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| Wednesday, January 16, 2008 | [[Mel and Dewey point at the reference desk computer monitor, which is covered with sticky notes.]]
/ Mel: You've got to remove these notes. They're too messy.
/ Dewey: With these I remember everything. I'm a new man! / [[Bearded man in print shirt approaches the desk.]]
/ Dewey: Let's see. "Guy with ugly... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080116 |
| Thursday, January 17, 2008 | [[Dewey and Colleen are working at computers next to each other]]
/ Dewey: My notes are gone!
/ Colleen: They kept sticking to my reference books. / Dewey: How will I stay organized?
/ Colleen: Pick a system not based on adhesive pieces of paper? / Dewey: Let me rephrase: How will I be seen to be... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080117 |
| Friday, January 18, 2008 | Mel: What's wrong?
/ Dewey: My mind map has been vandalized. I can't track any of my action items. / Mel: You poor thing. We'll discuss this at the staff meeting.
/ Dewey: Tragically, I have no way to remember where or when that it. / Mel: I'll remind you.
/ Dewey: I think you mean "badger".
/ Buddy:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080118 |
| Saturday, January 19, 2008 | Patron: [[handing Dewey a library book]] I want to object to the blurb on this book.
/ Dewey: The color is much more offensive. / Patron: [[crossing arms]] The grammar is poor, and it underestimates my intelligence.
/ Dewey: [[peering at book cover]] Who thought fuchsia was a good idea? Did they think... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080119 |
| Sunday, January 20, 2008 | The Unshelved Book Club presents "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton / [[Tamara is talking to a boy who's also black.]]
/ Boy: I'd like to know more about my heritage.
/ Tamara: Do you know where in Africa your ancestors came from?
/ Boy: No. / [[Several Maasai men surround a lion.]]
/ Tamara:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080120 |
| Monday, January 21, 2008 | [[Dewey and Colleen standing next to erach other, behind computers]]
/ Dewey: You're extra cranky today.
/ Colleen: And you're in jeopardy. / Dewey [[typing on his keyboard]]: Okay, "who is extra cranky today?"
/ Mel [[approaching Colleen with a slip of paper]]: Did you say this word to a patron? / Colleen:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080121 |
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 | Colleen: OK, yes I did snap at that awful, awful man.
/ Mel: Unless you have an explanation, I'll need to take disciplinary action. / Colleen: I quit smoking. / Mel: I can't believe it.
/ Dewey: Me neither. You smell like prepared food, old paper and kerosene, sure, but not an ashtray. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080122 |
| Wednesday, January 23, 2008 | [[Tamara and Colleen are standing at the reference desk.]]
/ Tamara: I think it's great that you quit smoking, even though I didn't know you'd started. / Tamara: You're going to be a shining example to your child and children everywhere! / [[Two television reporters are standing in front of the reference... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080123 |
| Thursday, January 24, 2008 | Mel: I can't tell you what to do with your body.
/ Colleen: I TOLD you I quit smoking. / Mel: I just want you to make good decisions.
/ Colleen: Dewey thinks hydrogenated fats are the base of the food pyramid. why don't you bother HIM? / Mel: That's not against policy.
/ Dewey: Amen, sister. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080124 |
| Friday, January 25, 2008 | [[Buddy is talking.]]
/ Buddy: I remember when I quit the habit. / Buddy: It took a harsh seven-day purification process. Acupuncture, herbal colonics, fasting, prayer . . .
/ And don't get me started on the ritual scarring. / Colleen: And you stopped smoking?
/ Buddy: Smoking? http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080125 |
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 | [[Dewey is talking to Doreen.]]
/ Dewey: Aren't you glad your mommy quit smoking?
/ Doreen: I quess. I mean, she was like 16, right? / [[Dewey is talking to Colleen.]]
/ Dewey: What happened to "I'm cranky because I just quit smoking"?
/ Colleen: I needed a good excuse for telling off that patron. / Dewey:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080126 |
| Sunday, January 27, 2008 | The Unshelved Book Club: THE BLADE ITSELF, by Joe Abercrombie
/ Dewey:...but Bayaz, First of the Magi, needs to return to the capital of the Union, to the long sealed House of the Maker, which looms over the city as ruin does over the nation.
/ Guy: Sounds like every other Swords & Sorcery novel.
/ Dewey:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080127 |
| Monday, January 28, 2008 | [[A patron approaches Dewey at the Reference Desk.]]
/ Patron: There's a woman cleaning the restroom.
/ Dewey: And...? / Patron: She's not the janitor.
/ Dewey: I see. / Patron: You're not rushing in to kick her out.
/ Dewey: I want to give her time to finish. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080128 |
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 | Dewey: I want you to know that I personally have no problem with your cleaning the men's room. It certainly needs the extra help. / Dewey [[to woman]]: But now I really need you to leave.
/ Woman: Why? / Dewey: It's distressing the men.
/ Woman [[to man walking up to use the urinal]]: Don't even THINK... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080129 |
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 | Dewey: I need your help with an incident in the men's room.
