How proactive should one be in avoiding microplastics?

How proactive should one be in avoiding microplastics?
How proactive should one be in avoiding microplastics?

Ingesting them or generating them? The verdict is still out on the level of risk to human health. Not creating more of them would be a good goal. Key sources are synthetic textiles, car tires, and city dust according to a study by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (bit.ly/IUCNPlasticSources)

Dear Wall, What’s your favorite musical?

Dear Wall, What's your favorite musical?
Dear Wall, What’s your favorite musical?

I don’t get around much, but my friends in the library do, and I polled them. Here’s what they said:
Book of Mormon
Chicago (3)
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
Falsettos
Fiddler on the Roof
Fun Home (2)
Gypsy
Hair
Hairspray
Hamilton (2)
Into the Woods (2)
Jesus Christ Superstar
Kinky Boots
Les Miserables (2)
Little Shop of Horrors
My Fair Lady
Phantom of the Opera
Pippin (2)
Repo! the Genetic Opera
Rocky Horror Picture Show
SIX
Songs for a New World
Sound of Music
The Boy Friend
The Music Man
The Wizard of OZ

How can gum be harmful?

How can gum be harmful?
How can gum be harmful?

Gum is a terrifying substance. Think of everything that can go wrong: you could choke on it, pull a filling out of a tooth or maybe even a crown, you could get it on the bottom of your shoe (which as a Wall, I am not worried about, but I sense it is one of humanity’s big fears). And… it could lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight.

How many sheets of paper of any size are in O’Neil library (book pages also counting as 1 sheet)?

How many sheets of paper of any size are in O'Neil library (book pages also counting as 1 sheet)?
How many sheets of paper of any size are in O’Neil library (book pages also counting as 1 sheet)?

I’m going to say “a lot” because even doing a ballpark estimate would require some information I don’t have, like how many reams of paper are lying around to feed the printers. You would also have to come up with an average page count that covers encyclopedias, children’s picture books, scholarly journal issues, maps, board game instructions, newspapers, event flyers, Post-Its, etc etc. Oh, and a meaningful average of the amount of paper in my paperphobic and paperphilic helpers’ desks. According to my friend the BC Fact Book, the BC Libraries own 3.3 million print books, have 3,170 print journal subscriptions, and just under 500,000 government documents.