Curiosa: Lobster Shells

What a fortnight it's been at work.

( A voyage of discovery under the cut ... )

All in all, not a usual week-and-change at the office. The hullaballoo has died down somewhat, but the last time the Head of Special Collections caught me removing a book from the closed stacks, he stopped to inquire, "And who signed this one? God?" (Sadly, no, though it was another very early printed book that no one knew we had and required almost as much research to catalog as the other two. I love my job, even -- no, especially -- when it requires me to play literary detective.)

I'm also investigating this whole Dreamwidth thing; I'm not sure what will come of it, but it's got kanji mood widgets. Everything is better with kanji mood widgets.