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Jay Leno Hates Libraries

"People here in Los Angeles are upset that the mayor's proposed plan to cut the budget of libraries. This could affect as many as nine people."

Oxymoronic Library Sign

Sign at Flickr

http://www.sltrib.com/columnists/ci_14960804

Reading her résumé, you might not suspect Anna Neatrour was part of one of the hottest sensations on the Internet.
She's a married mother of twin toddlers, living in Salt Lake City. Her day job is as a librarian -- specifically, project manager for the Western Soundscape Archive at the University of Utah's Marriott Library. (Next month, she becomes executive director of the Utah Library Association.)
When Neatrour takes off her glasses and starts spinning, though, she magically transforms into -- not Wonder Woman -- but one of The Bureau Chiefs, the folks responsible for the exceedingly funny Twitter feed, Fake AP Stylebook.

Nation Shudders at Large Block of Uninterrupted Text
"Unable to rest their eyes on a colorful photograph or boldface heading that could be easily skimmed and forgotten about, Americans collectively recoiled Monday when confronted with a solid block of uninterrupted text...Dumbfounded citizens from Maine to California gazed helplessly at the frightening chunk of print, unsure of what to do next. Without an illustration, chart, or embedded YouTube video to ease them in, millions were frozen in place, terrified by the sight of one long, unbroken string of English words."