Cartoons

Being back at work is taking some getting used to. I have been tired a lot and have renewed respect for folks who manage to blog every day even though they’re busy. So… Read More

Jennifer Government

Max Barry’s Jennifer Government is a dystopian fantasy set in a not too distant future when corporations have come to totally dominate the life of the planet. People take on their employer’s name… Read More

Rare Praise

It was a long, tiring busy day at work, par for a Monday but none of the hundreds of books I handled caught my eye as much as the new issue of  The… Read More

Napoleon's Buttons

So I survived my first day as a regular employee and my first Sunday. Returns were heavy but there weren’t a lot of patrons and it was an easy day. I even volunteered… Read More

Circus Day

Basically I am just an over-grown kid and I love a circus. The Golden Age of the Circus, a richly illustrated oversized book that passed under my scanner yesterday is divided into three… Read More

The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved

So as I passed the umpteenth book under the scanner this afternoon it occurred to me it might be fun to write about the oddest, most unusual or most interesting book that passes… Read More

Crazy In Alabama

So I finally finished Crazy in Alabama. Loved it. Lucille, a frustrated and emotionally abused housewife in Cornelia Alabama finally gets fed up with her husband Chester and spikes his coffee with DeaCon… Read More

The Commute

I am so looking forward to having my regular gig at Lakewood, though I am realizing I will miss working so much at Eatonville, which is about 20 miles south of here, along… Read More

I got the job

After nearly a dozen interviews, eight months as a substitute and umpteen books checked in and shelved, today I had yet another interview at 9:30 am during an 8-3:30 shift. At 2:30 they… Read More

From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

So it’s Sunday and I am off and I should be doing laundry but am blogging instead. I always thought of audiobooks as being for the old and blinding, the Large Print crowd… Read More

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