Mondayitis

I had Mondayitis too, yesterday, but three things made the day memorable:

1. It really made my day when I opened my mail in the morning to find some book blurbs from a professor which she had annotated using a fountain pen, and with green ink, no less! The amount of time I spent, and the pleasure I derived from looking at her handwriting, and wondering what pen she’d used and what brand of ink, surprised even me. (And I’m sure colleague JW must have thought I’m completely obsessed/nuts.)
2. While walking to one of the campus eateries for lunch, I rolled my right ankle. So painful! It’s still sore this morning. I think I need a new ankle. Wish it was possible to get an upgrade.
3. Looking through Bloglines yesterday while waiting for M, I spotted this post on the blog of Penfield Library (State University of New York at Oswego), about the librarians there offering reference services to WoW players – by creating a character on one of the game’s servers! I was so excited about the idea that I emailed the librarian who blogged about it – only to find, minutes later, another post telling readers that it was an April Fool’s joke! This was after my gushy email asking how on earth they’d managed to convince their managers to let them play WoW on work time… Definitely gave me a chuckle! I am not completely gullible – I think I fell for it because I have been following the exploits of a few librarians who have created a library in the virtual world, Second Life. I tried Second Life some time ago but never got into it. Maybe I should take another look sometime…

*Picture from Penfield Library blog. “How do I tell if a journal is peer reviewed?” the dwarf asks Penfield the librarian. (Click on the picture for more detail.)

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