The Place to Take a Humor Break
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 […]