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Re: Anyone else looking for the Friday Funnies?



 By the way, it sounds like you're plenty distracted already - as many of us
are.

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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