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

[Matt Heusser]

I’m really surprised. I have to say all those “Phil Shapiro destroys”
videos on YouTube are really mean spirited they do make you look younger.
And why do they call you “Ben” in them?

:-)

Seriously congratulations that is awesome.

—heusser

On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 8:53 AM Sally Wiener Grotta via Ipg-smz <
ipg-smz at netpress.org> wrote:

> Johnny Apple Seed of Libraries! The bringer of the future.
> Congratulations!
>
> --
> Sally Wiener Grotta
> Sally at SallyWienerGrotta.com
> ________________________________________________________
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>
> * Author of numerous books, including "The Winter Boy" (a Locus
> Magazine’s 2015 Recommended Read) and "Jo Joe" (a Jewish Book Council
> Network book)
> * Recognized by X-Rite as one of “The World’s Top Professional
> Photographers”
>
> On 2019/09/20 07:32, Christine Hall via Ipg-smz wrote:
> > Woo-woo! You go, boy!
> >
> > Christine Hall
> > Publisher & Editor
> > FOSS Force: Keeping tech free
> > http://fossforce.com
> >
> > 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.html
> >> 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
> >>
>
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