From the monthly archives: October 2009
Impressing an English major
By Library Answer Person On October 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Duke Libraries, Literature, Lobby Book, Relationships
What should I read to impress an English major (male)? [3572B]
Good gracious! Why would you want to do that? Because if you impress him, you might marry him after graduation. He’d hang around the fringes of academia until he became a librarian, inevitably committing the two of you to a life of penury. But [...]
How does one pass a polygraph test with the State Department? [3573C]
Get rid of your conscience.
Capturing a feral feline: step-by-step instructions
By Library Answer Person On October 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Duke, Entertainment, Food, Just silly, Lobby Book, Relationships
How does one capture a feral feline? [3571B]
[written in answer space: with a feral net]
Strip down, slather yourself with bacon grease, and lie in the middle of Chapel Quad. You’ll get all the attention you desire and more.
What is your favorite Wes Anderson film? [3576A]
I’d have to say The Darjeeling Limited, although I dig the soundtrack for The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Hooray for Mark Mothersbaugh!).
Who writes The Weedicle?
Discovering that would be like peeling back the layers of The Onion. I suspect, though, that you do (!). But who am I to stand in the way of some good old fashioned self-promotion?
I had no idea that vanilla extract could be made from soaking bean pods in vodka or brandy, or that commercial extract must be 35% alcohol. So, what does soaking it longer (say a year) do for the flavor?
Ah, I can see you’re someone who believes that anything worth doing is worth overdoing! Actually, [...]
When I read through the archives of the AP book I feel so low. People actually think about things. And here I am at the beginning of another yearly, yearly worsening, period of severe depression that always comes with my requited-but-rejected-anyway love anniversary no matter how little think about it. All these people that once [...]
Why isn’t there an Eprint on at least every other floor in Perkins/Bostock? [3569A]
By my count, there are six release stations distributed throughout Perkins First Floor, three on Bostock First Floor, and one on Perkins Lower Floor 1. That’s ten locations to print articles and other materials free of charge! The printers are in [...]
What do you think about the Feminist Front? [3568A]
I love it, and the Feminist Back as well. See, for instance, the Libraries’ wonderful photographic exhibition, The Bathers: Photographs by Jennette Williams.
Now that they have put a card reader for the door over yonder (next to where this book sits) [arrow pointing to Perkins lobby entrance doors], why can’t students effing swipe in here and why do we still have to go to the main entrance after-hours? [3568B]
There are five card swipe access points for [...]
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