My Morning Jacket - Librarian
Walk across the courtyard,
Towards the library.
I can hear the insects buzz on the leaves, ‘neath my feet.
Ramble up the stairwell,
To the hall of books.
Since we got the interweb these hardly get used.
Duck into the men’s room,
Combing through my hair.
When God gave us mirrors he had no idea.
Looking for a lesson
In the periodicals,
There I spy you listening to the AM radio.
Karen of the Carpenters,
Singing in the rain.
Another lovely victim of the mirror’s evil way.
It’s not like you’re not trying,
With a pencil in your hair,
To defy the beauty the good Lord put in there
Simple little bookworm,
Buried underneath
Is the sexiest librarian.
Take off those glasses and let down your hair for me.
So I watch you through the bookcase,
Imagining a scene.
You and I had dinner,
Spending time when you sleep.
And what can I say to you,
Lying there in bed.
These words were the kiss I would play in your head.
What is it inside our heads
That makes us do the opposite,
Makes us do the opposite
Of what’s right for us.
‘Cause everything be great,
And everything be good,
And everybody gave,
Like everybody could.
Sweetest little bookworm,
Hidden underneath
Is the sexiest librarian.
Take off those glasses and let down your hair for me.
Take off those glasses, and let down your hair for me.
Simple little beauty,
Heaven in your breath.
Simplest of pleasures
The world at its best.
“Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?”
—
Ernest Hemingway on William Faulkner
The 30 Harshest Author-on-Author Insults In History
(via thelifeguardlibrarian)
As a follow-up to Moonshine, I read the short story anthology Zombies Vs. Unicorns, of which Alaya Johnson is a contributing author (with “Love Will Tear Us Apart”). Everything about this book is pretty damn awesome, from the premise and set-up of the book, to the authors, to the actual stories.
So which is more awesome: a zombie or a unicorn?
A special libraries adventure, indeed!
Grieg Aspnes from Cargill tours various special libraries in Minnesota in the 1960s
This is a lot of fun to watch, and it’s interesting to consider what has and has not changed in special libraries since this was filmed.
Ernest Hemingway, age twenty-four, from his 1923 passport. Not a daguerreotype, we know, but very necessary to share. (via carolynkellogg)
A great way to put some spice into promoting your library.
I’m actually worried about how this will affect my ability to function in grad school this fall…
Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one - Neil Gaiman on libraries (via @librarybecky)
He articulates it beautifully. I wish more people would understand this.
