re: Pictures from days gone by....

"Oh Jinny, I've longed to tell you how I feel ever since I first saw you, restacking books in New Non Fiction. And when you moved to the Reference desk, taking questions all day from strange men, I realized I had to let you know that... that... I love you!"

"Please Donny, not here in Recent Fiction. Meet me later in the Rebinding Room where we can be alone."

Now that’s an OT10

Middle cop looks like he's carrying an automatic, which would be rare for that time period. Cop on the far right looks like a real scholar.

59 years ago today



The next time a mental patient tells you there's a monster on the wing of your airplane, YOU BETTER frickING BELIEVE HIM

Standard OT home. Coffee service in heels with a smile.

Simpler, FAR more efficient times in the USPS.

He was the greatest ballplayer of them all, the towering Sultan of Swat. But by 1948, Babe Ruth had been out of the game for more than a decade and was struggling with terminal cancer.

So when the beloved Bambino stood before a massive crowd on June 13 to help celebrate the silver anniversary of Yankee Stadium—known to all in attendance as the House That Ruth Built—and to retire his No. 3, it was clear this was a final public goodbye.