It's the Sunday after my last day of work for the year, and the day before I leave for vacation, but where am I? Yes, in my office at work. The library's closed and I'm mostly alone in the building, and I'm taking advantage of a couple of quiet hours to try to spend a few thousand dollars on books before I leave town. This is more fun than it ( Read more... )

or is David Letterman getting weirder? He's kind of turning into a creepy old guy who doesn't really know what he's saying.

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Hey, if you want to live near me, you could be a government documents librarian at the Wyoming State Library. Compared to the rest of the nation, our economic outlook is good, Cheyenne's not a bad place to live, and the benefits are great. https://statejobs.state

Today, when somebody mentioned the rapture, I remembered something kind of funny. You know those bumper stickers that say, "In case of Rapture, this car will be unmanned?" Well, the first time I saw one of those, I thought it meant the woman driving the car was a lesbian and the sticker was making some sort of reference to back-seat sex. I was in ( Read more... )

I have none. Why can't our students ever use a pronoun antecedent ( Read more... )

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I am freezing here in my office, trying to get as much done as possible this afternoon. Rick's planning to put in a half day's work tomorrow, but I'm determined not to come in to the library on the 4th of July, opting to sleep in and meet up with R for festivities when he's off ( Read more... )

• Several nights of restlessness and little sleep kicked my ass harder than usual this morning. I fell asleep in the shower, standing up. I only woke when I started to fall.
• Walked outside to see it fucking snowed again. Exchanged skirt and heels for jeans and boots. Grumbled.
• Didn't get to campus til 9am, then there was no parking available. Parked ( Read more... )

Over the past several weeks, I've had several incidents where I've started to get sick, but nothing ever completely took hold. I'm happy I still have my tonsils (first line of defense) and seem to have a generally strong immune system. Rick has had two colds over the past couple of months, and I haven't caught them, despite the constant food/drink ( Read more... )