20 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Read Listicles
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 […]
Author: Roz Warren
Roz Warren, who writes for everyone from The New York Times to The Funny Times, is the author of Our Bodies, Our Shelves: Library Humor and Just Another Day At Your Local Public Library: An Insider's Tales of Library Life, which make terrific gifts for your favorite librarian or other bookish person.
Welcome to Library Work!
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 […]
Men in Trees!
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 […]
Library Patrons! Please Obey the Distance Police.
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 […]
What if Beatles Songs Were About the Pandemic?
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 […]
Why You Should Drop Everything and Buy a Copy of OUR BODIES, OUR SHELVES: A COLLECTION OF LIBRARY HUMOR
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 […]
What Did I Learn at the Last Zoom Meeting?
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 […]
“Where Do You Keep The Books I Can’t Find?” And Other Quirky Questions People Ask Librarians
One of the joys of working at a library is that we never know what our patrons will ask us next. Here’s a brief sampling of unusual, quirky or offbeat questions that people have recently […]
Introducing Librarian Barbie! (Now With Special Eye-Rolling Function)
Mattel just rolled out a bunch of new Barbies in a variety of shapes, sizes, colors and abilities, so that everyone who wants to play with a Barbie can have one who is just like […]
Sex on a Plane? No Thanks, I’ve Got Important Knitting To Do
I fly a lot. There’s nothing sexy about it. And yet, according to one survey, 9% of Americans claim to have had a sexual encounter in an airplane seat, 17% in the airplane bathroom, 5% […]