Episode 197 is here! Bronk, Garrison's Gorillas and Ghosted. The Assorted Journeys continue. shorturl.at/ktO4r

I have plans tonight. The plans have changed slightly, which was just enough to set off my anxiety and now I want to stay home and cry instead. Out of curiosity, what's it like having a normal brain?

Oh my, Seiya! Say hello to your Granny.

Episode 77 of Book 'em, Danno is live! Everything is terrible, but Season 7 is here to take your mind off of it. Five-O finds themselves up against violent radicals and then they have to handle some hot volcano action. It's all very thrilling. akakikiwrites.com/2025/09/26/b...

I spent a good three hours of my shift when not helping patrons decontaminating and repairing DVDs and CDs that had been adversely affected by a dog. Library life isn't always glamorous.

Listen up! The Onion is back in print, and I need everyone to request that their public library buy a year subscription. Go to you library in person or on its website and request that they subscribe to The Onion. End Communication. theonion.com/print-member...

Night shift is officially short-handed until we hire and train a new part-time children's clerk. I'm already tired.

I come home from work, finally turn on the game, and have to watch the Mets tie up the game. This is a personal affront to me, Cubs.

Somehow the library has come into possession of an old Charlie McCarthy doll sans top hat and monocle. We've named him Reginald and he's about to become the number one reason the night shift gets in trouble.

Blog Post: Poem--"What a Surprise" Everything is terrible, so here's a poem that won't fix anything, but might give you a smirk. kikiwritesabout.com/2025/09/22/p...

My sister is a Bears fan and my brother-in-law is a Cowboys fan, so please keep their household in your thoughts and prayers during this game.

They're investigating the London Bridge in Lake Havasu in this episode of Ghost Adventures and my legit first thought was, "Did they watch Terror at London Bridge, too?" I missed part of it, so I do not know if they were inspired by David Hasselhoff.

Going to lunch with the girls after my shift today because it's been too long since we've eaten bar food.

Your library also has audio books. And most likely ebook/audio book apps like Libby, Hoopla, and cloudLibrary. And that's just a tiny bit of the super cool stuff your library has. You should go check it out.

It's raining and I've got laundry on the line. You know what? Now it's an extra rinse cycle.

HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED

Blog Post: Apropos of Nothing Turns out I developed the odd quirk of not mourning terrible people. kikiwritesabout.com/2025/09/18/a...

Obstacle. I screwed it up twice just now. Bonus: My dad could never spell "vehicle" right on the first try. He was a cop for 25 years, so he had to write it a lot.

Taking my headache to the library. I'm gonna need everyone there to lower their expectations drastically.

JD with the Hawaii Five-O reference. Bless.

Looking forward to telling my supervisor at the end of the month that I have nearly two weeks of comp time. This is what happens when I can't get my work done at the library.

We saw you from across the saloon and loved your vibe

The library work group chat is 65% asking someone to closed a shared file, 20% actual library business, 10% "look at this cuteness!", and 5% "hey, here's a horror you probably never considered".

So, last night the daughter of my sister's junior high home ec teacher won an Emmy. Wild.

Never a doubt, Cubs. Never a doubt.

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I had to turn on the A/C in mid-September because third summer is taking no prisoners this year.

The monarch butterflies we have at the library are coming out of their chrysalises AND we're finally getting a new laminator. Everything coming up Milhouse at the library.

also just in general

Apropos of nothing, I do not mourn terrible people. It's just a quirk I have.

Today, I was talking to a patron and they said, "I want to ask you something and I hope it doesn't sound morbid..." And I thought, "You could not have picked a more perfect person. Do go on."

Our evening children's clerk is leaving for bigger and better things, which is great for her, but not for us because it means that we have to hire a new one. This is either going to go surprisingly well or we're going to get nothing but unfun weirdos applying. There's no in-between.

Blog Post: It's Podcast Season Don't mind me. It's my own fault. I do this to myself. kikiwritesabout.com/2025/09/09/i...

This feels so disrespectful to Carson Kelly and his home runs.

My dad got a summons for jury duty for federal court. Naturally, he's asking for a medical deferment. Dad: If they accept it. Sometimes they don't. Me: You got COPD, congestive heart failure, and you're getting immunotherapy for lung cancer. I think they'll let you sit this one out.

Thanks to my director's enabling, I was able to dip out of work a little early so one of my besties and I could catch Jaws on the big screen. So good. So much fun.

Liberals are starting to say shit like, "trans people asked for too much too fast," and I'll remind your souless asses that we actually didn't ask for anything. we were minding our own business and quietly improving our healthcare and you (cis) decided to do a pogrom against us for no reason.

Gonna go into work tomorrow and remind them that they are damn lucky I show up and don't charge by the miracle.

Blog Post: Welcome to the Jungle My green thumb attempt this year was questionable at best. kikiwritesabout.com/2025/09/02/w...

Damn. So sad to see this. He instantly improved everything he was in. Always fantastic. Safe travels beyond the horizon.

A Happ-y home run to tie the game? How lovely.

Because the rules are lax on a holiday weekend, I'm having peach crisp with my coffee because sometimes breakfast needs dessert. Also, I know that it's one in the afternoon. I said the rules were lax.

Get to go in early on this extra short-handed Saturday of a holiday weekend because some fool left me in charge.

Please permit me this most ridiculous pleasure. Boy George on The A-Team is one of my favorite things.

My original plans for tomorrow got postponed, so should I be responsible and stay home and do yard work, OR should I go to the movies and see Caught Stealing?

If you are okay with this, if you think this is justified, if you think people living on the street have brought this upon themselves, if you think this is good leadership, you may be able to fool yourself that you care about others but you don’t fool me

We should definitely keep pouring hundreds of billions of dollars and all of the earth's water into this stuff, I see no downsides

Blog Post: Poem--"Solomon" It's time for your monthly poetry punishment, now with local history. kikiwritesabout.com/2025/08/28/p...

I brought home more peaches today. I swear I don't have a problem.

Episode 195 is here! Ghosted! Bronk! Garrison's Gorillas! Exclamation points! Please, listen and enjoy. tinyurl.com/5ynxtdhz