People who steal books...

May they feel it where it hurts most. This morning a guy came in (NOT a Uni student) while I was working with a class. I pointed him off in the direction of the circulating collection. When I followed up to see if he needed help, he was looking through a book in the back corner. A bit later he brought a book to the circ desk and asked if he could check it out without a card, which he said he left at home. I told him I'd be happy to hold the book for him. He wrote his name on a piece of paper and I put the book on the hold shelf.

This is where the plot thickens. An hour or so later I went looking for Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (305.569092Eh84n), which was just selected for the One Book, One Campus program. There, on the shelf, was the cover - with no book inside. The book the guy asked me to hold came from the spot right next to it.


Has anyone seen me?

On a lighter note, I'm glad to report that the second attempt at dropping the jello brain was -ahem- a smashing success.