Thoughts on the state of the world today

“He was sick of the excuses and the lies. He was tired of the evasions and the untruths, of people refusing to stand up and speak the truth and take responsibility for their own actions. It seemed to him like yet another symptom of the decline of Western civilization; of chaos; and climate change; and environmental disaster; and war; disease; famine; oppression; the eternal slow slide down and down and down. It was entropy, nemesis, apotheosis, imminent apocalypse, and sheer bad manners all rolled into one.

“People were not returning their library books on time.”

And how, my friend. And how.

Quote taken from Mr. Dixon Disappears by Ian Sansom, second in a series of mystery books starring a bookmobile librarian.

The days I love my job

I can't remember whether I've already subjected you to Oedipus with vegetables. Regardless, if you haven't seen it, check it out. It's a must-watch. Anyway, I bring it up now because my boss bought it for the library. I don't know why, exactly -- maybe she just saw it on the website and noticed that it was cheap. Or maybe a faculty member asked for it. For whatever reason, she purchased it. And today, I got to catalog it.

Why this should bring me such glee, I'm not sure. But it really does. A moment of levity during finals week, perhaps.