[Ipg-smz] A very happy day for me today

[Tara Calishain]

" To reach that mark, I would need to set a pace to lose at least $70 of
library books each quarter in 2020.  I know I can do it if I really focus
on being irresponsible.  I need to find pace setters to help me, though.  I
need to surround myself with irresponsible people so I can maintain that
grueling pace. "

-- Textbooks.

On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 1:11 PM Phil Shapiro via Ipg-smz <
ipg-smz at netpress.org> wrote:

>
> Today was a very happy day for me. I paid the largest library fine in my
> life.  $182. (Previous record was $137).   A badge of honor. I'm an
> incorrigible, undiluted bibliophile.
>
>    Slightly more incorrigible than undiluted, though.
>
>   Seven lost books. I never thought I'd ever reach such a milestone, but
> there I was -- at the library (not my place of work) paying a nice big
> library fine.
>
>     So, while I was slightly embarrassed at losing the books, I had no
> shame. No shame for me.
>
>       Meanwhile, the woman at the reference desk was profusely
> apologetic.  She kept saying, "I'm so sorry."  To be gracious, I tried not
> reveal how immensely proud I was of paying this library fine.
>
>         Having paid that fine, the goal of a $250 library fine becomes
> well within reach in 2020.  If Eliud Kipchoge can run a sub two-hour
> marathon,
> then I know I can pay a $250 library fine.  It's mostly a psychological
> barrier.
>
>         To reach that mark, I would need to set a pace to lose at least
> $70 of library books each quarter in 2020.  I know I can do it if I really
> focus on being irresponsible.  I need to find pace setters
> to help me, though.  I need to surround myself with irresponsible people
> so I can maintain that grueling pace.
>
>        After paying the fine, I chit-chatted a bit with the librarian. As
> I was leaving, she inquires, "So, what do you do for a living?"
>
>         "Me?  Oh, I'm a coach. (pause) A tennis coach."
>
>          (Phew, that was a close one.)
>
>
>
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