Answering questions at Boston College O’Neill Library
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My, that looks like a frazzled Christmas ornament. I’m glad you took a break to communicate with me. Hope it helped! And I hope you will be done with finals and exams soon, so you can devote your energies to more pleasant things, such as having a happy holiday season and a wonderful semester break!
My helpers have asked about cats, small rodents, lizards… a whole menagerie! We were led to understand that the university prefers we stick to dogs. I know it’s not quite like actually having a purr-machine in your lap, but here are some kittens:
It’s to make it possible for people who can’t open the doors themselves to use all the same entrances as everyone else. BC is a tough campus for people with mobility issues, we want to make it a little easier.
Oh! Do you speak Wall? I hardly ever meet anyone in the general population who does…
You can check the World Population Clock at the US Census at bit.ly/LikeRabbitzzz. It’s a little bit terrifying. Currently 7,538,712,054… wait, no, now it’s 7,538,712,155…
Because they are so VERY cool.
Whales? Wonderful creatures. I have not seen one myself but I understand there are cruises that take you humans out on the ocean to look for them. And listening to whales is an amazing experience (even if just on a video). The NOAA has some information at bit.ly/noaa-whales about the many different kinds of whales. The Smithsonian has a fascinating article about Noc, a beluga whale who was captured and became part of a Navy program: bit.ly/noc-whale And of course the Libraries have books and articles (just type whales in the search box on the home page to see some of them).
Whew! We made it through this week’s Wednesday, don’t have to worry about them for a while. Maybe it would help to plan something nice that you do every Wednesday to dispel the Wednesday miseries, a small thing you can look forward to every week?
OK, not sure why, but will remember KURT. Or are you speaking to KURT? Presumably, he will know what you’re attempting to have him remember. Unless he’s already forgotten it. Or is KURT the name of the skunk in the mods?
Gotta admit it. I’m a total sucker for bunnays, kittehs, doggos and all the cute little critters of the world.
The Wall knows at least one human who does that for fun rather than protest. Big Sock is tricky, though. If you have the socks to mismatch they’ve already got you. I’d think that any serious assault on the sockopoly would have to include learning to darn.
I like this reply.
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4. Why? bit.ly/frege-theorem
You mean, as in “cold-blooded witch”? I think that’s just a common insult. There’s no mention of it in our Greenhaven Encyclopedia of Witchcraft. If you’d like to dig a little deeper our works on the occult have call numbers between BF 1404 and 2055, or you could try this search to start: bit.ly/bc-witches
Awwww. The doggos are coming to the O’Neill Reading Room. Follow @bclibraries on Instagram and FB for changes. 12/11 Maya 12:30-2:30,12/12 Joe 1:30-3:30,12/13 Juno 11:00-12:00,12/13 Jolie 7:00-9:00,12/14 Spencer?,12/15 Campbell 2:00-6:00,12/17 Charlie 5:00-7:00, 12/18 Sailor 7:00-9:00
Yes. Nana would give you the same advice. Good luck!
One way to answer questions like this is to look at databases on our Company Information research guide: libguides.bc.edu/companyinfo. They are separate chains. The Massachusetts chain has an amazing history; check out this book: We are Market Basket : the story of the unlikely grassroots movement that saved a beloved business. O’Neill Stacks HF5469.23.U64 M375 2015
Indeed, yes! All the best to you!
It’s hard to say… on the one hand, he was an artist and draftsman in addition to being a poet, and might therefore have appreciated tiny typescript images. On the other hand, although many poets have experimented with shape poems (such as this one by George Herbert in the 17th Century: bit.ly/easter-wings), Hopkins never seems to have made shape poems, suggesting that blending writing drawing wasn’t an interest.
