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Thursday, February 22, 2007
Notice How She Keeps Covering Her Ears
You might wonder what the typical workday of a New York City public librarian looks like.
It looks like this. Every single day. It's amazing I get any work done. Sorry about the sound quality.
Wouldn't be so bad if I could just find my glasses after repeatedly flinging them willy-nilly. Old habits die hard, I guess.
Whoa, it must be tough constantly thwarting the romantic efforts of persistent barbershop quartets. This reminds me of the "Maaaaa-rian-Madame Libraaaai-rian" sequence from "The Music Man" (a.k.a. The Best Musical Ever)!
where are Joel and the MST3K bots?
ReplyDeleteWhoa, it must be tough constantly thwarting the romantic efforts of persistent barbershop quartets. This reminds me of the "Maaaaa-rian-Madame Libraaaai-rian" sequence from "The Music Man" (a.k.a. The Best Musical Ever)!
ReplyDeleteMaybe I just need to move to New York. The last time a proto-boy band serenaded me at the reference desk was...never!
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing the P on the sweater stands for "patron"?
ReplyDeleteDefinitely some of the best book cart dancing I've seen in a while.