For the librarians among us - you can do more than say "ssshhhh".

Battery & power ~ma, Barb.

Todd, I heard that this morning on NPR - and I'll admit I laughed. That kind of thing falls in the category (for me) of, "if you make a threat, you have to follow through with it." She ignored the summons, and they followed through.

Perhaps make multiple copies and post around the library?

Happy Birthday to Laura's son and business!

Stay safe, Barb. My parents lived in Inverness for several years right after they retired (they then moved back to be closer to the grandkids).

I return stuff late about half the time. My late fees paid for the new library. They still love me and wouldn't arrest me.

Power ~ma, Barb.

I hope Fay picks up the pace at bit. The rain amounts reported in Melbourne - 20". That is a whole lotta rain. We'll get a little more from her today too. From the blurb I read on her this morning..

Rainfall should gradually diminish today as the storm moves inland and weakens, assuming this Joker will truly weaken once it gets over land. I expect that this time it will weaken, since the storm will not be traversing over Lake Okeechobee. The waters of Lake Okeechobee were a scalding 91.8°F when Fay crossed over it Tuesday, according to MODIS satellite estimates.

That's some warm surf.

I hope your drenching subsides, Laura. Happy Birthday to the boy and the business!

I'm less gronkified than I should be--I went to bed at 2 and Owen was up once at 4 and then up for good at 7. I napped from 5:30-8:30 last night, which seemed like a good idea at the time.

I don't mind waking up early except my kids seem to be yellers in the morning--they scream for everything they want, from juice to cereal to tv. I've tried to instill in them the fact that uncaffeinated momma is an incoherent momma and the yelling only makes it worse. It puts me on edge badly.

Did someone break into my house last night and dirty all my dishes? *sigh*

We did 'cause all of ours are dirty, too. Vicious cycle, really.

stay dry ,floridians.

I am sorry you have screamers in the am,Cash.

How come people don't understand that not returning library book is theft? And if you are a tax payer , you are the victim of the crime.

For the librarians among us - you can do more than say "ssshhhh".

Todd, I heard that this morning on NPR - and I'll admit I laughed. That kind of thing falls in the category (for me) of, "if you make a threat, you have to follow through with it." She ignored the summons, and they followed through.

That made me laugh too, partly because I remembered the periodic (no pun intended) discussions Buffistas have about how many don't even have library cards because they can't be relied on to return the books because -- they're BOOKS! They don't want to give them back!

(Me, I love the library and use it almost every week. It is one of the most glorious things ever. You can TAKE BOOKS HOME, *FREE,* basically on the honor system [yes, I know it's a little more involved than that, but it IS mostly the borrower making a promise]. And you can do it over and over and over and over.)

And, seriously now -- a fine is 10 goddamn cents a day -- how hard is it to TAKE THE BOOK BACK? I mean, honestly? I'm glad that woman got arrested. I hate that cavalier the-law-doesn't-apply-to-me attitude. And the fact that she said that she'd use the library again, though probably not the one she shafted -- that pisses me off. I'd ban her ass from the library system, mostly as an arrogance penalty.

a fine is 10 goddamn cents a day

Ours is 25 cents a day, fines add up very quickly in these parts.