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| Saturday, February 25, 2006 | [[Mel and Dewey talk as he takes the "What if everyone watched the same TV show" sign off the Meeting room door]]
/ Mel: You were having quite the spirited discussion in there.
/ Dewey: No one would leave. It was exhausting. / Mel: That's how libraries define success.
/ Dewey: It was too much work. How... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060225 |
| Sunday, February 26, 2006 | The Unshelved Book Club presents The Seven Stages of Falling in Love With an Author / Caption: Introduction
/ Tamara: Have you read his stuff? / Caption: Cautious optimism
/ Buddy: How's that book?
/ Dewey: Good. Maybe more than good. It might be great. I don't want to raise my expectations too high.
/ Buddy:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060226 |
| Monday, February 27, 2006 | [[Dewey at circulation desk talking to homeless man who is looking at the ceiling.]]
/ Homeless man: New securtiy system?
/ Dewey: Yes. It's "state of the art."
/ Homeles man: Meaning?
/ Dewey: "What we could afford." http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060227 |
| Tuesday, February 28, 2006 | [[Mel is standing by front doors]]
/ Mel: Places, everybody we're about to open! / [[Lambert appears next to Mel]]
/ Lambert: I'm off to grab a scone. Who wants coffee? / [[Closeup on Mel and Dewey talking to Lambert, Dewey handing him money]]
/ Mel: Where did YOU come from? Were you here all night?
/ Dewey:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060228 |
| Wednesday, March 01, 2006 | [[Mel is in front of a desktop computer at a counter, talking to an older woman]]
/ Mel: I'm sorry, that book is checked out. / [[Behind Mel, a ladder has appeared. Lambert descends from the drop ceiling. Mel turns to look.]] / [[Lambert hands the book to the older woman.]]
/ Lambert: Just finished... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060301 |
| Thursday, March 02, 2006 | [[Mel on ladder behind circulation desk looking into the attic]]
/ Mel: Not good. / [[Lambert lounging on mat reading a book in attic space]]
/ Lambert: Really? I'm rather enjoying it. I find --
/ Mel: Not the book. THIS. / Lambert: the do-it-yourself section really came in handy when I reinforced the... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060302 |
| Friday, March 03, 2006 | [[Mel and Dewey standing together]]
/ Mel: There's a homeless man living in the ceiling!
/ Dewey: Isn't that and oxymoron? / Mel: We have to evict Lambert
/ Dewey: What about everyone else? / [[Mel and Dewey standing infront of bookshelf, a homeless man laying on top of bookshelf]]
/ Mel: "Everyone else?"
/ Homeless... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060303 |
| Saturday, March 04, 2006 | [[Lambert and two homeless men leaving the library, Mel and Dewey, watching them go.
/ Dewey: Bye guys! Keep warm!
/ Mel: You're moving out? But I haven't called the police yet!
/ Lambert: It's too loud in here. / [[closeup on Mel and Homless man]]
/ Mel: Too loud? What's quieter then a library?
/ Lambert:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060304 |
| Sunday, March 05, 2006 | The Unshelved Book Club presents "Ptolemy's Gate" Book 3 of the Bartimaeus Trilogy, by Jonathan Stroud / [[A theatre performance. A bearded man tries to kill a young man with a knife.]]
/ Dewey: In PTOLEMY'S GATE, England's magicians rule by the power of demons they summon. But their empire is crumbling.... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060305 |
| Monday, March 06, 2006 | [[Tamara (with arms folded), Dewey and Collen standing]]
/ Colleen: . . . then she picked up the book and . . . excuse me. / [[Colleen leaves panel, Tamara and Dewey look at each other.]] / [[Tamara has followed Colleen to her computer, where she's typing]]
/ Tamara: How does your story end?
/ Colleen:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060306 |
| Tuesday, March 07, 2006 | [[Angry Lady is standing at the circulation desk. Colleen is standing at the desk with a computer in front of her.]]
/ Angry Lady: I said "sects" not "sex"!
/ Colleen: Sorry, my mistake. / [[Colleen is busy typing something at her computer.]]
/ Angry Lady: Are you looking for the book?
/ Colleen: No, I'm... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060307 |
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 | [[Colleen is sitting at a computer, typing. Dewey is standing behind her.]]
/ Dewey: I noticed you've been doing a lot of blogging.
/ Colleen: Gotta feed the beast. The beast is always hungry.
/ < http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060308 |
| Thursday, March 09, 2006 | [[Mel looking over Colleen's shoulder as Colleen stares at a computer]]
/ Mel: Colleen, you're spending too much time blogging instead of doing your job.
/ Colleen: I'm facilitating a friction-free information economy. Isn't that my job? / [[Mel and Colleen]] / Dewey: Got you right in your little bleeding... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060309 |
| Friday, March 10, 2006 | [[Colleen is typing at the computer]]
/ Dewey: Why this obsession with your blog?
/ Colleen: It's my readers. When I don't write, they complain. / Dewey: Just ignore them.
/ Colleen: Fine. Watch. / [[The phone rings]] / Dewey: That can't be...
/ Colleen: Hello? Yes, I'll start typing again. Sorry. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060310 |
| Saturday, March 11, 2006 | Patron: I want to start a blog.
