"I'm afraid you need to keep shoes on in the library."
"Or else?"
"You'll be asked to leave."
"I don't care."
"Also I will summon the power to disappear the sun from the sky for several minutes."
"Fine, I'll put 'em on."
"Thanks. ...I uh, I may do the sun thing anyway, just FYI."
"Ready for the eclipse today?"
"I thought that was a week from now."
"I'm referring to the eclipsing of the library’s typical functions by the exigency of performing social services nobody else seems to want to do."
"Oh, that. Yeah we’re in the path of totality for that one."
Sometimes when you relieve a coworker at the reference desk they accidentally leave up browser tabs that serve as little archaeological remnants of the morning's reference questions. "So did you ever find out how long it would take to walk to the equator?"
The smallest town in the United States is located in Nebraska. Monowi, NE is home to 1 resident, Elsie Eiler who is the towns mayor, librarian, and bar owner