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I got dressed this morning thinking, "It's January, it's beautifully clear outside, it's going to be pretty cold - I will wear a homemade sweater!" So I put on my big floppy purple sweater and felt very happy about my decision.

And then I got to work and, for some reason, it's about a million degrees in the library today and I may die of Sebacean heat delirium.

Eurgh.

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Dear library patron,

While I am happy to put a hold on whatever you'd like, the fact that you asked for 2001: A Space Odyssey as a book* by Stanley Kubricks leads me to believe that you are probably not going to enjoy it when you finally get it.

Also, you are literally over 90 years old - how have you missed hearing about either 2001 as a film or Kubrick as a director?







*Before anyone jumps on me, yes, 2001 is a book, but by Arthur C Clarke. Which is what this gentleman has on hold for him, since he did not want a film.

He also asked for Dawn of Man, also by Mr Kubricks which is a section in the film and not a book at all.

This hold is just not going to work out the way he wants, I think.

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Good things about today:

- When I did meal prep this weekend, I divided my big pan full of stirfry into individual meal-sized portions, which meant that I just had to grab one out of the fridge this morning. It was very convenient.

- Driving to work today, there was the kind of fog that turns golden because the sun is shining through it and a flock of sparrows leapt into the sky in front of me while I drove down a long straight tree-lined hill.

- Choir has started for the Winter/Spring session. I took last session off and thus hadn't done any real singing since last April - I hadn't realized quite how much I'd missed singing choral music in a large group until rehearsal started. I feel wrong when there isn't any serious singing in my life. ( though there are some caveats on this last bit )

Caveats aside, this session, our repetoire is half songs about stars (several of them settings of poems by Sarah Teasdale) and half John Rutter's Requiem, so it's basically a concert designed to appeal to me.