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Wednesday, May 12, 2010 [[A Concerned Mother is taking books off a shelf while Dewey looks on.]] / Dewey: What your kids read is YOUR call. / Concerned Mother: Aren't you going to HELP me? / Dewey: Yes. But I can't make decisions FOR you. / Concerned Mother: Aren't there people who WILL? / Dewey: Certainly. Would you prefer the opinion of someone who thinks they know MORE than you, someone who thinks they're BETTER than you, or someone who's trying to SELL you something?
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Thursday, May 13, 2010 [[Dewey hands a paper to Concerned Mother.]] / Dewey: Here is a list of recommended books. / Concerned Mother: So you CAN help me! / Dewey: I can give you this list. / Concerned Mother: Hand it over. / Dewey: Don't you want to know who MADE it? / Concerned Mother: As long as it wasn't YOU, I'm going with it.
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Friday, May 14, 2010 Unshelved Book Club Presents: Foiled by Jane Yolen and Mike Cavallaro / {{Illustration (c)2010 Jane Yolen and Mike Cavallaro, used by permission}} / [[Dewey's description overlays a faded picture from the book with many colorful, fantastical creatures.]] / Dewey: Aliera is a competitive fencer. If she can focus, she might make it to Nationals. / She's also completely colorblind. / Her coach taught her to PROTECT HER HEART, advice she follows a little too well. / At high school she's cliqueless and alone. Her life is fencing, reading, and role-playing games with her cousin. / Then Avery comes to her school. Everyone loves him, including Aliera. They dissect a frog together in science class and eventually he asks her out. / Waiting for her date, Aliera is attacked by a bird. / She puts on her fencing mask . . . and the world explodes with COLOR! / Invisible, magical creatures are everywhere an Aliera immediately has to fight a dark and menacing cloud . . .
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Monday, May 17, 2010 [[In the library stacks, Dewey is surrounded by four patrons, three of which are in costume]] / ScifiFan: We're here about your library's sci-fi booklist. / Dewey: You liked it? / Trekkie: The selections were.... illogical. / JediFan: They were not the books we were looking for. / FireflyFan: Not shiny.
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 [[In the library book stacks, Dewey confronted by four people, three of which are in costume]] / Dewey: What's wrong with our sci-fi recommendations? / Browncoat: Nothing by Joss Whedon. But I'll forgive you if you sign my petition to bring back Firefly. / Trekkie: It did not invite readers to explore strange worlds and new civilizations. / JediFan: I've never seen a more wretched hive of scum and villainy! / SciFiFan: No Piers Anthony!
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010 [[Somewhere in the library, Dewey meets with Tamara]] / Dewey: Some locals stopped by to comment on your booklist. / Tamara: Sci-fi for beginners? They liked it? / Dewey [[Looking away from Tamara]]: They were... inspired by it. / Tamara: How nice! / [[Dewey hands a paper to Tamara]] / Dewey: They left you a list of their favorites. / Tamara: What is "Pon Far"? / Dewey: Pray you never find out.
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Thursday, May 20, 2010 Library Tip #72: Be Kind, Rewind / Old man: I rewound this before returning it! / Old man: It was really hard getting it to go backwards. / Dewey: This is a DVD. / [[Outside Shot of Library]] / Dewey: These look like needle scratches. / Old man: Should I complain to you about the sound quality?
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Monday, May 24, 2010 Young man: You came to my school and did a presentation on research / Dewey: You were in the back row. On the left. / Young man: It was pretty dark... / Dewey: Your handheld video game lit up your face like a spotlight. / Young man: Anyways, turns out I need some help after all. / Dewey: Great, I'll go back there eventually. Here's a suggestion: Next time, pay attention.
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Student: Come on, Library guy. We both know you're here to help. / Dewey: I offered help. You were rude. Case Closed. / Student: I'm going to fail my class! / Dewey: Adults call that "learning a lesson." / Student: My parents are going to ground me! / Dewey: I call that "justice." Also, "highly amusing."
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010 [[Mel and Dewey behind the desk. Student from previous comic in background, looking on.]] / Mel: You can't just refuse to help him. I'm taking over. / [[Mel and Student standing before library computer.]] / Mel: Let me show you how to search for articles. / Student: That's okay. I'd rather just watch you do it for me. / [[Mel using the computer. Student standing with his back to Mel answering phone]] / Mel: First you need to -- / Student: I need to take this call. How about I come back when you're done?
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Thursday, May 27, 2010 Patron: Can I speak to the one who looks like a librarian? / Dewey: Which one is that? / Patron: You know, the one who... I mean she... with the... / Patron: Help me out here. / Dewey: I can't, I'm insufficiently stereotypical.
