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Uh, I thought I did my blog yesterday but I guess not. Yesterday I learned a whole mess of crap about using formulas in Excel. I learned all this at Using Formulas In Excel. I am really stupid with Excel because I never use it, but the trainings through my work are actually somewhat helpful. And I used one of our online training things for the first time; they are pretty decent.

Today I learned about the pound sign (#). Why is it called the pound sign, I wondered. Because it means "pounds," that's why. I honestly did not know that. You can be all, "That girl needs to eat a cheeseburger, she looks like she weighs 80#." No one does that, do they? I mean, I call it the pound sign, but I don't use it for pounds. It means number to me, like, "#5 was the hardest question on the quiz." The Wikipedia article is like really snotty about it; it repeats over and over how only PARTS OF THE US AND CANADA use the term "pound sign" and that no on in the U.K. would ever, ever call it that, okay?

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Today I learned about my new Sunday work location. I learned how they do things, where things are, etc. Plus I met a few people. That's boring, I know. Sorry.

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Today I learned how to order office supplies for my work. These library ones are never interesting but always practical. Plus, I get paid to shop online now, while I'm at work. Score.

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Today at work I learned some tricks for trying to find specific Cliffs Notes in the catalog. This kid wanted Cliffs Notes for Slaughterhouse-Five and Oedipus Rex but I wasn't sure how to look them up other than to just scroll through the list. Our librarian told me to do a KW search for a word form the title or the author's name and the word "notes." This was very helpful, although it didn't specifically work for Slaughterhouse-Five because we just looked under the word "slaughterhouse" without the "-Five" and the computer is retarded.

I know these library blogs are probably the most boring, but they're actually the most useful to my life so you can just get over it. ;)

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Wednesday I learned how to set a library account to ignore your holds while you're on vacation. I already knew how to do it through the regular catalog/website, but I did not know how to do it at work. Or, I sort of did, but I didn't know how to format the date. Now I know.

Thursday I learned about AC adapters for laptop computers. Ugh. Mine spontaneously burned up on Thursday night, and it was retardedly difficult to find a new one. I found a "universal" adapter at Best Buy that works with over 6,300 models of computer...but not mine. I guess the more common ones are like a circular shaped plug thing, but mine is a big old plug shaped like a house with the roof partially chopped off, and four holes in it. Yeah, I dunno. It's like that one specific model of Toshiba that has such a messed up cord. Anyway, nobody could find it in a store so I'll have to order one online.

Friday I learned some work-related gossip. Oh snap! You'll have to ask me about that one, can't be posting it online.

Saturday I learned that you can buy 2 kinds of pancake mix. Some of it you have to add oil and eggs and water to, and some of it just needs water. Why would you get the kind that needs all that stuff? Isn't it always easier to just add water? Maybe they taste better, although a pancake pretty much just tastes like a pancake, as far as I'm concerned.

Today I learned how to check in and print your boarding pass online when you fly Skybus.

Please excuse these ridiculously delayed entries. My computer's been dead since Thursday so I haven't had much of a chance to post anything. I also won't be able to blog again until at least this coming Friday, because I'll be on vacation until then. But I'm sure I will learn lots of cool things on my trip that you will looooove to hear about. See you then!

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Saturday I learned about the size of a keg. From Wikipedia:

A keg is also a standard unit of measure, named for the container described above. A full keg is a 15.5 US gallon barrel, routinely called a half-barrel; a half keg or pony keg is called a quarter-barrel and has a volume of 7.75 US gallons.

A keg is also equal to:

• 12.5 Imperial gallons (UK)
• 58.67 litres
• 100 Imperial pints (UK)
• 120 US pints
• 165 12 oz drinks
• About 6.83 cases (1 case = 24 units) of 12oz cans of beer

Today I learned some things to say, do, and wear on a job interview. I knew most of them already, but it doesn't hurt to look, right?