a fifty-something under-tall half-deaf school librarian in the jersey suburbs with two grown kids and time on her hands

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03.04.2004

10:20 pm

Here's the sure sign of Geekus Americanus, circa 2004. Forget pocket protectors. It's carrying your flash thumb drives on your keychain, or on a lanyard around your neck.

Earlier this evening, as we were setting up the library for the coffee house, I realized that my thumb drives were not in my pocket (not on a keychain, oh no) where I thought they were. Why do I have two? One for my own files ($9.99 at Compusa) and one for all my school files, including the high school and library websites.

Gone.

Yes. I. Freaked. Out.

I raced home, and there they were, one of them still attached to the home computer, where I had left it after being home for about ten minutes between the dentist and the coffee house.

And now, proper little geek that I am, they are securely clipped to my monstrous jangle of keys and things, all of which hangs on one of those carabiner clips so that I can clip it to my belt loop so I don't lose the whole damn thing.

Ach. I am even too geeky for me.

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