I do, in fact, have really great friends. You guys totally bring the fun.

Also, why is there a barcode scanner on your desk?

All part of the glamorous lifestyle of the "Library Assistant IV (Cataloging)." The damn thing's motion-activated, so it switches on every time I go near the mouse. I'll probably have cancer of the fingers in 20 years, but since we'll all be communicating with our computers through direct neural interfaces at that point, it'll be fine. *g*