Local 590

Not AFSCME. Look it up Dear Reader. Look it up. Google it. If I begin with a digression, is it really a digression? Maybe just an off-speed pitch. Down and away. To lefties. As both of you may have guessed, the title of this alleged post refers to local notes in catalog records. Fleetingly. Elliptically even. Perhaps incidentally. I just finished creating a record for a manuscript map, blah, blah, blah. Really, it was quite a joy to produce. I offer but a toe-hold from which you may choose to try to follow. Or not. Must...not...sink into existential quagmire. Arcs still to join. There was a note waiting for me this morning. Patiently biding time. Playing the little time-biding games notes are prone to perform.

"3:559 Library's copy lacks stand. Library's copy imperfect: Small dent in northern hemisphere."

How very nice. Meteor impact? Comet? Elliptical orbits interrupted abruptly by celestial orbs. Say that a couple times fast. Oops. Stop that. Stop that. Abdullah Tarzaban made tenth-grade math fun. Really. Not comparatively. For me at least. Looking back. Did you know Dearest of Dear Readers that the word ellipse is from the Spanish? Think about it. One final clue: SWAK.