Interlibrary Loan of the day

Today's ILL of the day is this Mysterious Package that arrived from the Mitchell Public Library. Sometimes a package will arrive that has been torn open in transit and missing it's contents; I'm sure everyone has experienced this phenomena, especially when shipping something valuable. This isn't one of those. This package arrived nice and tightly sealed. This is, in itself, not strange either. Despite the post office's best efforts, most of our packages arrive tightly sealed. No, this package is unusual because it arrived tightly sealed with nothing inside! If this had happened tomorrow, on April Fool's Day, I would have been suspicious, but since it's merely the eve of April Fool's day, I'm intensely curious instead. What could be the purpose of this Mysterious Package? What strange force could have removed the contents without breaking the seal?

Interlibrary Loan of the day

Today we have Final Fantasy IX: Official Strategy Guide. Captain ILL has to confess that he's a PC game snob. He owns an Xbox 360, but he only uses it to watch TV, not for video games. This particular game was apparently only released on the Playstation but, based on the strategy guide, it looks very colorful and very silly. For example, you may be interested to know that a Glutton's Robe costs 6,000 Gil at he Synthesis Expert's Shop. The book has no index, so I don't know what a Glutton's Robe is, but I'm sure it must be worth at least 6,000 Gil, though probably not worth the cost of a Playstation.

Cheesecake

I've had a request for another cheesecake picture, so here it is!

Interlibrary Loan of the day

Today's ILL of the day was chosen by the cardboard queen who, when she handed me this book, gave me a look that said: "if this isn't the ILL of the day, then you're a dweeb". Captain ILL is no dweeb queenie! The back cover says: "I have nothing to hide; I am who I am. I got elected governor just by being who I am, so I owe it to the people who voted for me to keep on being me". Now I'm not sure what Mr. Ventura did before he entered politics, but I gather he was some sort of hit man or something. I think a fellow like this would do wonders for this country in an even higher office. Can you imagine what it would be like to have a loose cannon who doesn't care what people think in the white house?

Esta semana la cesión.

1. Sí, he utilizado otros programas de mensajería instantánea antes.

2. No, no me sorprendió por nada.

3. Creo que IM es sin duda un modo de comunicación.

Interlibrary Loan of the day

Today's ILL of the day was an easy pick: Product Placement in Hollywood Films. As soon as I saw the picture of Paul Newman with the A&W mug on the cover, I knew I had struck ILL gold. I immediately started salivating, wanting some of that frosty mug taste for myself. I also felt a sense of pride along with my thirst, knowing that Paul Newman also drinks A&W root beer. There's nothing like the satisfaction of knowing that a great actor like Mr. Newman shares your taste in root beer. I wonder if he smokes the same cigarettes as me?

Interlibrary Loan of the day

Today's ILL of the day is Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection. Now Captain ILL has seen a lot of books about back pain come across the ILL desk, but what the Captain really feels the world needs is a book about healing a pain in the ass. Back pain may be common, but everybody knows, or is a pain in the ass. You may be a pain in the ass and not even know it. Your humble Captain acknowledges that he probably tops many an "ass" list himself. Lacking a suitable book on the subject, I think I'll read the back pain book and substitute "ass" whenever the book says "back". This method seemed to work fine when I needed to prepare a holiday turkey, and all I had was a book on how to prepare a resume.

Interlibrary Loan of the day

Yesterday's ILL of the day is Rock Stars Do the Dumbest Things. Now I know that occasionally people do dumb things, but somehow I thought rock stars would be above all that. Here's what Michael Jackson has to say about books: "I've only read two books in my life: the Bible and Peter Pan." I like that; it's best to keep thing nice and simple. After a casual flip through of this book, I've concluded that the book is dumber than the rock stars it writes about, and not the good kind of dumb either. There is an anecdote about Jim Morrison urinating in a library though, so at least there's something library related in it.

Interlibrary Loan of the day

Today choice is The Rival by Brenda Joyce. If anyone is interested in owning their very own copy, just follow the link to Amazon and you can pick one up for one thin cent. Publisher's Weekly writes: "An epic romance ... [a] hero ... to die for ... a heroine readers will root for." Here's what the back cover has to say: "Amidst whispers of treachery and murder, the Stanhope heir vanishes without a trace ..." and then continues, "She dared to love the man all of London hated ..." Is this mysterious heir the same man that all of London hates? Why does this daring woman love him so much when everyone else hates him? Is there actual treachery and murder, or just whispers? Why are there so many ellipsis in the Publisher's Weekly blurb? Rush over to Amazon and you can get the answers for only a penny.

