Our IM is a wild success. It's pretty much 100% campus community (some grad students and faculty as well as ug, who are the majority) and while there are predictable ones (how to get into databases from off campus comes up a lot!) a lot of them are exactly the same type of interactions we'd have at the reference desk, i.e. "I have this paper... I need scholarly journal articles, where do I start?"
You always think harder is better. Maybe next time I patrol, I should carry bricks and use a stake made out of butter.
Buffy ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
flea - Mar 29, 2010 6:24:38 am PDT #19560 of 30001
information libertarian
Jessica - Mar 29, 2010 6:37:50 am PDT #19561 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I had no idea there were people who *didn't* fry the hole! Why waste all that buttery goodness???
tommyrot - Mar 29, 2010 6:48:25 am PDT #19562 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Voyeur West Hollywood: Michael Steele Spent GOP Funds At Club, Lavish Hotels
The Daily Caller's Jonathan Strong has basically won the morning with a story about RNC Chairman Michael Steele's lavish lifestyle on the road. Strong reports that Steele "once raised the possibility of using party money to buy a private jet for his travel," and has run up some substantial tabs at some of our nation's nicest hotels. But if you ask me, he sort of buried the lede... probably strategically! Because look what awaits you in paragraph six:
Once on the ground, FEC filings suggest, Steele travels in style. A February RNC trip to California, for example, included a $9,099 stop at the Beverly Hills Hotel, $6,596 dropped at the nearby Four Seasons, and $1,620.71 spent [update: the amount is actually $1,946.25] at Voyeur West Hollywood, a bondage-themed nightclub featuring topless women dancers imitating lesbian sex.
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Strong focuses primarily on Steele in his article, noting that he declined requests for an interview. He reports a fair share of off-the-record, internecine disgruntlement, however:
Complaints, almost always expressed off the record, have been bitter. "This is not somebody who is out recruiting candidates," said an aide who worked closely with Steele. "He is not meeting with donors. He's not asking for money. The guy is writing his book or doing his speaking gigs, or whatever the hell else he fills his days with. Those are his priorities."
Jessica - Mar 29, 2010 6:54:27 am PDT #19563 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
So. Um.
Taking a business-related cell phone call ON THE TOILET. When the stall next to you is occupied.
Y/N?
Nora Deirdre - Mar 29, 2010 6:55:20 am PDT #19564 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
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Barb - Mar 29, 2010 6:56:19 am PDT #19565 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
Oh for the love of all that's good and holy, NOOOOOOOOO.
Jessica - Mar 29, 2010 6:57:42 am PDT #19566 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I WORK IN A FUCKING ZOO.
Dana - Mar 29, 2010 6:57:45 am PDT #19567 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
No! No!
amyth - Mar 29, 2010 7:02:43 am PDT #19568 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Only if not taking it would cause the end of the world as we know it.
Gudanov - Mar 29, 2010 7:05:08 am PDT #19569 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
But is a world in which people take business-related cell phone calls ON THE TOILET, worth saving?