Late in the Afternoon:

I am now mysteriously subscribed to PC Magazine. Librarian Y and I try to figure out how.
He locked himself off of his computer.
"Excuse me?" Can I help you? "... No, forget it." (wanders vaguely off)
My jump drive saves a patron's document. I always feel smug when that happens.
The green pharmacy and The green pharmacy herbal handbook, by James A. Duke.
The river king, by Alice Hoffman.

In the Evening:
Shut up, kids.
I am told that two volumes of Ray have been stolen.
A zip code lookup.
Do we have the 3-D glasses for Spy kids?
Tamata and the alliance, by Bernard Moitessier.
Into the cold fire, by Lynne Ewing.
Lust, by Robin Wasserman.
I reset a printer.
I reset a computer reservation.
Librarian Y expounds on the quirks of our online catalog's editing module.
Printer advice.
"I'm doing a paper on drugs and stuff."
Charmed thirds, by Megan McCafferty.
Scary movie 4, or When a stranger calls.
"English skills. And math."
Printer advice.
Scratch paper.
Pencil.
Learning the guitar.
The lost boy, by David Pelzer.
Liar's game, by Eric Jerome Dickey.
He left a disc in a public computer.
DVDs for kids.

In the Morning:

Well, the books on race discrimition would be over there, and the books on sex discrimination would be over here-- "But I want a section with all of them. And a book by the five human rights by the Supreme Court. You think they wrote a book, a fun book like that, during recess?"

And how do you explain that a patron's files were too large to attach to an MSN mail message, when he doesn't speak a word of English?

I have a patron on the phone, trying to find an obscure book. I'm telling him about ISBN numbers or somesuch when suddenly he shouts:

"OH MY GOD!!!"

(click)

He hasn't called back.

In the Morning:

Librarian Y says "It's Wednesday, almost the weekend."
Today's paper.
The copier isn't taking coins.
He wants to know when his father died.
Computer guest pass.
He wants to donate bone marrow.
The life of Montezuma.
I help cut and paste a resume.
Essay examples.
Printer won't print.
Books by Sister Souljah.
History of a local flag.
No cell phones, ma'am.
HR Block messed up her forms. Who to call?
The Da Vinci code, by Dan Brown.
Natural history.
Printer advice.
An "innocent and injured spouse form."
Books on the paranormal.
"The computer won't let me log in." Unfortunately, he's talking about his Yahoo mail account.
Steve Carlton, and the day he struck out 19 batters.
(Pointing at a manga volume) "Where do you keep books like that?"
They'll sell you a floppy disk over there, sir.
Fruits basket v. 13, and Read or die v. 2.
I copy and fax a newspaper article.
American accent training..

In the Evening:

Bleach, vol. 4, by Tite Kubo.
You get a new card over there, ma'am.
The complete idiot's guide to buying and selling a home, by Shelley O'Hara and Nancy D. Lewis.
How'd you get on that machine without a reservation?
The print servers ate his print job.
Her a: drive won't open her document.
Jarhead and Aeon flux.
Another eaten print job.
I cancel a computer reservation.
Star wars :Jango Fett : open seasons, by Haden Blackman, and Star wars: complete locations, by Kristin Lundl, Richard Chasemore and Hans Jenssen.
Chosen few: el documental.
The covenant with black America, by Tavis Smiley.
Any version of The lion sleeps tonight.
Dictionary.
"Is The exorcist based on a true story?"
That patron is coughing more than poor librarian R.
I kick two girls off an internet terminal.
You can hear that guy snoring from halfway across the building.
He's snoring again ...
Now he leaves, with apologies, returning the dictionary.
A guy's checking for change at the copy machines.
Stand by me. Sorry, it's checked out. "Grr, I know who's got it--SPENCER!"
The great Gatsby. "Which version is closest to the book?"
You need to wait for the machine to boot up, sir.
Online catalogs are over there, sir.
Printer advice.
Presidential elections. "I need to know everything."
There's another copier in the kids section, ma'am.
Don't run!
Exercise videos.
"Anything about art."
Don't run!
A man named Dave, by Dave Pelzer.
"What's that site where you can get videos delivered?"
Librarian B's last day. Bye, Librarian B.

Back from vacation ... I should have taken another week off ...

In the Evening:

"The librarian left at five, so I have to ask you." Huh?
The number of counties in Illinois.
You don't need a key to the bathroom, sir.
Printer advice.
I resist the urge to butt into Librarian R's reference interview.
Ingles sin barreras.
Can she send a pp file as an attachment when her computer can't handle pp?
"Who wrote Clear and present danger? ... Tom CLANCY! Thank you! I thought it was Selleck."
Local shelter phone.
Bathrooms are over there, sir.
You need to ask the receptionist over there if you want to use the phone, kid.
If your resume is hardcopy, you can't upload it, sir. Sorry.
Printer advice.
Books by Judith Ortiz Cofer.