I sympathize . . .

This is the one mentioned in my reply to tasik:

Pardon my french . . .

. . . but *%$@ . . . This is the last thing I needed this week.

I thought I'd just now gotten my political opinions sorted out, finding that I largely agreed with this.

I hate American politics - hate and hate and hate and shall never get enough of hating them, I say.

Librarian angst . . .

Oh, the poor fellow. I can relate. An occasional college student receives the term "little monster".

;)

Singing Gators

Turn the volume up and/or use earphones to listen closely. This is a chorus of croaking gators in the swamps to the west of campus.

Worry not - there's a retaining wall to keep them where they are.