The Clerk Manifesto

Here is my fever dream of the end of the world as it is reported in the newspaper. It doesn't matter much from which newspaper.....

Here is my fever dream of the end of the world as it is reported in the newspaper. It doesn't matter much from which newspaper....

Here is my fever dream of the end of the world as it is reported in the newspaper. It doesn't matter much from which newspa...

Here is my fever dream of the end of the world as it is reported in the newspaper. It doesn't matter much from which newspape...

Here is my fever dream of the end of the world as it is reported in the newspaper. It doesn't matter much from which newspaper- New...

On Tuesday nights I work the front desk with a Buddhist co-worker. Sometimes reincarnation, monks, and light Buddhist themes come up in...

As the concept of going fine free sweeps through the world of twin cities libraries like an angry wind, many key issues come flying th...

Everyone just remain calm. It was a minor issue and there are no indications that there were any actual bedbugs at the library. I...

Name of Museum:  The Sistine Chapel (Part of The Vatican Museums, but reviewed here as a specific element just because I'm feel...

To expedite making reviews of museums I thought it would be nice to have a template. To have a template one has to write a template. S...

A terrible person died the other day. And who am I to call a person terrible? I am the judge and I am the vision. I will not argue...

I guess you already know this. Maybe I knew it and somehow lost it along the way. It has to do with The White Stripes. I can't b...

I am not one to generally provide advice to managers. Managers are like genies. Their power and promise is irresistible; maybe they w...

If you have read, or at least glanced at, all 2,406 of my previous blog posts, you will understand that I enjoy a good template. If ho...

Downstairs I go after shelving in the fiction section of the library.  "I just read "Remembrance of Things Past"!...

The twinkling midnight city of Minneapolis is lit up but not in operation tonight. My blog is mysteriously down too as I write, but i...

Dear Library Patron, We know that you love your local library. But what if it were even better? We'd like to make it better...

There are half familiar people you will sometimes see while working the front desk of the library. You will think "Oh no....