Interlibrary Loan of the day (revised)

Due to several complaints, I am posting a tamer version of the picture from the previous post.

Interlibrary Loan of the day

Once again, thanks to Groovelily for assistance with today's ILL. This has got to be the biggest damn book I've ever seen come through ILL. The title is "Little Nemo In Slumberland - So Many Spendid Sundays!" and it seems to be a compilation of comic strips from 1905-1908. If anybody out there has the courage to admit to being old enough to remember Little Nemo, please leave a comment.

Interlibrary Loan of the day

Today's ILL of the day is a giant reference book titled "The Atlas of Snakes of the World". This 591 page, 10" x 14" monster is filled with bright glossy pictures of every kind of snake you could imagine. Not since "Snakes on a Plane" have snakes got such a world class treatment. By the way, why doesn't Sno-Isle own any copies of the "Snakes on a Plane" DVD? It's got snakes on a damn plane! What else could you ask for? Everyone write Jim McCluskey and demand that he purchase this movie so I can finally find out what all those snakes are doing on a plane.

Interlibrary Loan of the day

Yesterday's ILL of the day is "I Can Read" by Dick Bruna. Another picture book, it goes something like this: "I can Read. nose mouth tummy back hand foot brother sister mother father grandfather grandmother So you see, I can read." Short and to the point, and of course there are also pictures to accompany all these delightful nouns. I'm mostly a talking book dude these days, but I was able to get through this one without too much difficulty. I can recommend it wholeheartedly to anyone who has trouble making it all the way through longer pictureless books with large words.

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Interlibrary Loan of the day

Today's ILL of the day comes to us courtesy of Groovelily over at Starfish and Coffee. Groovelily was kind enough to pick out "How Do I Put It On", a very old picture book. This useful book details step-by-step the process of putting on your clothes. This is the sort of book that would be useful to keep next to your bed in case you're too hung over to remember which order your pants and underpants go on in, or even if you can't remember that your pants don't go on over your head. I haven't read the whole thing, but it may even provide an answer to the troubling question of how to get your expensive jeans back on after eating a gallon of ice cream.

Interlibrary Loan of the day

This is actually Friday's ILL of the day, since Friday's books arrived too late to process. The title is "Happiness - What Studies on Twins Show Us About Nature, Nurture, and the Happiness Set Point". The front flap states: "This research shows that your happiness "set point" - your capacity for joy - is determined primarily by your genes." This is similiar to a long held theory of my own, that happiness is determined by your jeans. Don't we all feel more joy when we're wearing an awesome and expensive pair of jeans? Now I haven't done any "research", but my instinct tells me that jeans play a far larger role than genes in setting the happiness bar. Can anyone be truly happy in chinos?

Interlibrary Loan of the Day

Another day with boring titles like "Western Fertilizer Handbook" or "Chimpanzee Cultures", so keep that in mind as I announce today's ILL of the day: "Lord, I Haven't Talked to You Since the Last Crisis, But ...". Here's what the back cover says: "Prayer is a dynamic, powerful tool in the hands of God's people, including teenagers. Young readers will learn that there is no single "acceptable" way to pray, and they'll be encouraged to learn various methods. They will discover how to make friends with God, receiving His guidance and solutions for problems and needs."

Hmmmm ... maybe I should have gone with the fertilizer book after all.

Interlibrary Loan of the day

It's pretty slim pickings today for ILL, so I'll go with "Self-Change Hypnosis" by Richard MacKenzie. This goes well with yesterday's pick since if you can't solve a problem with post-it notes, you can always try hypnosis. Here's what the back cover has to say: "We now know so much of how the mind works and what makes us tick that we can ultimately decide the major outcomes in our lives and not just leave it down to chance". Sounds good to me; chance has always seemed pretty random to me.

Interlibrary Loan of the day

Today's ILL of the day is: "Rapid Problem Solving With Post-it Notes". What I like most about this book is that it's not in any way related to genealogy. However, I also like the idea of being able to solve any problem with something as common as a pad of post-it notes. From the back cover: "Problems come in all shapes and sizes, yet most have common characteristics that can be addressed with the techniques found in this book." Being published in 1997 makes this little gem inelligible for purchase, but thankfully the North Olympic library system doesn't have a draconian weeding policy so they were able to lend it to us.

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