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How do you type on post-it notes?

How do you type on post-it notes?
How do you type on post-it notes?

I’m sure you’ve heard that thing before about the probability of a thousand monkeys with typewriters eventually producing all the works of Shakespeare? Well, it’s not like that. This library employs librarians, not monkeys. Librarians might not be as fun as monkeys, but they do know how to find answers, such as how to use a Word template to print onto post-its affixed to pieces of paper, and which font (courier) most closely resembles typewriter font. I’m cute? Gosh. Now I’m blushing.

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President Trump wants $5 billion for the ‘WALL’. Aren’t you lucky :-) Can I have at least $1 billion from you?

President Trump wants $5 billion for the 'WALL'. Aren't you lucky :-) Can I have at least $1 billion from you?
President Trump wants $5 billion for the ‘WALL’. Aren’t you lucky 🙂 Can I have at least $1 billion from you?

It would be so great if that were what was going on, but I’ll believe it when I see the check. If it comes I might spend a little to spruce up my nook here, but it would mostly go to fund scholarships, particularly for international students. As for your billion? Well, we’ll see.

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How are you?

How are you?
How are you?

Things are good, thanks for asking. Still happy the roof is here to keep the snow off, and I think I’m a little less sensitive to temperature changes than mammals are. And it’s busy, which makes me smile a wall smile.

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Hi Wall! Me again (wall-pun person) I recently heard about a certain butterfly sanctuary being in danger to get bulldozed because of one of your cousin walls. Any input?

Hi Wall! Me again (wall-pun person) I recently heard about a certain butterfly sanctuary being in danger to get bulldozed because of one of your cousin walls. Any input?
Hi Wall! Me again (wall-pun person) I recently heard about a certain butterfly sanctuary being in danger to get bulldozed because of one of your cousin walls. Any input?

I am fond of butterflies, nervous around bulldozers, and have deep philosophical and ethical disagreements with some of my kin.

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Will you date me?

Will you date me? [response: Sure ;p]
Will you date me? [response: Sure ;p]

1/30/2019 12:48pm (time thrown in for good measure). If you’re seeking a romantic relationship, I should say that I’m already pretty attached to O’Neill Library.

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How do y’all type on the stickies?

How do y'all type on the stickies?
How do y’all type on the stickies?

It’s magic! Well, maybe it just seems that way. It’s all done with templates (bit.ly/print-postit). First, my helpers print out copies that show the frames where the post-its go on the page. Then, every day they answer questions, they use a Word document of the template, cut and paste the answers into the post-it frames, and send the document to a printer. Remember those printed out copies? Now my helpers put actual post-its on them and put them in the manual feed tray. Print and voilà. It is magic!

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Brrp

Brrp
Brrp

I assume we’re not referring to the Bintec Router Redundancy Protocol or Bohemian Reformation and Religious Practice so pardon me! (or you?)

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What is them talking about?

What is them talking about?
What is them talking about?

Them is… wait. *They is… no, that’s not right, either. I’ve gotten my verbs all mixed up. Hang on a second while I reboot. … There! Now I feel more like myselves. *I* am talking about how I’d prefer to be talked about in the third person singular, since I’m gender fluid, and also happen to be kind of plural. You know how some deities are one being & many manifestations? (Like Shiva the destroyer, Shiva the creator, etc.) I’m the other way around. Many aspects, one manifestation. And please, please, distinguish me with the definite article “The.” As Bertrand Russell said, “Now ‘the,’ when it is strictly used, involves uniqueness.”