"There's something about the smell of a library..."

[torrain_circles]

For reference? The title is a quote. I will eat my hat if you can tell me what book it's from.

So! I have in my hands a DVD of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Sadly, not the one coming out next month. Happily, the original, scored by Sondheim and featuring Lansbury and Hearn. Free rental, good for a week. God bless the Ottawa Public Library.

Speaking of which, the OPL is looking at a 10% budget cut over the next three years, which'd mean (among other things) closing ten branches and having extant branches closed one day a week. One-page summary is here; the more detailed list of what they'd be reducing and why is on pages 251-254 of this.[1]

But yeah. Objections/commentary may be sent to Councillor Jan Harder, although this is perhaps one of those situations where it might be more effective to hit Print rather than Send, fold up the hardcopy of the e-mail, and drop it in an envelope with a stamp.
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[1] "This" is the Community and Protective Services section of the 2008 Draft Budget; note that the entire section dealing with the OPL goes from page 247 to 274. It's a very nice press release, and seems entirely adequate; I just wanted to check a source with more details before I linked it, because I am detail-oriented like that. And having found said source, I offer you a link.

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[torrain.livejournal.com]

From the Mercedes Lackey series about Diana Tregarde. Diana's sitting and typing up one of her romance novels, and she pages up to insert that line into the scene. I believe she wrapped it up thinking "Don't look now, Lord Whoeverthewhat, Claire's going to pull out the honey and brandy..."

[lurkerwithout.livejournal.com]

Ok, its been a looooooong while since I read those. Though the collected version is in my Zooba book club queue...