The Clerk Manifesto

I am pretty sure I just saw one of my co-workers jot down the time of day on a post-it note so that she would have it readily availab...

You say it can't be done? "Impossible!" You exclaim? You say it takes nearly 15 minutes at a concentrated clip to she...

One night recently I was out at the front desk of my library. I was engaged there in general conversation with my desk partner. And i...

Recently in Rome they uncovered an approximately 2,000 year old head of, maybe?, probably?, Dionysus, aka Bacchus. What articles I co...

There is a relatively recent book entitled The Library Book . It's red (no pun intended as that would complicate this whole thing ...

I'm not sure if the main golf hole I watch is a par three or a par four. I don't see the start of it, just the ball introd...

I have almost a week off of work coming up as I write this. It's not much more than a long long weekend, but it's been a while...

Yes, I know you have been waiting for a long time, but the verdict on William Kent Krueger is finally here. Nevertheless, before we sta...

I don't mean for this to be damning with faint praise, but I guess it is a little bit. Nevertheless, I mean no harm. I w...

Yesterday in this space I suggested that the Democrats could easily recapture the Presidency by irresponsibly bribing us. Since we are...

I am terrible at marketing. I could not convince you to vote for me to be the President of Nothing , even if I would be an inspired c...

I know you're not paying much attention to The Women's World Cup. But I am. I am paying so much attention! I am running a lar...

If I'm really going to get deep down to it I don't believe in God. And I don't mean to offend you, but I think your rel...

In my job I have been typing in numbers as people read them to me over the phone for a very long time. These are barcode numbers. They...

I have been writing 600 blog posts about Turkey Vultures. I'm already on blog post number two or three, I don't know. I'...

Recently in this space I was extolling something delightful my local indie alternative rock station was doing. The Current, a public ...

It's a brilliant idea. Huge money maker. Eventually you'll be seeing them everywhere, but hopefully you'll remember th...

My oldest library friend, who long ago departed for other branches, sent word of a particularly unappealing bag of donated books he r...

The worst of all my librarian co-workers has been with us for decades. The litany of 35 years of casual, bumbling, and oblivious malf...

Among the radio stations I listen to in my car during my commute to and fro with the library is The Current, 89.3 FM. The Current is a...