snacks – The Answer Wall

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019

I didn’t get a cookie :(

I’m sorry the cookies went so fast. One of the great things about being an adult (… and not being a wall) is you can generally get yourself a cookie if you really want one, so if you’re feeling cookie-deprivation, why not go visit my friend the vending machine on Level One and treat yourself?

September 13, 2018September 14, 2018

Thanks for your answer on where to find milkshakes. They were great!!

Glad you liked them! My helper, the Snacks Librarian ;-), enjoyed doing the research. Helper wanted me to add “My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard,” but was too shy to go for it.

September 4, 2018September 4, 2018

Employee snacks? :)

The Wall isn’t sure if you mean employees as snacks, or snacks for employees. The former is alarming; I would not recommend it. As for the latter, some of my helpers spend too much time and money with my buddies, the lovely vending machines on Level 1. There’s a wide variety, and you don’t have to leave O’Neill. Pro tip from anonymous expert snacker: Level 2, across the atrium, turn right: This one has Twizzlers!

January 26, 2018January 26, 2018

Coffee is life Need more snacks

Full agreement on both counts. But remember to add in a few veggies and other stuff to have a full and balanced life.

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.