Saffron: But we've been wed. Aren't we to become one flesh? Mal: Well, no, uh... We're still two fleshes here, and I think that your flesh ought to sleep somewhere else.

'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


beth b - Jun 01, 2006 12:02:52 pm PDT #28 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

Working in a library I have a lot of the same problems _ I know which way I lean - and I have to be careful about how I let it show. One of our regular patron, that I only know because he notices when I get my haircut, had to talk to me the other day. He brought me over to a section of books - in the sociology sec , and showed me what had been shocked to find. Books on the gay lifestyle in sf, or being gay in america, etc,etc,etc. He said he would have never seen them in his highschool library. So I had to carefully explain that we had a much broader clientel than a high school library and that we were a popular materials library, meaning that we bought thing according to the interest of the people in the town. ( biteing my tounge the whole time)

a week later he put in a request for materials reconsideration - for the whole section.


sarameg - Jun 01, 2006 12:07:26 pm PDT #29 of 10002

Where the fuck are my thunderstorms?

Why is life so cruel that my office is so cold my hands are blocks of ice and my apartment is probably the temperature of the surface of the sun?

Why doesn't that stupid search utility work like I expected?

Why aren't people actually responding to my requests for help?

Why, when they do, are they answering COMPLETELY DIFFERENT questions than I have posed?

Why can't I decide where to stop and grab something for dinner since I'm betting my apartment is the temperature of the surface of the sun and no way in hell am I cooking?

WHY WHY WHY?!

edit: er, I guess there is a WHERE in there too.


Aims - Jun 01, 2006 12:07:40 pm PDT #30 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Damn gays, getting into the public libraries! Poisoning minds, I tell you.

t rolls eyes forever

What a fucko.


Sparky1 - Jun 01, 2006 12:08:40 pm PDT #31 of 10002
Librarian Warlord

Sparky, I will admit I actively tried to get her fired.

Good. From your description, I wouldn't want her in front of a classroom either.

Nor, JZ, do I hate you for wanting your teacher out of there. I'm not advocating for bad teachers, or wrong ideas. I'm just saying that someone who holds and expresses a belief I think is wrong or not based on fact shouldn't be dismissed solely because of that belief or expression. That's the premise from which I start -- then I'd consider the age of the children involved and the actual content in the classroom, etc.

(Sorry I'm not typing in a timely fashion -- I'm actually on the Reference Desk right now, and taking calls and answering patron questions).


libkitty - Jun 01, 2006 12:11:06 pm PDT #32 of 10002
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs

Except for the thunderstorms, I am sarameg. Freeeeeeezing at work.

To be fair, my apartment probably isn't that hot today, but it is some days, and - and this is the key part - it's just as cold at work on those days. I'm shivering with cold air blowing on me. Brrrrrr.


Megan E. - Jun 01, 2006 12:12:41 pm PDT #33 of 10002

am I the last person in the world to see this site?

[link]


beth b - Jun 01, 2006 12:14:25 pm PDT #34 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

What a fucko.

eh, not even. Just very ignorent and honestly in emotional age he might be 15.

though My unkind thoughts do wonder if he is so far back in the closet that he fell out the other side.


Jessica - Jun 01, 2006 12:15:08 pm PDT #35 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

am I the last person in the world to see this site?

I remember it coming to light briefly a few months ago when there were a suspiciously large number of "Jesus' face appears on [insert toasted bread product here]!" auctions on eBay, and it turned out that the auctioneers had all used the Jesus Pan.

[eta: Actually, that specific site looks like a hoax. There was definitely a Jesus-pan-ebay-mini-scandal a few months back, though.]


Topic!Cindy - Jun 01, 2006 12:16:42 pm PDT #36 of 10002
What is even happening?

am I the last person in the world to see this site?

Nope.


beth b - Jun 01, 2006 12:18:19 pm PDT #37 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

not the last