Twitterness!

• 19:33 Found: Mr. Right (a smartass parafeminist psycho-erotic thriller) by Carolyn Banks, in the 635s (horticulture) #

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Twitterness!

• 13:49 Found: Oxford American Dictionary shoved in amongst the 220s. #

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Twitterness!

• 16:50 Two things I learned today: A) a bit about the history of the church steeple at ChristInY'All.com b) There is a ChristInY'All.com #

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Meet Fritzie

We have a regular I'll call "Fritzie." She's a middle-aged lady taking classes from one of the local schools, and frequently calls the reference desk to have us explain something she's read. (So far she's gotten straight A's. Go Fritzie!) She's taking a computer class this term, and I got this call today:

Fritzie: What does this word mean, "datter"?
Me: *is totally confused* Um... Can you spell that for me?
Fritzie: D-A-T-A, datter!

Opening Lines

IO9.com's Great Opening Sentences from Science Fiction

Of course, now that I'm looking at this list, I can't think of any of my own favorites.

Vintage funny

Before I was a librarian, I was a circulation clerk. I just remembered the following conversation with a patron:

Me: You have a fine on your card of $x.xx. Would you like to take care of that today?
Lady: Really? What was that for?
Me: Um... *checks* Stop Procrastinating Now.
Both: *look at each other*
Lady: *starts laughing*
Me: I'm glad you laughed first!

Mr. Subject report (overheard)

Pictures books about The Byrds, Metallica, The Doors, The Beach Boys, and/or The Beatles.

Update (also overheard): He just called for the book that the movie How to Make an American Quilt was based on. Hint: Same title.