The Clerk Manifesto

Dear Dag Hammarskjold, Thank you for the further clarification of your quote that I see every day on my walk to work. As you know f...

Dear Dag Hammarskjold, As I recently mentioned, everyday I walk to work through a little plaza that prominently features one of you...

Dear Dag Hammarskjold, When I walk to work in the morning I go through the University. I pass along something called "The Sch...

I have only recently discovered that a curious, even ridiculous feature of my work email at the library is that it is possible to upv...

Yesterday I touched briefly, almost in passing, on some solutions to the current WWIII precipitating crisis involving the U.S. assa...

I don't want to be too harsh on us, but I think toying with WWIII might not be the brightest course of action for our country. A...

Seeing as we have been discussing Romantic Comedies in this space lately, it has occurred to me that it might be useful to articulate...

As with any other genre or piece of art there is no singular way to measure the quality of a Romantic Comedy. But that doesn't ...

As I looked out on 2020 I was astounded at how late it had become. Late in the future. Late in the World. Late in my life, even if I ...

Recently the librarian in charge of the themed book display cubes at my library was collecting books for "New Year Resolutions...

Welcome to my 2019 year in review.  It's short because... In the end, nothing much happened. It is a terrible, terrible thin...

It rained in the wee hours of the morning. But it was still very cold. So before I went to work and looked out our window the world w...

Among the many insignificant but excruciating annoyances of working the front desk of a library, there is none that drives me to such ...

My library just got a new portable devices charging station. It's great for when you've lost or forgotten a cable! You just choo...

We are what Google advertises to us. Or maybe I have no business lumping you in on this. After all it's my unseemly browsing ha...

So many of the great old traditions are falling by the wayside. But here at clerkmanifesto we refuse to let them fade away. And thou...

Dear Staff, As the supply person for the library I have endeavored to find a solution to our smelly backroom bathrooms. Finally, a...

File this one under "Numbers". I'm here to talk about the new decade. Or, specifically, how one can, excitingly, use t...

This is sort of a book review. Many times when I am over at Elton John's house, and we're arguing about soccer and play...

I am well acquainted with the famous artists who never look at or listen to their work after they're done making it.  "I ...