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Monday, May 31, 2010 Woman: Your seats are too low. / Dewey: A poor worker blames her tools. / Woman: [crosses arms] Your attitude needs adjusting. / Dewey: I'll fetch the attitude adjuster. / Woman: [seated on a book] That's the right height, but it's a little too hard. / Dewey: I'll see if we have it in paperback.
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010 Colleen: Books are not furniture. / Woman: [sitting on a book] Your thesaurus disagrees. / Colleen: You looked it up? / Woman: I'm sitting on it.
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Wednesday, June 02, 2010 Colleen: You said she could sit on a REFERENCE BOOK? / Dewey: It was the proper height. / Colleen: What if she damaged it? / Dewey: We'd have to replace it with a more current edition. / Colleen: [[offering Today's Cars 1949 to computer victim]] This one would make a good lumbar support! / Computer victim: Hve you got something for bunions?
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Thursday, June 03, 2010 Library tip #73: Help yourself to seconds. / Dewey: [[Handing a book to a woman]] Take two, they're small. / Woman: I'd feel like a GLUTTON! / Dewey: Did you see something else you'd like? / Woman: Well yes, but ... / Dewey: If you don't check it out now, I guarantee we'll never be able to find it again. / [[woman leaves in a streak of motion lines]]
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Monday, June 07, 2010 Man: Sorry about things. / Mel: What are you talking about? / Man: Here. [[hands her some money]] It's all I can spare. / Woman: Did you return a book late? / Man: [[to a child]] Grab everything you can carry. This place won't be open long. / Mel: It's Monday! We're open until nine!
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Tuesday, June 08, 2010 Mail carrier: [[hands letter to Mel]] This has postage due. / Mel: Let me get the petty cash. / Mail carrier: [[rejecting the money]] Better save your pennies. You'll need them. / Mel: [[Angry]] What do YOU know? / Mail carrier: More than I can admit. / [[Mel Glowers. Enter Buddy]] / Buddy: Did my pen pal write back? Did she survive the prison riots?
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Wednesday, June 09, 2010 [[Outside of the Consumer County Library Administration and Hospice building people are milling around. Mel is talking to another woman.]] / Mel: I drove down to find out what's going on with the budget. / Woman: That's what we're ALL here for! We're demanding ANSWERS! / Mel: Wouldn't an unruly mob be more effective? / Woman: We're not lined up alphabetically. For librarians that IS an unruly mob.
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Thursday, June 10, 2010 Mel: Our library system is having budget problems / Dewey: I heard at the comic store. / It's a "crisis." / We're under "siege." / Mel: Did everyone find out before me? / Colleen: That way you don't panic the rest of us. / Mel: You seem calm. Are you in the dark, too? / Tamara: No. I know what's happening. I just think everything's going to be okay.
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Monday, June 14, 2010 Man: It's cold. But it's only cold right HERE. / Dewey: Sorry. We can't adjust the HVAC manually. / Man: The hair on my ars is standing up! / Dewey: That's your body's way of telling you it's time to leave. / Man: You're not helping. Dewey: That's MY way of telling you it's time to leave.
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010 Man: You have GHOSTS! / Dewey: I've already seen this movie. / Man: I'm detecting an irregular electric field! / Dewey: That's our wifi. It might not cause cancer. / Man: It comes and goes! / Dewey: You're telling me. / Computer victim: The internet is down again.
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010 Clipboard man: Your office supplies disappear? / Dewey: Often. / Clibboard man: And your equipment malfunctions? / Dewey: Without warning. / Clipboard man: Books put away where they don't belong? / Dewey: As a rule. / Clipboard man: What do you call the spirits that haunt this place? / Dewey: "The public."
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Thursday, June 17, 2010 Library Tip #74: Beat the Rush / Man: What do you mean they're all gone? / Dewey: The holds list is a mile long. / Man: It was just mentioned on TV this MORNING! / Dewey: I can add your name... / Man: How much to go to the front of the line? / Dewey: I'll call the bookstore and find out.
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Monday, June 21, 2010 Computer victim: [holds up e-book reader] I want to read a book on this thing. / Colleen: It's your funeral. / Computer victim: I need help "downloading". / Colleen: You're way ahead of me, mister buzzword. How about I learn from you? / Computer victim: But I don't know what I'm doing! / Colleen: Look for a button that says "destroy publishing".
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Colleen: Go ahead. Read a book on that thing. / Computer victim: I don't know how. / Colleen: Did it come with instructions? / Computer victim: Yes. / Colleen: Then read them! / Computer victim: I don't know how.
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