Unconnected Thoughts

[bloodyrosemccoy]

This is specifically for sunshine_shaman: the hilarious Coelasquid from DeviantART now has her own webcomic, Manly Guys Doing Manly Things. It’s one of those terrific webcomics where even without the writing, the art makes me laugh maniacally.*

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I have not yet tasted it, because I just brewed it, but this here new oolong tea Mom got me certainly smells suspiciously of old socks. Hmm.

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Had a ten-year-old girl come into the Liberry today and confess that she just moved to America from Somewhereistan, and she had never been in a library before. She could not believe it was free. She just kept asking “Do I have to pay for the card?” when I explained how you can check books out or get on the internet. It was strange to find myself explaining the concept from the ground up—most people at least know the general procedure through cultural osmosis. But man, it kinda surprised me how amazing this system really is. I kinda felt like that crazy Progressive Insurance lady by the end. (“Wow! You don’t have to pay?” “I KNOW! INSANE, ISN’T IT?”)

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And on the subject of libraries, Librarian Hamster Questions Your Ability To Survive In The Wild. (Note that I do not apply this look to the above girl, as she was quite bright and simply hadn’t learned the system yet. This look applies to an entirely different crowd. You all know those sorts …)


*Also, I read through it while curling the hair of one of my dolls. I think this may have destroyed some spacetime somehow.

Comments

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

I've been following Coelasquid on DA for a while now. She's awesome, isn't she?

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Hell, yes. It's like she draws in Capslock. (GANONDORF WILL STONE COLD SMACK A BITCH.)

My sister wanted a T-shirt of the Ultimate Sandwich when she was working at a deli. I pointed out that she would quickly not be working for the deli anymore if she wore it, but she still wants it.

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

I'm personally fond of the Mike Haggar campaign poster. "I will personally punch crime in the face."

[marioncrane.livejournal.com]

About the Liberry... Oooh I wish libraries were free, here. We always have to pay - you can get a small subscription but then you have to pay € 0,25 per book checked out, or get a bigger subscription and not pay extra. Only kids get free library passes. And the fees are different per library. I'd love a free library system.

Though, in this time of cutbacks and economic prudence, I'm sure the library subsidies would be the first to go, and then we'd be back at libraries charged money for their services...

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

My god, that is a HIDEOUS fate. I mean, we pay taxes to libraries, but to pay extra when you use the library? GAH.

Though yeah, with the economy as it is, quite a few US libraries are closing or cutting back. So it may indeed change soon ...

[marioncrane.livejournal.com]

Well, to be fair, I don't think our libraries get a lot of tax money, so they depend on the fees.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wastrel/]

This is, in a nutshell, why unlike for almost any job, I could feel really good about myself for working in a library.

Also booksbooksbooks!

[spiffikins]

that was kind of my reaction the first time I was introduced to the library - A WHOLE BUILDING FULL OF BOOKS? And I can read them ALL?

I kind of still have that reaction to libraries, to be quite honest.

[pixel39.livejournal.com]

I grew up a scant three blocks from the local branch of the library. When I was fairly young I remember deciding that I was going to read every book in the library. This is before I found out that many of them are actually pretty boring. And also before I found out that they keep getting new ones. ;-)