Tuesday, July 15, 2008

New Song

(To be sung to the tune of the 70s rock hit "Signs")

Names, names, everywhere there're names,
Found in the authority file,
Fogging my mind. 
'Call me this, DON'T CALL ME THAT!'
Give me a name! (or Follow the rules!) 

more verses to follow as I think of them... 

Names are weird. Today we dealt with a group of men, 4 of them, ALL named James Cuthbert Self. Why do people visit the father's name upon the son... and the grandson... and the great-grandson? Untangling all the threads can be frustrating and confusing. 

If you're a librarian and you have the occupational good fortune (forture? torture?) to have to individually define all these names, you CAN lose your mind. 




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