Posted in Library Life, True Librarian Confessions, tagged What really goes on in those committee meetings on May 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Resolved today at this morning’s committee meeting:
We need minions and should hire some immediately ’cause doing the work ourselves is a definite drawback to most of our projects.
We each definitely need a personal toady who can stroke our ego and lip off to people we don’t like. Think Iago, the mouthy parrot from Disney’s “Aladdin”.
Steampunk [...]
Posted in Boreal owl, Library Life, Photography on May 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Boreal Owl in Box
Originally uploaded by dr.Ozda
While myself and several of my colleagues were stuck in a two and a half hour Safety training, my co-worker, dr. Ozda, was snapping pictures of this boreal owl in its nesting box whilst precariously perched on top of a ladder on top of a doghouse. Had there been [...]
Posted in Hobbiton life, tagged Quotable qutoes on May 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“I’m not a doctor, but I boink one at home.”–Wife of a doctor as relayed to me by my massage therapist
“It’s one thing to leave work dressed up. It’s another thing to jingle.”–Fellow dancer explaining why it’s difficult to come to dress rehearsal in full Middle Eastern dance costume after work
Posted in LOL Cats, Library Life, tagged Cue ominous music, Warning Sign of the Apocalypse on May 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
At long last, ultimate power has fallen to me! True, it has only taken fourteen long years of faithful service and the temporary absence of most other higher ranking employees with signature authority, but finally I have been named the acting department head. For the next two days. (Never has the term “power vacuum” been [...]
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