MARC in a Cold Climate
@marccold
Librarian, of sorts. I will always fight and I will never give up.
I know this is an actual US congressman (for a little while, anyway) but in every photo I've seen of him, he looks like a British comedian pretending to be a US congressman to wind us up
we are the last institution in our consortium to have a copy of this so we're holding onto it even though a) it is in bad condition b) it scares us you're welcome
paperclips are evil even when they are not distressed, cf. Clippy
Good to see Douglas is still finding ways to irritate Carolyn
Emily visits the exhibit. She finds a handout with no info but a QR code, in a touch of brutal realism. But the back credits her gran and the DAR or whatever they are.
Other Revolutionary War reenactors, or maybe the same ones, roam the crowd holding lanterns. No one pays any attention to them. Are they ghosts? We also get a close-up of the strange cloth-draped barrel and a giant wheel attached to nothing.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR REENACTORS circle each other balefully in the center of the room, making intense eye contact. Why? Who knows. They're not meant to be enemies because they're both wearing US uniforms. Lovers?
Close-up of the letter in the case. Again, zero context provided. Also the case is visibly filthy.
It takes place in a mysterious pink-lit (!) room. We see an exhibit case with letters in the foreground. No explanatory text. Just letters in a glass box on a white column. In the background are a barrel draped in cloth, an occasional table with a lantern and a handout on it, and a garbage can (?).
I'm sure this actress is a nice person but she has been directed to look like a mannequin and it's creepy
We have the obligatory "wow, she's wearing a dress" scene, hampered only by the fact that she's wearing a pretty bland dress
The ENTIRETY of the work Nate has done on an exhibit that is opening in less than a week.
We pull back and GLOVES GLOVES GLOVES OH NO OWOOOGA OWOOOGA WHITE GLOVES ALERT
The portfolio contains eighteenth-cemtury documents in plastic folders (ed. note: no) They are the letters of a Continental Army soldier named Jonathan Ellis to his lady friend, Mary Rutherford According to the woman, they were Grandmother's favorite collection. Why are they being carried around?
We have Young Mom again (I'm probably more sensitive to it now that I'm in my forties)
Yes, it's 2026's To Philly With Love! And the promo uses the A word. We've had "archival historians" in Christmas at the Plaza, and we had an "archives room" in USS Christmas. But now we have an Archivist.
Reading a book about bibliotherapy and really enjoying its list of recommended reading for those with marital problems
apparently when he emailed Epstein "sorry about this. anyway, let's talk about fun new adventures!" what he meant was "I'm sorry for the countless women you raped." GOOD TO KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION, TED TALK MAN
checking in with The Chron and a) he absolutely should have regrets b) what the fuck is going on with his facial hair
A portrait of Poe reflected in the glass frame of the (Gorey?) cover art for a collection of his poetry. Taken at the Poe Museum in Richmond.