Snake Poses On A Plane
When I was in high school, I had a good friend whose boyfriend did Tai Chi. We’d be hanging out in the living room chatting, when suddenly Bob would rise from the sofa, step to […]
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.
What Would Steven Slater Do? (WWSSD?)
By: Janet Golden and Roz Warren Several summers ago, flight attendant Steven Slater, fed up with dealing with the public, cursed, grabbed a beer and slid down the evacuation chute of the JetBlue aircraft that […]
Mighty Ducks, Small Fluffy Dogs and Other Dating Dealbreakers
A man I met for coffee recently told me that he didn’t date women with small fluffy dogs “because women with small fluffy dogs are too high maintenance.” This inspired me to ask my friends if […]
A Three Way With President Trump? No Thanks.
My pal Dave has a problem with Stormy Daniels. Not because he’s a fan of Donald Trump. Just the opposite. Dave used to have a very special relationship with Stormy. He was a single guy […]
Ready For Adventure? Me Neither
While looking at Match.com profiles recently, I was struck by how many men not only describe themselves as “adventurous” but are seeking women who are also adventurous. I’m not adventurous. Not even a little. I’m […]
Was It Brillig For You? It Was Brillig For Me
After a friend told me that his girlfriend always starts reciting poetry when she climaxes (specifically, Lewis Carroll’s Jabbarwocky) I began to wonder just how unusual this kind of behavior was. So I asked my […]
Happy Valentine’s Day From Your Local Librarian
Is every librarian a poet at heart? I don’t know, but a group of librarians just put their heads together and came up with these library-themed Valentine’s Day poems: Roses are red Your book’s overdue. […]
It’s A Taxing Time To Be A Librarian
The seventeenth of April is on the horizon, and librarians all over the country are bracing themselves for the sea of patrons who are about to surge, tsunami-like, into our workplaces, demanding tax forms. Over […]
ORSON SCOTT CART, MEET LOUISA MAY ALCART: TOP TWENTY NICKNAMES LIBRARIANS HAVE GIVEN TO BOOKCARTS
If you work in a library, you work with book carts, so naturally you give them nicknames. You could call your faithful book cart Bumpy, Squeaky, Rusty or Tipsy. But surely you can do better […]
Retire! Dance! Die! But First, Pass the Chocolate. Boomers According to Google.
Born in 1954, I identify as a Baby Boomer. But what does that mean, really? Who exactly are we Boomers? And how does the world see us? I decided to perform a quick Google Search […]