ooh, wow

Mr. ICantPayMyFine's Father died this past week , so that's where I've been instead. It blows. I'm not sure what his favorite book was, but I wish I'd asked. Thanks for hanging in there.

Did any of you read Catcher in the Rye in high school/college? I'm sure 90% of you did. Remember when Holden says "who wants flowers when you're dead?" I remembered. I didn't buy flowers. Lemme tell you something: they're not for you. They're for everyone else there watching and sitting and waiting. I might go read that book again.

In other news, if you're starting school in the next 4 weeks and you haven't started your summer reading project yet, your teacher might just plain give you an "F," and I'll give you a smirk that says, "yes, I would like fries with that."

Touchy

Patron: Excuse me Sir, do you know what time this library closes? ::gently taps him on the shoulder::
Other Patron: NO PHYSICAL CONTACT! NO COPS! NO SEXUAL HARRASMENT! THEY'RE WATCHING ME! THE ARABS AND THE JEWS AND THE LIBRARIANS!

Amazing Names Thursday

What kind of horrible mother names their kid Vice?

Fear Not

One of our most troublesome patrons is in the slammer until July 9th, so we've had a little peace and quiet. I was actually yearning for some decent blog material, and storytime didn't fail me.

4 year old patron: May I please have another sticker?
Me: What happened to the first one I gave you?
patron: I ate it.