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Re: Anyone else looking for the Friday Funnies?



And what are you doing in your spare time?

Best wishes,

Thomas Berry, Archivist
Historical Construction Equipment Association
16623 Liberty Hi Road
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
Phone 419-352-5616
Fax 419-352-6086
tberry@wcnet.org
http://www.bigtoy.com


Holly Hodges wrote:

> The university's gearing up for another session; somebody started the
> kids on the "treasure hunt" assignment without giving me the "head up"
> again.  (Translated this means I've been assaulted by new students
> coming out of the woodwork with questions such as:  Where is the time
> capsule of the class of '49 buried?  Which university chancellor was the
> first not to be a Methodist minister?  What is the significance of the
> brick you have under glass in your display case out front?  And so on.
>
> Not only that but the list of questions has been changed.  Wish they'd
> check with me first, because some of the questions aren't quite
> "right."  And I now have to prepare another Cheat Sheet for the
> Reference staff who end up with the questions when I'm in a meeting or
> whatever.
>
> I've prepared a mid-morning/breakfast type social for a new librarian.
>
> I've done contract negotiations for the local historical society that
> wants to rent a lecture hall on campus.
>
> I've written and re-written several drafts of patron registration
> policy.
>
> I have a 5 p.m. social engagement with one of Special Collections most
> influential donors.
>
> I have one week's notice to prepare a grant (who times these
> announcements, anyway?)
>
> And the archaeology professor tells me no one confuses him with an
> archivist; why would anyone confuse me with an archaeologist?
>
> And the list goes on.
>
> Somebody distract me with something funny!  I need to be in a good mood
> before socialising with Dr.... and his wife.
>
>
> Holly
> needs distraction in Chatt.
>
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