Today in Weirdness at your Library: this afternoon a man asked me where he could get poison on the black market (eventually it seemed clear that he was suicidal, so we got the social worker involved, but for a while there I was worried he wanted to kill someone else); just now, a young man requested our copy of "Embalming: history, theory, and practice."
Xander: We just saw the zebras mating! Thank you, very exciting... Willow: It was like the Heimlich, with stripes!
'Him'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
flea - Oct 08, 2014 12:16:03 pm PDT #7894 of 30000
information libertarian
Connie Neil - Oct 08, 2014 12:19:34 pm PDT #7895 of 30000
brillig
Well, winter *is* coming.
Burrell - Oct 08, 2014 12:26:30 pm PDT #7896 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
In most circumstances I'd give the embalming guy a pass. I've researched a few quirky topics myself. But coming after the suicidal customer, I'd be way more prone to jump to other kinds of conclusions.
Ginger - Oct 08, 2014 1:07:31 pm PDT #7897 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Where is the black market, anyway?
-t - Oct 08, 2014 1:10:17 pm PDT #7898 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Underground.
Connie Neil - Oct 08, 2014 1:11:52 pm PDT #7899 of 30000
brillig
t for the win
SuziQ - Oct 08, 2014 1:48:01 pm PDT #7900 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Tales of the weird, aka, welcome to the Buffistas.
I walked into the dojo and told my sensei I wanted to hit things. SI put on my bag gloves and punched and kicked the Wavemaster for 30 minutes. I'm so tired now, but the brain is less manic.
Theodosia - Oct 08, 2014 1:52:54 pm PDT #7901 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
He missed a chance to get his car waxed.
SuziQ - Oct 08, 2014 1:53:01 pm PDT #7902 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Ok, now I have a tale of the weird.
I just caught up on my personal e-mail and just read a Caring Bridge update on my massage therapist (who has been fighting very agressive breast cancer). She is being moved to hospice care and given "weeks" to live. I know everyone is different but when my mom was given "months", she was gone in 3 weeks. So the weird part - the e-mail notifying me of the Caring Bridge update was timestamped right about when I had my crying jag earlier. Connected? Maybe. Maybe not...
Anne W. - Oct 08, 2014 3:25:36 pm PDT #7903 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Suzi, I'm so sorry.
Thanks for the ~ma, everyone. Mom's still staying with me, and seems to be doing much better. I think she didn't realize just how toxic things had become.
I'm not sure what things will look like long-term, but right now I'm trying to convince her to bring her dog here because I do NOT trust my stepfather to look after him.
Strix, I may well take you up on your offer.