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		<title>Reprise of Tough Love from a Tough Dad</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
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In honor of Father&#8217;s Day, we wanted to reprise this incredible story sent in from Colorado. &#8220;Tough Love From a Tough Dad&#8221; was one of our most popular stories, an continues to be one of Merry&#8217;s favorites! Happy Father&#8217;s Day to all the great dads out there!
I work at a small library in an area [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reprise of An Affair to Remember</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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This Story of the Week is officially one of our all-time favorites. When this one was submitted, Merry laughed out loud&#8211;and received a few glares from patrons. Stories like this one are the reason The Merry Librarian exists&#8230;and why she&#8217;s so merry! Hopefully you&#8217;ll enjoy it as much as we did&#8230;
I sympathize with the librarian in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Year with Merry: Great Stories from ML</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Merry Librarian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was our first post on The Merry Librarian, and it remains one of our favorite (and most disgusting) stories. You could say that this story started it all! When Merry heard this tale from one of her coworkers, she knew she had to start a blog to chronicle some of the insanity of working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A&#8230;with a little creepy on the side</title>
		<link>http://www.merrylibrarian.com/?p=688</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s those patrons you wouldn&#8217;t expect to be weird who ask the really odd questions.
For instance, male patron, in a hushed voice and raised, waggling eyebrows, &#8220;Do you have any books on strippers?&#8221;
Me: *blink*
Him: &#8220;They can be about male or female ones.&#8221;
Me: (straightfaced, ) &#8220;Let me check&#8230; No, I&#8217;m sorry we don&#8217;t.  May I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Vision for Service</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 23:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Merry Librarian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were impressed with the heart behind this story. It’s just more proof that librarians and libraries and an integral part of our communities. We’re also confident there are hundreds of stories just like this one out there that haven’t yet been told! If you or a librarian you know has served your community in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Day, Another Demon</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 17:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Merry Librarian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve all encountered at least one patron looking to learn more about demons, witchcraft or exorcism. It seems like every encounter is a story worthy of The Merry Librarian! The attitude of this particular librarian made us smile, however. Perhaps she should write the first book on the subject…it’s bound to be stolen from library [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are there no stories to share?!</title>
		<link>http://www.merrylibrarian.com/?p=679</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 22:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Merry Librarian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sadly, we have very little to post for you today. The fact of the matter is&#8230;we&#8217;ve run out of stories! At least, we&#8217;ve run out of your stories. Luckily, Merry is not just a pretty face&#8230;she spends most of her days behind the desk at her own library. So here are a few strange encounters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Librarian&#8230;Lawyer&#8230;What&#8217;s the diff?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 15:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patrons, no matter their economic, social, religious or educational standing can be a teensy bit demanding at times. They demand their fines be forgiven (&#8220;I swear I turned that book in! You people lost it, not me!&#8221;); they insist we deliver the goods (&#8220;My daughter&#8217;s report is due tomorrow&#8230;how can you not have a single [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doth thou speaketh&#8230;Shakespeare?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not surprising to interact with patrons who have never read Shakespeare, or even a few who haven&#8217;t heard of him. It&#8217;s also understandable when people dismiss the bard as &#8220;boring&#8221; or difficult to understand. Hey, we all have our preferences. This week&#8217;s Reference Desk Interaction made us smile because of the unique nature of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things They Don&#8217;t Teach in Library School</title>
		<link>http://www.merrylibrarian.com/?p=668</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Merry Librarian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s story is definitely one of our all time favorites! We certainly applaud this brave librarian for keeping her cool in what was surely a stressful (and surreal) situation. (And bonus points for the name suggestion&#8230;)
Under the category of &#8220;Things that they don&#8217;t teach you in Library School&#8221; how to deliver a baby certainly [...]]]></description>
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