/ Colleen: Don't do it, kid. / Colleen: At first it's just a lark. A few wry observations and catty comments. Then you start writing regularly. Soon you're opening your soul instead of taking lunch. Before you know it, you're a twitching, nervous wreck. / Patron: I want... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060311 |
| Sunday, March 12, 2006 | The Unshelved Book Club presents "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" by Michael Lewis. / Mel: I've been reviewing your performance for the past year. You don't exactly hit a lot of home runs. / Dewey: The library can't afford home run hitters. / Dewey: The Oakland A's manager, Billy Beane,... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060312 |
| Monday, March 13, 2006 | [[Dewey and Tamara stand in front of the staff mailboxes. Dewey pulls mail out of a slot.]]
/ Dewey: This isn't my mail.
/ Tamara: Mel shuffled our mailboxes. / Dewey: Ah, a new management theory.
/ Tamara: It's like an Easter egg hunt! / [[Dewey walks away from the mailboxes.]]
/ Tamara: Don't you want... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060313 |
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 | [[Colleen and Mel stand at the circulation desk. Colleen is standing at a computer.]]
/ Colleen: I can't log in to the circulation system.
/ Mel: As part of my campaign for change, I changed the password. / Mel: Besides, the old one wasn't secure enough. "Library" - anyone could have guessed that.
/ Colleen:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060314 |
| Wednesday, March 15, 2006 | [[Buddy carries books in the background, while Dewey and Mel watch him.]]
/ Dewey: You're rearranging the books?
/ Mel: I'm fighting complacency. / Dewey: Also widely known as "ease of use."
/ Mel: Studies show that productivity will increase by 37.2%! / [[A patron walks up needing help. Mel is directing... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060315 |
| Thursday, March 16, 2006 | Mel: You're not upset by all these changes?
/ Tamara: Don't be silly. Change is good for the soul! / Mel: Then you won't mind that I moved all your stuffed animals. / Dewey: Look, Mel's experiencing change.
/ Buddy: I didn't know Tamara knew words like that. It's kinda sexy. http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060316 |
| Friday, March 17, 2006 | [[Mel is in the doorway to her office - "Manager" is written on the window-glass.]]
/ Mel: My office is ... empty.
/ Dewey: We wanted to make sure you were on your toes. / [[Close-in on Mel and Dewey.]]
/ Mel: How am I supposed to get any work done?
/ Dewey: Good question. I'd answer it, but I need to figure... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060317 |
| Saturday, March 18, 2006 | [[Mel and Dewey are standing together in the library]]
/ Dewey: Okay, your office is back to normal.
/ Mel: As is the library. / Mel: I hope you realize how much you're stunting your professional development by making it so easy to find things.
/ [[Behind Mel and Dewey a patron is standing at the reference... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060318 |
| Sunday, March 19, 2006 | The Unshelved Book Club presents "Amazing Grace" by Megan Shull. / [[First scene: Grace is in a stadium, wearing tennis clothes. She holds a racket in her right hand and Sweat! energy drink in the left. Second scene: Grace is in a forest, wearing a long coat, turtleneck and gloves. She holds an axe... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060319 |
| Monday, March 20, 2006 | [[A patron walks up to the circulation desk for assistance.]]
/ Older gentleman: I'm looking for a novel I checked out. Can you look it up?
/ Colleen: We don't keep circulation records. / Older gentleman: It was last May. You helped me.
/ Colleen: Do you really think I remember every book anyone has... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060320 |
| Tuesday, March 21, 2006 | [[Mel is at the information desk with two agents from homeland security.]]
/ Agent Smith: We're from Homeland Security. I'm Agent Smith, this is Agent Dubari.
/ Agent Dubari: [[holding out a piece of paper]] Can you tell us who check out these books? / Mel: Our library doesn't maintain--
/ Agent Dubari:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060321 |
| Wednesday, March 22, 2006 | [[Homeland Security Agents Smith and Dubari are questioning Dewey.]]
/ Agent Smith: Tell us who checked out this book.
/ Dewey: Djellabas for Dummies? No idea. / Agent Smith: We know you have a photographic memory.
/ Dewey: For comics, maybe. But unless you're investigating Jack Kirby you've got the wrong... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060322 |
| Thursday, March 23, 2006 | [[Agent Smith and Agent Dubari from Homeland Security are sitting at a table with Dewey]]
/ Agent Smith: Come on, who are the undesirables in Mallville?
/ [[Agent Dubari writes in a notepad]]
/ Dewey: Well there was this one woman last week. She totally terrorized me. / Agent Smith [[talking into a... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060323 |
| Friday, March 24, 2006 | [[Homeland security agent Dubari talking to Dewey]]
/ Dubari: You can go back to work.
/ Dewey: Couldn't you hold me until the end of my shift? / Dubari: Return to your chosen profession-providing vital information to anonymous potential terrorists.
/ Dewey: You make it sound so glamorous. I think I'll... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060324 |
| Saturday, March 25, 2006 | [[In the library]]
/ Dewey: ... so I told them where they could put the P.A.T.R.I.O.T Act.
/ Mel: We've got to keep up the fight for Civil Liberties! / Colleen: It's a good thing they didn't ask me. Last week I looked up pipe bombs for one guy and anthrax for another. / Mel: I preferred feeling self-righteous.
/ Dewey:... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060325 |
| Sunday, March 26, 2006 | The Unshelved Book Club presents "The Number" by Lee Eisenberg / [[in the library, Colleen is behind the desk helping an older patron.]]
/ Patron: Today is my first day of retirement. I'm here for some reading matter!
/ Colleen: That sounds wonderful.
/ Speaking of retirement, I was just reading *The Number*... http://www.unshelved.com/archive.aspx?strip=20060326 |
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