Today some of the librarians took a break from Dribbles to learn about BiTs. Overheard in process:
"I sometimes lose my train of thought but other trains come along."
"What's not to trust?" (spoken by someone unfamiliar with the Duchy and the Black Queen)
The Black Queen and GoG have been working for quite some time to vanish Dotland. (No, not vanquish. They want Dotland to DISAPPEAR.) For some reason, the Black Queen, Queen of Air, Darkness, and All Technology, has never understood that Dotland dealt with information, not just books and budgets. She thought that if she could divert the books and budgets, Dotland would cease to exist. Unfortunately, without the information distributed by Dotland, the books and budgets don't quite come together. Just as today's BiTs wouldn't have come together without Dotland behind the scenes moving the information around. The librarians feel lost in a sea of numbers and requirements and rules. They can see books in the distance but can't quite get to them. The Black Queen and GoG aren't much help since they never paid much attention to the details. The Black Queen and GoG also don't understand that the heart of LibraryLand is in the peasants. There were no peasants invited today.
The Black Queen is like the Sorcerers Apprentice standing on a chair raising a perfect storm of confusion and anger. Maybe she's afraid if she stops, she'll drown in the chaos?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)

2 comments:
I sit and rock in my little dot cubicle because I know Silver is still with us (for however long we can stall the Black Dot Queen) We prepare for our parlay with the White Queen, hoping against hope that SOMEONE will finally listen to our facts and figures. Can Dotland be saved? We won't know until it happens.
Purple Dot
Where is the Friday update on Dotland? This peasant anxiously awaits the latest updates on the Black Queeen and sidekick GoG. Let us know how the meeting went! As you stated no peasants were invited, and the demise of Dotland would affect them probably more than the librarians with ordering, budgets, requisitions etc, as librarians are expected to do more "teaching" and less "loving" of the library on a daily basis.
Is Silver still haunting Dotland? Is she becoming more visible? We NEED Silver!
One peasant of many (but not enough!)
Post a Comment