You know you spend too much time at the library when...

You have the numbers for at least two of your library cards memorized.

The librarians greet you by name.

You have to get others to return your books because when you go, you regularly walk out with more books than you returned.

The Dewey Decimal System actually makes sense.

You can come up with a "You know you spend too much time..." list from your own experiences.

The Penguin

Once upon a midnight dreary,
As I struggled, weak and weary,
With many a stubborn, messed-up program -
All my work kept going wrong.
As I nodded, nearly sleeping,
Suddenly there came a beeping
From the window which had been keeping
E-mail from me all night long.
"Finally," I muttered, and clicked
To see the junk that took so long.
Mostly spam - "Grow Big and Strong!"

But between the meds and B.A.s,
Something caught my bleary gaze,
Thrilled me - filled me with fantastic
Hope I'd never felt before.
"Windows Vista causing trouble?
Do repair fees daily double,
As your memory is gobbled?
Let us help your comp give more!
Don't let Windows cause you trouble -
Click below to find out more!"
Quick I clicked on linux.org.

When this opened my web engine,
Much I marveled to see a penguin
Telling me what Linux offered -
Flexibility and more;
Spoke the penguin wise and knowing
Of popularity fast-growing,
Ease of use, robustness, showing
Why its users Linux adore,
What mean "open source" and "kernel",
And why people Tux adore.
"See the BSoD nevermore!"

Now the penguin, never quitting,
On my screen is always sitting,
As I sit here, still enraptured,
While at my window something knocks.
Every moment I am learning,
From Windows unto Linux turning,
Heedless of the hours burning,
Ignoring all three dozen clocks.
And as Torvalds smiled at me
From above the computer clock,
Quoth the Penguin, "Linux rocks!"
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Parody of The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe. And yes, the
Linux site is here.

Thought for the Day

You know the saying, "You don't have to be faster than the bear, you just have to be faster than the people around you"?

A more current version could be:
You don't have to go slower than the speed limit, you just have to go slower than the people around you.

Happy Independence Day!

THE LOUD, SPANGLED FIREWORKS

Oh, say can you see,
By the fast-fading light,
What we eagerly hailed
For weeks throughout the nation?
Whose bright sparks and loud bangs,
Through the glamorous night
Will forever proclaim
Our explosive fixations.

And the fuses' red glare,
The shells bursting in air,
Give proof through the night
That our neighbor's still there.

Oh, say, do those shells into the air still leap?
I'm tired of the noise and I want to go sleep!

Note: I love fireworks, I just couldn't resist the parody opportunity. :-P