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This is the problem with my boss.

So, we have these board books. Traditionally, we have put orange dots on the spines of the board books but today, our substitute page has found some to be shelved that have no orange dots. So the page asks me if we should put dots on them and I ask my boss, just to make sure.

This is what my boss says: "[Other Coworker] likes them."
Me: "So...should we put them on?"
Boss: "Well, I think they're superfluous. But [Other Coworker] likes them."

This went on for a good two minutes before I got a simple yes-or-no answer. What the hell? You are the boss - make a frelling decision!

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Okay, you guys, I am finally reading The Historian. And yes, people have been telling me to read it for years but mostly, the people telling me about it kept telling me about the descriptions of the scenery which, okay, is lovely but is not really what I read for.

That, plus so many people telling me to read it, which made me contrarily not want to read it. Because that is what excessive hype does.

But besides scenery, it has beautifully evocative writing and just by reading the first several pages I get the feeling that the author will be able to handle subtle horror and thus I am made happy by the book thus far. Alas that I have to wait till I get home to continue reading, now that my break is over.

I do wish we had a paperback copy at the library, though. The hardback is huge.