What do libraries even do anymore? Well, I just clumsily live-captioned a funeral stream so that a Deaf customer could attend the ceremony and get closure. (Then after she left, I blasted the streaming service's feedback page for not offering captions. Not even shitty auto-captions? Come on!!)

Described the plot of "Long Live Evil" to my romantasy-obsessed sister, and she was on her phone ordering it before I was even halfway into my pitch. I didn't even get to tell her about the evil musical number that hijacks the Cinderella ball!!

Just found out that we have to redo tons of library publicity because the phrase "America 250" is trademarked. Is anything more cynically American than that???

Can attest that kids actually do say, "That's AI," in the sense of "that's made-up bullshit." Unfortunately in this case it was in response to the question, "Why is there glitter all over the study area?" but still. You go, kids. Go clean up the glitter.

Someone call Gretchen Weiners, it finally happened!!

Missed the bobblehead, so we damn well BETTER make up for that with a win.

Dinner date with my favorite construct and its favorite humans/bots/constructs.

Genuinely, what the FUCK is up with Roblox captchas? My degree is NOT in deciphering fuzzy pixelated symbols under the feet of a pink-haired avatar who is always blocking 2/3 of the symbol you need to see. I need a NYT investigation.

I picked a hell of a year to finally read Confederates in the Attic.

Good job, man. This shit has got my dad, Normie McModCon, sounding like my sister and I did in 2003.

Wow, this email complaint was cc'd to a supervisor who hasn't worked here in seven years, how did they even find that name... [Signature block boasts AI trainer credentials] Ok yeah, never mind.

Pets with bonnets are never not cute! This doofus played too haed with his brother and got his ear nibbled...

Just noticed that Murderbot frequently calls SecUnits "expensive," but never "valuable." Because of course it has no value to The Company, so it doesn't think of itself as a being with value. Fun with synonyms! Anyway, I wanna fight an imaginary corporate conglomerate now.

Okay, if there is already a book titled "The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek," you should not be allowed to call your book "The Book Club for Troublesome Women." Or if you do, you should post your phone number so I can send my grumpy, mixed-up elderly book club ladies to yell at YOU instead.

I wish these "clean" imprints would just admit that anything queer is also "dirty." Because I sure didn't see any indication of lgbt existence in the book profiles on their website. Ugh.

Just used the Independence Day satellite sketch to explain to a zoomer coworker why we're out of contact with Artemis for a while. She thinks I came up with it myself, and I'm not sure if I want to come clean...

DraftKings using "The Gambler" as a responsible-betting ad is on par with shitty politicians using Bruce Springsteen or CCR as walk-up music. Have they ever heard how the song ends??

The prologue/epilogue skippers are missing so much. I want to sit down and watch their favorite movie with them. Imagine Raiders of the Lost Ark opening without the boulder, and ending before the warehouse. Fellowship of the Ring without Isildur's folly. Up without the part that makes you sob.

Lol they keep showing the Marriott commercial where Auriemma is like, "Stay calm, stay composed." Possibly he did not listen to his own advice.

The manager at the local Skyline always wants to chat about Star Wars and nerdy things, but every time he opens his mouth I just KNOW he has opinions about "ethics in gaming journalism."

What American accent says "toooornament," and how can I make sure to never go there?

Good time for a re-read, or BEST time for a re-read?

The tech world wants me to use AI? They can't even build me a printer that doesn't spit out 25 pages of wingdings on a whim instead of the very simple color Word document I requested.

For the nth year, I mourn the only true celebration of April Fools Day: The annual ThinkGeek "just joking...unless??" email.

I still think of this tweet anytime someone uses that phrase.

Kids' D&D today DM: Roll for a wild magic surge. Kid: Oh no! DM: It's fine, there are good things on there. [Sees roll] DM: Ok, so, fireball is a 20-foot sphere...

Guess who just lost Last Light for encouraging Shadowheart to be the worst version of herself?? 🫠 The worst is that I tried to go back there and save someone, anyone, only to have to fight them all and watch J go down after like 30 mins.

Coworker: "Why would a movie magazine have an article about Twin Peaks? Isn't that a restaurant?" ... ...

You guys, I sent a thing to a publication, and they didn't accept it, and I HAVEN'T SPIRALED ABOUT IT! I managed not to tie my whole self-worth to a random event, for once!!

Apparently google's AI is doing its own bracket predictions, because when I went to look up today's games, it helpfully informed me that Prairie View beat Lehigh and Miami beat SMU. Which, you know, hasn't happened yet.

It is already 40 degrees colder than it was yesterday, and this is the warmest it will be for the next two days. Where's mother nature? I just want to talk...

Three times since the start of March, my library has received donations from people getting rid of their entire Harry Potter collections. So yeah. Even the normies are mad now.

Anxiety: Your chest hurts. You're dying. Logic: Ok, but maybe do your stretches first? Just in case? Anxiety: We're dyingggggg Ribs: *pop* Anxiety: ...oh. And they learned nothing from this, ever after.

Five! Five meetings today!! Ah ah ah ah....*sob*

I don't even go here, but I do want to see Bam beat Kobe's single-game record.

eheheheh owlbear

Honored that my brother thinks I might know more about the Firefly rumors than he does. I don't, of course, but I appreciate that I have always been the "nerd who can find out stuff" to him.

It wounds me to my Bobcat soul, but I do want to see Miami finish out an undefeated season.

Had a classroom group of middle-schoolers today to talk about research. And they LISTENED, and they asked GOOD QUESTIONS!! Yes,I would LOVE to explain the difference between AI and Google, thank you SO much for asking!

And here I thought betting would only ruin SPORTS...

Sarah, are you doing a program today? Yeah. A normal one, or...?? What do you mean? My programs are VERY normal.

Started a new BG3 playthrough as a disaster Vengeance Hexadin who is going to make every wrong choice for every right reason. Name unrelated... #DragonAge

Speed-alphabetizing. Gimme that book cart and stand back!

Today I learned that lots of schools take the Tuesday after Presidents' Day as an in-service day. Sub-optimally, I only discovered when my storytime attendance TRIPLED this morning. 😅

Sister Theohild of Denerim has the only truly correct version of the Chant.

Right so I knew OKC was called "The Big Friendly," but EVERY person I talked to here has been just INCREDIBLY nice. I think the lady at the yarn shop adopted me and made me take a pattern and a lil crocheted heart. The waitress at the bbq place saved my dropped credit card and thus my life.

Cool things at the National Museum of Cowboy and Western History!

Yes I "traveled west" specifically to research cowboys and western history but PLEASE cancel my subscription to Dysentery Simulator 1856.

Today I drove past the Uranus Chocolate Factory in Missouri. The tagline was "The best chocolate comes from Uranus!"

I guess they finally remembered to take down the end-zone force fields, huh?