Little librarian
A couple of weeks ago, while waiting to meet up with Thom to see The Two Towers at the Uptown, I checked out a cute little shop across the street called Wake Up, Little Suzie. They have lots of quirky, retro stuff, including a few things from Knock Knock. I especially like the Personal Library Kit. As a kid, I used to play “library.” (If you know me personally, perhaps you’re not surprised.) In the front pages of each of my books I placed a punchcard—my mom would bring them home from work; by then IBM punchcards were slowly dying out as a business technology, if not already obsolete, but what did I know, I was a kid, and they were cool—and I’d write on them the date the books were “due.” I bet I still have my collection of assorted rubber stamps, somewhere here in my old desk. I also still have a vague, unrealized goal of cataloguing all my books. Hm, someday.
Knock Knock’s report cards—let your friends and lovers know if they make the grade!—are a hoot too. No, I cannot believe I just called something a “hoot.” Maybe I need their slang flashcards.