The Place to Take a Humor Break
After showing me photos of her adorable one-year-old granddaughter over coffee recently, a fellow grandma got down to business; complaining about her son and daughter-in law’s parenting. “Sadie isn’t allowed to eat any junk food,” […]
There are spiders in your house year-round, of course, but September is the month when the greatest number of spiders will make their way into your house. Why? It’s getting colder out and they’re […]
Ha ha. Sucker. You clicked the link. I made you click that link with my awesome powers of mind control! You had no idea that I was capable of doing that. But now you’re here. […]
Research has proved that reading Listicles will give you brain cancer. Actually, that’s not true. I just made it up. But it could be true. Listicles don’t have to tell the truth. It’s not as […]
The week I started working at my suburban Philadelphia library, a scruffy-looking man in his twenties sauntered up to the circulation desk wearing a SHOW ME YOUR BOOBS T shirt. Although we librarians are expected […]
I first acquired an appreciation of tree guys over a decade ago when my neighbors warned me that the ailing birch in my backyard needed to be cut down before it came down itself. On […]
The library where I work is closed and we’re all working from home. But our bosses already discussing what will happen when we reopen. How will we get our patrons to stay the recommended 6 […]
We might have songs like: Help! I Need Some Toilet Paper! All You Need is Hand Sanitizer Can’t Buy Me Lysol Wipes Eight Zoom Meetings a Week She’s Leaving Home to Go to The Grocery […]
Our Bodies our Shelves is my collection of humorous essays about library life. It got terrific reviews, even though you’ve never heard of it. How many terrific reviews? Thirty excellent reviews on Amazon and over […]
The library I work for is closed and all of us are working from home. So what did I learn from the library-system-wide Zoom meeting I was recently required to attend? Well, I now know […]