/ Tamara: I've never been in a men's room. / Dewey: There's nothing to be afraid of. Well, usually there is. But a crazy woman has spent the morning scrubbing every surface and scaring off the men. / Tamara: And so naturally you thought of... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080130 |
| Thursday, January 31, 2008 | [[Dewey talking to a lady patron and Tamara in the men's room]]
/ Dewey: This is Tamara. She works here. She'll address the cleanliness issues you're concerned about. / Patron: I'm needed here. There's no moving me.
/ Tamara: I understand. I'll just go wipe down the keyboards. / Patron: Can I help?
/ Tamara:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080131 |
| Friday, February 01, 2008 | [[Dewey and Tamara are each working at computer terminals at the circulation desk.]]
/ Dewey: An asteroid is going to miss the Earth next week.
/ Tamara:That's so sweet! We'll miss it, too. / [[They continue their computer work in silence.]] / Dewey: Are you...?
/ Tamara: Who knew asteroids were so... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080201 |
| Saturday, February 02, 2008 | [[Dewey is talking to Little Old Lady, who is holding her purse and looking upset. One angry patron is at their left, another angry patron is at their right, both glaring at each other]]
/ Dewey: I'm afraid they're not doing anything wrong. And they're doing it quietly. I suggest you pretend you're watching... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080202 |
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 | Unshelved Book Club: LIGHT, by M. John Harrison.
/ [[Many puzzle pieces with scenes from the book: equations in space, strange dice, spaceships, a man with a gun and a girl, etc.]]
/ Dewey: Seria Mau melded with the ancient alien mathematics of the K-Ship WHITE CAT. On the margins of the Kefahuchi Tract... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080203 |
| Monday, February 04, 2008 | [[Dewey shelving, patron behind him]]
/ Patron: You're putting THOSE where young people can find them?
/ Dewey: That's the general idea. / Patron: Obviously you're unfamiliar with the author's views on bunnies.
/ Dewey: True. Nor am I conversant with his preferred flavor of potato chip. / Patron: Well,... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080204 |
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 | [[Dewey and a bespectacled, rather obnoxious-looking patron are bickering.]]
/ Dewey: [[pointing to a book]] Show me the objectionable content in this book.
/ Patron: I can't. / Dewey: [[turning, and walking away]] Then I think we're done here.
/ Patron: [[putting up a hand desperately]] But he believes... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080205 |
| Wednesday, February 06, 2008 | [[Mel is at her desk; Dewey and a patron stand in front of it.]]
/ Mel [[looking at Dewey]]: How can I help you?
/ Dewey: This patron has issues with intellectual freedom. / Mel [[looking at patron]]: How can I help you?
/ Patron: I want you to ban all books by this author. They may lead children to further... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080206 |
| Thursday, February 07, 2008 | [[In the library. Dewey is walking by two signs that say: No Drinks. and No Cell Phones.]]
/ [[Patron, facing away from Dewey is talking on his cell phone and holding onto a cup.]] / [[Dewey looking at patron points to the signs. Patron looks at Dewey and smiles.]] / [[Dewey is putting the cell phone... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080207 |
| Friday, February 08, 2008 | [[Tamara and Dewey are at the Information Desk, Tamara is holding up a book.]]
/ Tamara: Do you know what this author says about bunnies?
/ Dewey: Awful, horrible things. Things that will chew up your heart and crush your soul. Or, so I'm told. / [[Dewey holds up a book.]]
/ Dewey: But this book, which... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080208 |
| Saturday, February 09, 2008 | [[Two patrons standing at a bookshelf. Patron 2 is looking at a book.]]
/ Patron 1: Don't you want a nicer book?
/ Patron 2: This isn't a nice book? / Patron 1: I mean a nicer author.
/ Patron 2: Why, what did this one do? / Patron 1: I can't even tell you.
/ Patron 2: Then I'll definitely take... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080209 |
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 | The Unshelved book club presents "King City" by Brandon Graham / [[Illustration from book. Kid skateboarding down a hallway on a cat, flipping the cat into his arms at the door.]] / Dewey: Some have lizards or dogs.
/ Joe has a cat, a cat that can become anything (copy machine, periscope, skateboard,... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080210 |
| Monday, February 11, 2008 | Patron: I showed YOU, library guy!
/ Dewey: You sure did. / Patron: You ain't got a thing on me.
/ Dewey: No sir, I certainly don't. / Patron: So you admit it, then!
/ Dewey: I'll go so far as to sign an affidavit if it means I can go back to work. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080211 |
| Tuesday, February 12, 2008 | Dewey: I'm afraid that won't work.
/ Woman: Aren't I the customer? Aren't I always right? / Dewey: Of course. Except when you're clearly, irrefutably wrong. / Mel: You said the "W" word.
/ Woman: He did! He did!
/ Dewey: I don't get paid enough for this. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080212 |
| Wednesday, February 13, 2008 | Dewey: How can I help you?
/ Patron: You're being sarcastic. / Dewey: I'm not.
/ Patron: Then you're being ironic. / Dewey: Again, no. It's just been a long day.
/ Patron [[suspicious]]: What do you really mean by that? http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080213 |
| Thursday, February 14, 2008 | Dewey: Can I be frank?
/ Patron: I requested your candor. / Dewey: But can you handle it?
/ Patron: If I couldn't I wouldn't have asked. / Dewey: Okay, your handbag is hideous.
/ Patron: I demand to speak to your manager. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20080214 |
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