The Place to Take a Humor Break
“Take This Job and Shove It” the song immortalized by Johnny Paycheck is the anthem so many people fantasize about singing to the boss they despise and the co-workers they tolerate. But the economy being […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Again, I extend my apologies to Raymond Carver and Gordon Lish for stealing eight out of nine words from the title of that famous short story. It started out as a story called “Beginners” by […]
What many job seekers don’t know is that they have a right to size up potential employers. Of course, it is important to know about qualifications, expectations, benefits, overtime, opportunity to work from home, opportunity […]
Inspired by “The Night the Bed Fell,” by James Thurber One of the most memorable days of my working life occurred the day I made the coffeemaker blow up. A couple of people in the […]