Daily Dose

From The Library Book, by Susan Orlean

SOMETIMES

"'Sometimes I'm amazed by what people call about,' she said, tapping her desk with a pencil. 'Once, a patron called to ask if it was okay for her to eat a can of beans that didn't have an expiration date. I mean, there is a website called Still Tasty that I use to check expiration dates on things, but I'm not going to take responsibility for a lady eating a can of beans!'
I said they all seemed to know a lot."

From Chapter 22

Daily Dose

From The Library Book, by Susan Orlean

THE MOST

"The most popular photograph in the library's photography collection is of a five-year-old elephant named Bimbo Jr. riding a surfboard. The picture ran in the Los Angeles Herald in 1962. According to the caption, Bimbo Jr. had 'the rare distinction of being the youngest elephant to perform this remarkable feat,' a peculiar sort of caption that implies that other elephants surf, too, and Bimbo's specialness was only his tender age."

From Chapter 7

Daily Dose

From Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend, by Susan Orlean

NO

"No actors, including extras, that appeared on The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin were allowed to work on Lassie. When a reporter for the Los Angeles Times asked if the Hooker brothers, the show's regular stuntmen, ever worked with Lassie, Lee snapped, 'The Hooker boys are under strict contract to be bitten exclusively by Rin Tin Tin.'"

From Chapter 15

A Bookstore Doodle

A collaborative doodle : "mash-up" suggested by my coworker, Kathy W.