this something we have to tell people? I am mystified by this sign on the library bathroom door. Are people bringing books in there? Why? Ok, I know why. But this … Continue reading
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Russian Summer
As the days grow shorter, I’m looking forward to the release of these two books. Russian Winter, by Daphne Kalotay, is a book to curl up with. Forget getting anything done once you start this novel. I suggest laying in some … Continue reading
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Kneediness
A while ago, before I folded and made a doctor’s appointment for my sad, too-young-to-be-this-ouchy knees and was simply hobbling about making do, I advised a young co-worker, using up absolutely all of the old-people-speak at my disposal: “You don’t … Continue reading
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What’s with the toaster?
Do you ever find yourself in a situation where you just don’t quite know what to do with something? Your carefully prepared, unconscious system of cubbyhole filing is at a loss and you can only think, “heh?” Recent examples of this phenomenon … Continue reading
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The bookseller is feeling prickly
Spot the dfference… Proudly Serving Heathens Since 2001 I’m always put off when (like today) a customer asks with a sneer, “You don’t have a Christian section, do you?” You’d be surprised how … Continue reading
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