Did I mention that a new cat showed up in the neighborhood? About a week ago. Anyhoo much speculating by my daughter that she might get to have another cat, but I was pretty sure that our neighbors wanted to keep her if she showed up again. Well, turns out she did and so they did and I have to say, that's one happy cat.

I have to grade today. Oh joy, NOT.

Between the fog and the smog, we can no longer see the bottom of the hill my office sits on. This is expected to hang on for another week. It'll be good to be in Vegas.

Between the fog and the smog, we can no longer see the bottom of the hill my office sits on.

Does it look like you're floating in the clouds in a magic flying castle?

One day, on the way to the grocery, I saw something that cheered me up. Run your car over a speed bump too fast and - eureka! - flying car!

Chris Christie: LOSER.

We're starting to offer chat reference service at our library. This is great. (It was mt idea!) But I keep geting emails from people talking about the chat "cue". The word you are looking for is "queue," people. Also, aren't you LIBRARIANS!?

Does it look like you're floating in the clouds in a magic flying castle?

More like stranded in a Stephen King-esque hellscape in an ugly post-modern glass box with too many nooks and weird hallways for zombies to hide in.

I miss our old building, it was open spaces and marble floors and pseudo-Grecian columns and a cool waterfall in the lobby. This is cheap carpets and drywall and "architecturally interesting" features.

Ugh, Connie. I hate modern office buildings. Fucking Bauhaus.

I take it you dislike the guy, Tom?

Aw, I love the Bauhaus esthetic. I have a weird fondness for International Modern, even. Although, as in most areas where taste is involved, what I really like is variety.

My conference call was fruitful, even though Sales did not call in. And I have already recapped it, yay.

This day, IDK, there's a lot of it.