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Circulation just sent me this book, which apparently is actually the halves of TWO different books bound together accidentally by our commercial binder.

As far as I can tell, the first half of the book is “What we talk about when we talk about love" by Raymond Carver, and the second half is a book by Jilly Cooper, whose work we do not actually have listed  in our library catalog. In other words, one of these books IS from our library, and the other is probably from some other library. So that means there might be another library book floating around with the first half of Jilly Cooper’s book, and another book with the last half of our copy of Raymond Carver’s book.

Sigh.

[ID: Three images. Top, a post-it note scrawled with the legend “The last chapter does not appear to belong to this book”. Beneath it is a photograph of the book being held open, showing the final chapter’s first page; the title on the page opposing it is different. Bottom image is just Jackie Chan looking confused and annoyed.]

It reminds me of the time I got a copy of “if on a winter’s night a traveler” by Italo Calvino, a book about incomplete books, for seventeen cents because it was missing two pages. 

And also the time someone bought one of my books, but the publisher sent them my cover…wrapped around a typeset Harry Potter fanfic. But, crucially, not my Harry Potter fanfic.

When I worked at the bookstore, we had a woman come in, furious and ranting about “our hatred of religion.” Since my store had a pretty extensive religious studies section that was actually curated by an ex-Trappist monk with careful consideration to a lot of other religions, we were a bit surprised.

Turns out she’d bought a book from us called “The Proof of God” and due to a printing error, it was blank. The whole book, was just blank. She did not take this well.

We gave her a full refund. The ex-monk bought it for his collection.

We gave her a full

refund. The ex-monk bought it

for his collection.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

“if he be mr. hyde, i shall be mr. seek” is such a funny line i can’t believe robert louis stevenson actually wrote that in the actual original dr. jekyll and mr. hyde in the actual year of 1885

Lol

I cannot stop laughing at the idea that socialism ignores humanity’s highest spiritual ideal: owning yachts.

Hey all, would really appreciate if you could help out my friend Naomi with securing a long-term spot this Pride month! She's been couchsurfing for over six months, and we're trying to raise enough for an apartment. She's a very sweet and genuine person who could really use some stability. Thank you for any donations and shares!

Link: https://bit.ly/HousingForNaomi

Direct donations (Please note that it's for Naomi): 

Hey all, we're really close! Just $500 more to reach the goal. A lease has been signed and things are looking really good for Naomi, just could use that little additional push.

ASK YOUR OUTPATIENT DOCTORS WHAT TO SAY TO THE ER STAFF IF YOUR CONDITION GETS CRITICAL AND YOU NEED IMMEDIATE MEDICAL CARE

y’all ever been told, “if it gets worse, go to the ER”? yeah, i know, it’s annoying as hell and extremely unhelpful. but it doesn’t have to be!

as with many things, nobody will tell you this when you get diagnosed. but this tip has saved me from having to wait unnecessarily long at the ER 4 times. In fact, 3/4 I was sent to triage immediately without waiting. the other time i sat in the waiting room for less than a minute, my friend hadn’t even sat down.

if your illness could get easily and quickly critical as mine can get, it is SO IMPORTANT to know what information will get you the help you need as quickly as possible.

if you hear “If it gets worse, to to the ER.”, respond with “If I go to the ER, what information should i tell them to get the appropriate attention?” or whatever not so formal version of your choosing.

and if your outpatient doctors are as incompetent as mine, also consider asking Google. (I asked ChatGPT and the answer it gave was even better than what my ER doctor said, so take that into consideration. if you try it, do so with major discernment and fact check, fact check, fact check)

when i got hospitalized for the first time, i called my friend who was an ER nurse at the time and she let me know to tell my friend who was driving me to walk up to the front desk and tell them exactly what the doctors needed to know to evaluate my emergency. i hadn’t even thought to tell them that vital sign, i figured they’d find out themselves, but it could have saved my life that night. thankfully, i never got acute, but i owe that to my immediate medical attention.

so, for your own sake, ask your doctors. hopefully your doctors will tell you without you asking, but that probably won’t happen.

so ask! potentially save your own life!

Between Ryan Gosling Ken and Benoit Blanc I'm starting to think that it's some sort of animal abuse to keep casting big name actors in stoic macho manly man rolls instead of giving them goofy little guys to play. Like look at them their coats are shiny, they seem so much more lively and energetic. We need to make sure all actors have enough goofy little guys to play before peta gets involved.

Gas stoves are fast to heat, hot, generally pretty even in their heat. Love the gas stove but will never choose one because of that whole "indoor pollution, poisonous gas leak, global warming" issue.

Electric stoves with a coil are nice. Fast, even, hot, a pain to clean though, and always at least a little wonky.

Induction stoves suck shit. Impossible to clean, assume every pan is flat on the bottom, like you mother fuckers! Who has the money to keep their pans un-warped! I end up with one hot spot and a bunch of cold pan between. Eat my ass.

Campfire ring out back is hot, fun, good times. Put a pan on the grill grates and let it rip. Hard to use during winter though. during the summer though, bring out a beer and drink outside while you grill some meat and cook up some sides.

Butane stove that I keep in a briefcase is my favorite stove. Inefficient, expensive, but it's quick to set up, easy to use, and fun to just cook wherever I feel like it. Make eggs by the river. Cook a steak in a campground during fire restrictions. She can do anything.

Off brand jet boil I use for camping is fine. I hate that I can never figure out how full my fuel canisters are.

Wood stove is now to me but I'm excited to get to know her and try to cook with her.

Propane BBQ works surprising well for long simmering things. During a power outage two winters ago I made chana masala on a a grill. I made flat bread on the other side.

induction is great if you aren't using old pans. what on earth does "impossible to clean" mean here? it's literally a flat surface

We need a translator

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Thanks Sabrina

It sure does.

sequel to this post because i’m curious about the divide between physical and mental disabilities as someone with both!

T*RFs and abl*ists do NOT interact 🔪🔪🔪

this thing is a type of animal

This is what picking a steamed crab is like

Something something there is no such thing as unskilled labor.

i forgot i made a wag account for a fake dog i have to leave a review for my friend as a walker or whatever so when i recieved this email about my Dear PeePee i almost died

PeePee my impossibly large bedlington terrier that looks exactly like david byrne

this wasn't a quote from a real PDF btw I just thought it would be funny to tex this up so it looked like one instead of posting it directly

the next evolution of Tumblr shitposting is looking promising

‘Top’

I hope they start having better sex, what a shame

me and my friends praying for better gay sex in the vatican

-me whenever I have a new worrying symptom

i learned that there's a Japanese beetle that when eaten by a frog will haul ass through its digestive system and escape out the back end unscathed (x)

you eat me and i perfectly dodge all of your digestive enzymes and stomach acid and i sprint out your asshole fully intact

[ID: a depiction of the process described above. end ID]

You can get dye free benadryl???

Yes! Walgreens has its own brand, as do several other retailers. I've yet to find an oral liquid form that doesn't have artificial flavoring in it, but you can also get those without dye.

I always have to bring my own to the hospital because the ER only ever has the pink pills, and I'm allergic to the colorant.