Rites of Autumn

It's fall and the Black Queen has kicked off the annual fall Rite of Firing Silver. Last year the Rite of Firing Silver was observed the week of August 18 (See agitateddots of August 20, 2006). This year the Rite began today. The Queen opened the annual observance by dropping Silver from the Librarians listserv and the Peasants listserv. This year the official Opening Excuse is that Silver asked a question about the speed of Destiny in a public forum and the faraway wizards of Destiny supposedly took offense. (Some villages have found the speed of Destiny to be pretty much the speed of Dark, as opposed to the speed of Light. Of course, many things in the Duchy operate at the speed of Dark so Destiny is well suited.) Silver, of course, can never believe that anyone could take offense at her shy and reserved demeanor (Shut UP, Fuschia!) so Silver is baffled. Silver can't remember if last year's rite included the Black Queen claiming that the Faraway Wizards of Destiny were threatening to sue, but then Silver frequently has trouble understanding the importance of rituals that don't involve hanging out with friends and eating and drinking. Clearly the Black Queen is comforted by the regular observances of the official Duchy religion. We have already had the Annual Announcing of the Interim Library Coordinator with that role being held again this year by the White Tornado. And we have also had the ritual of Maximizing Library Vacancies by losing Paperwork. Upcoming rites should be the Annual Announcing of the Search for the Permanent Library Coordinator and the Annual Announcing of the Creation of Silver's New Robes. (Silver has given up on the new robes and has stocked up on jeans.)

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Anonymous said...
Are the peasants safe from the Black Queen, or is there another public forum that Silver isn't sharing with the poor suffering peasants? At least this peasant is catching up on tons of reading whilst waiting for the common (or is that uncommon?) error message to royally announce that "do, do, do, do, do, do, Can't touch (access) this (database)" (with apologies to M.C. Hammer for those who can't hear the singing in my head).
I have dutifully been sending my pigeons to Tits, but haven't received any replies. Are they under seige and, horror of horrors, eating my pigeons for sustanance? At least Silver sends my pigeons back.
Even the children of the village question Destiny. They ask, why? Who forces this Destiny on us? We will all die of hunger and thirst waiting, waiting, waiting.

Anonymous said...
1. we are all a TEAM here and we CAN be all-together for the good of the TEAM. and asking questions is what we teach as librarians/teachers every day of our lives. questions should not be scary things.2. the whole rigamarole over the library coordinator position (the more things change, the more they stay the same), just makes me want to go home and take a shower. did the Dutchy ever really -want- the position in the first place?
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