[Ipg-smz] Some good news at my public library job

[Tom Henderson]

I applaud your boss for the forethought, and look forward to hearing 
your Tales of the Linux Piper!

Tom

On 9/19/19 9:02 PM, Phil Shapiro via Ipg-smz wrote:
>
>       The other day my public library supervisor came over to my 
> office with a sly smile on her face. I knew something interesting was up
> before she opened her mouth.
>
>     She said, "Phil, how would you feel about becoming a roaming 
> librarian in the city -- driving around town to do Linux installs on 
> old computers and
> helping community members become more proficient at technology, 
> searching for info, and self-advancing themselves?  I'd like to 
> untether you from the building -- at least for part of each week. How 
> do you feel about that?"
>
>      My spontaneous reaction was that I jumped up into her arms and 
> started licking her face. Then I bounded down to the ground and ran 
> around her feet clockwise at high speed.
> Then counterclockwise at high speed. Then I jumped back up into her 
> arms and licked her face.
>
>        "I gather you approve?"  she said.
>
>      I could barely slow my panting to say, "Yes, I do."
>
>         The details of this are still being worked out. I'll let y'all 
> know when things become more firm.
>
>            The public library is no longer just a place. It's a 
> process. Maybe in twenty years we'll look back and say, "In the old 
> days, librarians never left the building.
> They were chained to a place. What in the world were they thinking 
> back then?"
>
>                Well, now -- no longer chained.
>
>                                 phil
>
>
> -- 
> --
> Phil Shapiro, pshapiro at his.com
> http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/briefbio.htmlI a
> http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro
> http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html
>
> "Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates
> "Learning happens thru gentleness."
> "We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from 
> real options."  David Suzuki
>
-- 
Tom Henderson
ExtremeLabs, Inc.
+1 317 250 4646
Twitter: @extremelabs
Skype: extremelabsinc

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