| I <3 COFFEE | May 23, 2013 | 07:07 pm |
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| BRIMMED | May 23, 2013 | 01:03 pm |
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| BUMPKIN | May 19, 2013 | 05:53 pm |
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| BOON | May 19, 2013 | 02:28 pm |
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| BRIEFING | May 18, 2013 | 06:37 pm |
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| BLACK | May 18, 2013 | 09:18 am |
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| BONAFIDE | May 18, 2013 | 09:07 am |
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| BEZEL | May 16, 2013 | 10:50 pm |
 Assistant fry tax collector. |
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| BREEZY | May 14, 2013 | 08:51 am |
 Giles at the lake
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| MORNING AT THE POND | May 14, 2013 | 08:49 am |
 Geese and goslings
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| LONE LIBRARIAN | May 11, 2013 | 11:16 am |
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I had a student job in college in the copy cataloging department of the university library. I loved the job; I loved searching the shared catalogs (mainly RLIN at that point) for records of a backlog of books that were uncataloged and simply added to a dusty cage of books each week. I made a huge dent in the backlog in my year there, helping get books into the library system so that people could even find them to read. But this post is actually about a librarian in the (original) cataloging department whom I always saw around town by himself, often reading a book while lunching alone. He was Asian American, like me (though he is Japanese rather than Taiwanese), and he happened to live in my then-boyfriend’s apartment building a few blocks from campus, so I often saw him walking on the streets. At the time, I thought it was a bit sad that I only ever saw him around by himself, even if I understood my own inclination for quiet meals with a book and my aversion to socializing. I suspect that feeling of sadness was partially about being socialized into thinking that being around people all the time is the only way to be and partially about recognizing myself in this man, who at the time seemed definitely an adult to me as I was still completely unsure of what I would do with my life. Looking back, I think he was maybe in his late 30s or in this 40s. When I went back to library school a couple years ago, I looked up the web page of the cataloging department and noticed that he had ascended to managerial ranks. In any case, I’ve been thinking lately about how I would be entirely happy being like this man now. If in the next ten years I find myself working in a cataloging department of a large university, eating lunch by myself with a good book each day, I would be happy. |
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| BURN | May 10, 2013 | 06:18 pm |
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| BLOOMING | May 10, 2013 | 05:36 pm |
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| BURNISH | May 9, 2013 | 11:06 pm |
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| BATTENED | May 8, 2013 | 03:07 pm |
 From Mr. Frog while I am at work. |
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| BLOCKADE | May 5, 2013 | 05:51 pm |
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| BREEZE | May 5, 2013 | 03:37 pm |
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| BRACHIAL | May 5, 2013 | 03:37 pm |
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| BENEFIT | May 5, 2013 | 03:37 pm |
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| BOWLER | May 4, 2013 | 05:53 pm |
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