Back when Rapaire was running things the librarians were mustard every day; but this did not cure them of being full of pepper and vinegar.

It fascinates me how absolutely wrong-o the human mind can get in selecting its targets. The computation must be something along this line: All my troubles are caused by other people; the public is composed of other people; the library is open to the public and is a public institution out there in public; therefore I can wreak my revenge on the girls who were mean to me in grade school by striking back at the public library! Hah!! I'm BRILLIANT I tell you. I know!! Mayonnaise in the book drop!

Dear Gawd, that a species endowed with the capacity for reason should stoop so low.



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