Paula Poundstone
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008She is delightful! She talked to people in the audience, joked about what was going on without humiliating anyone, and generally had us all laughing heartily the whole time she was on stage.
Sorry for the bad photo, but all I had with me was my camera.
She really did have my laughing most of the time, but you kinda had to be there. Here are a few things she joked about:
- Sorry, this conference is only for “public”, you can’t come in.
- Why are we considering getting rid of the Dewey system? It’s always made her feel so safe! She didn’t realize there was all this secret unrest about Dewey.
- Don’t you take a unified stand on dog-earing? I hate dog-earing!
- When people started leaving early (just a few, really) she said “I’ve been in this business long enough to realize that it’s best if I leave first.”
- Librarians helping people find information and truth becomes more and more important as mis-information becomes more popular.
