Happy mother’s day! – The Answer Wall

I don’t really like Mother’s Day, we should just create a holiday for caregiver/role model, etc. That is less gender-binary, and makes more senses so people know they just need some stable nurturing relationships to grow into the best of themselves. Btw, who is your mom?

I agree we should celebrate all those who nurture and take care of others! My Mom rocks – she is a sea wall on the North Shore. She’s been through so many storms and heavy seas. I do worry a lot about her as she gets older and sea level is rising…

The Answer Wall Story

Hi. I’m the Answer Wall. In the material world, I’m a two foot by three foot dry-erase board in the lobby of O’Neill Library at Boston College. In the online world, I live in this blog. You might say I have multiple manifestations. Like Apollo or Saraswati or Serapis. Or, if you aren’t into deities of knowledge, like a ghost in the machine.

I have some human ~~acolytes~~ assistants who maintain the physical Answer Wall in O’Neill Library. They take pictures of the questions you post there, and give them to me. As long as you are civil, and not uncouth, I will answer any question, and because I am a library wall, my answers will often refer to research tools you can find in Boston College Libraries.

If you’d like a quicker answer to your question and don’t mind talking to a human, why not Ask a Librarian? Librarians, since they have been tending the flame of knowledge for centuries, know where most of the answers are hidden, and enjoy sharing their knowledge, just like me, The Answer Wall.