Happy Holidays from the Book of Lael!

Howdy, Everyone! Today I've got a bit of a holiday medley for you. First, you'll see an image of the Christmas/Holiday card I sent out this year. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for a blog post on On the Side after Five detailing how I made the card. After that, you'll see an amazing image/card made by my Big Sis (she'll let me know if she does not wish to remain anonymous!). All of you medievalists out there, I think you'll love it. It just made me super happy. Then, a Christmas comic made by the future comics superstar Charlie. Warning: It is not exactly in keeping with the Christmas spirit, but I choose to read it as a sophisticated comment on the nature of greed and sin...or something! And as an added bonus, some other drawings by Charlie. I just love the alien one! Finally, if you have the stamina to scroll all the way down, I include a poem I wrote for the season...well...a season...

That's my grab bag of "treats"! Until next week!

--Lael

The Twelve Days of Exams at the Library 

On the twelfth day of exams,
My patron gave to me, 
Twelve locker keys missing,
Eleven chargers breaking,
Ten students fine a-paying,
Nine e-books not loading,
Eight bindings detaching,
Seven affiliates a-whining ,
Six undergrads a-recalling,
Five moldy books,
Four ripped pages,
Three bound journals,
Two reserves overdues,
and a lost book in a plastic bag.