1,000 Years of Dracula

 A.I. image inspired by a spontaneous prophecy uttered by a child in a public library: "1,000 Years of Dracula." Horror!

Found Note: Fuck You and Fuck Love

Note found in a public library:

Fuck you and fuck love.

Found Note: My Grandparents Think I'm Gay

Note found in a public library:

My grandparents think I'm gay.

Library Interaction: "Here's A Dollar"

Homeless girl who uses guest card every day puts a dollar in our Friends of the Library jar:

Girl: "Here's a dollar."
Me: "Thanks!"
Girl: "I took it from the tip jar at Starbucks."
Me: "Oh...well, thanks!"

Curbside

Reopening Library of the Canyons for curbside service during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tribute to Nelda

Tribute to Nelda, from Albert.

Tribute to Nelda.

Library Interaction: "16 & 18 Year Old Kids"

Man (frustrated): "The problem with everything these days is that media companies are only hiring 16 and 18-year-old kids to decide what counts as news and what gets made into TV shows and movies!"

Me: "What do you mean by '16 and 18-year-old kids'?"

Man: "Anyone under 50."

Me: "!"

Library Answer Line

I used to staff the library answer line.

I was moderately helpful.

Library Answer Line.

Found Art

Found drawn on a computer mouse pad in a public library. I think it was drawn with an eraser.

Portrait in eraser on computer mouse pad.

B.E.E.E.R.S.

Given to me at a local public library by an ancient hippy:

"B.E.E.E.R.S."

  Blisses

  Enjoyments

  Ecstacies

  Euphorias

  Raptures

  Salvations

God bless everyone with all my prayers

Joshuah Joseph Ames

(14-Jan.; 2014)

Great Shakeout

Earthquake preparedness flyer for our participation in the Great California Shakeout:

Great Shakeout flyer.

Found List: Clubs

Found in a public library:

List of clubs.

List of clubs:

• Story makers
• Book lovers
• Jesus lovers
• Game makers

Huell

Glad I got to meet Huell Howser once. He lived up to his TV image totally.

Huel's autograph.

I'm not sure exactly when we got to meet him, but whenever it was, it was the 16th:

16th:  Huell Howser.

Found in the Library

One plastic zip lock bag containing three tablets of Viagra.

Placed in the Lost and Found.

Laguna Beach Bike Rack

Surfboard stored in a bicycle rack outside Laguna Beach Library.

Bicycle rack outside Laguna Beach Library.

Library Interaction: Kill the Imbeciles

Lady upset about recent terrorist attack:

"It's in their religion. They want to kill all the imbeciles."

I'm sure she meant, "infidels," but whatever.

Pizza Leopard

Celebrating Summer Reading, 2012.

Pizza Leopard.