A list of 'whiteboard things' from May 2015

We agreed we should probably make a public record of 'stuff' that is on our whiteboard currently, because it's getting pretty chockers and that means it's going to be wiped clean sometime soon!

Ironically there isn't really anything work related, though I guess this one is a little bit related to some of the work we do:

Summotes!

Mostly though, it's things like:

Micro-working

-The absolute minimum of work that can be done

before it's seen as "not working"

"May the junk food fairy be with you"

- Trisha, 2014

The tedium of a tedious task is tediousness

.... tediously ....

MEGA - SLIVER

- a really small piece of a really big cake

* STUPIDUS MAXIMUS *

There's more where that came from, but I

want a piece of mud cake with whipped

cream and a San Churro's hot chocolate

drizzled over it all. And I can't have one.

So here ends the blog post!

A new year...a new office space...and a new whiteboard!

It's that time again - the time when we clear off our wondrous whiteboard full of groovy things and start afresh. Fitting, really, since we're now in our new office space after spending endless weeks in what we called "library camp". The ants are gone, we have running water and we're seated within sight of a window... Yes, fresh air is the name of our game, and if it wasn't ridiculously stinkin' hot (I hate summer) we'd actually be enjoying some of it.

Anyway, the white board needs cleaning off, but some things will remain, for e.g. our time-map for each day:

• 8am - 9am - Breakfast
• 9am - 10am - Brorning Tea
• 10am - 11am - Morning Tea
• 11am - 12pm - Munch
• 12pm - 2pm - Lunch
• 2pm - 5pm - Postmunchitis

Possibly everything else will go, though we might actually keep the lists of items of work we're meant to be doing... I dunno.

Did I mention that Mo-faux Monday occurs every Monday?

Sugar Plum Fairies, dancing all around

If you feel the urge to swear but don't want to offend sensitive colleagues' ears, why not yell out, "Sugar Plum Fairies!" at the top of your lungs?

Sugar Plum Fairies is an inhabitant of our newly-cleaned-in-2012 whiteboard. Other things on the whiteboard include a map of all the different times of the day in which one can pause to eat:

• 8am-9am - Breakfast
• 9am-10am - Brorning Tea
• 10am-11am - Morning Tea
• 11am-12pm - Munch
• 12pm-2pm - Lunch
• 2pm-5pm - Postmunchitis

Some of these you may recognise from previous blog posts around here.

Also on the board at present is a note pointing to the "Naughty Fan Corner", where our fan sits sulking 'cause we made it face the wall (prevents unseemly blowing of air into library employees' eyeballs and/or carefully coiffed hair). The fan did have an outing one day, when it was loaned out to another colleague just down the corridor a little way. But the fan had been naughty once again so it's back in its corner. Sulking.

I'd go on, but I want to mention a very special author featured in our library catalogue: one William McConnel Wanklyn, who authored the works:

• The administrative control of smallpox : how to prevent or stop an outbreak (86 p., 1913)
• London public health administration : a summary showing the principal authorities, with their origin, services and powers (59 p., 1913).

It seems Mr. Wanklyn was a pretty busy guy in 1913!

Dot dot com

Or is it dot.com?

We in the library haven't quite decided.

One of our favourite quotes from a library customer is as follows (and keep in mind that the library is part of a Catholic institution):

"Can unbelievers use your library catalogue?"

The answer given was, "Why yes, yes of course - anyone can!"

Quicklish

We in the library have devised a brilliant plan for a new confectionery item... Quicklish! Morsels of licorice so tiny you can finish the entire packet in a matter of seconds.

I guess it should be spelled quicklice, because it's a combination of 'quick' and 'licorice'. But quicklice looks like it's related to some form of lice, and that's not really the look (or taste, for that matter) we're going for.

For now, the question is: would you buy Quicklish?