Saturday, March 23, 2019

The musical name







A reader writes in to say "I don't know if this is okay, but I have an idea for a blog post." Except he didn't write in. He walked over to me where I was working on the phones at the library. He's a volunteer here I'm friends with. I just said that he wrote in to make it sound like strangers are out there reading my blog.

They aren't. 

They tried and they didn't like it.

Or they liked it a lot, but God stopped them because, well, you know God.

You don't know God?

I'm pretty sure I've got some literature around here somewhere. But can we talk about all this later, maybe?

So anyway I said to this person "It never really works out with other people's ideas, but if you're up for a crushing disappointment, go ahead and tell me yours."

Unfazed, he said "You know how there's all that snow on the library roof and there's so much of it that it covers over the clerestory windows up there?"

"Yes."

"You should do a blog post about that."

I didn't really understand what kind of blog post I could write about that and told him so. But hating to disappoint anyone who has taken even the tiniest modicums of interest in clerkmanifesto I quickly delved for anything I might be able to use in this prospective post. So I asked "Can I use your name in the post?"

"Sure." He replied happily and slightly surprised.

Richard Tomassoni.

Richard Tomassoni. Richard Tomassoni. Richard Tomassoni. Richard Tomassoni. Richard Tomassoni. Richard Tomassoni. Richard Tomassoni. Richard Tomassoni. Richard Tomassoni. Richard Tomassoni. Richard Tomassoni. Richard Tomassoni. Richard Tomassoni. Richard Tomassoni. Richard Tomassoni. Richard Tomassoni.

He's a good guy. And, if you liked it, he's largely responsible for this blog post! 

If you didn't enjoy it, it's all my fault.














4 comments:

  1. Such a big word today! I had to look it up. Why didn't I know that word? I am pretty well-read. So, suggestions are not always worthless. The word was "clerestory" and I had not heard it before.

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    1. I passed this along to Richard Tommasoni, who also did not know the word clerestory!

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  2. The new Calgary library has an oculus window. After comments about the natural light it lets in, a member of our tour group asked if it didn't get covered with snow. The tour guide said that it certainly does...and that everyone enjoys the changing patterns as the snow melts.

    To see the Calgary oculus...well, you know where to look.

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    1. Oh, it's a bigger oculus than I imagined.

      http://libraryvisitsproject.blogspot.com/2019/03/500-central-library-calgary-alberta.html

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