Librarian's Rant

I've been saying for over a week that the peculiar form that spring fever has been taking this year has been--instead of "happy-squirrely" as usual when the days get longer and the air warmer--more like "angry-squirrely" (my term). I cannot explain it any better, but folks are just...edgy. And here in Iowa, that's really rare. And noticeable.

So...I was emailing a colleague of mine and mentioned, jokingly, that none of the equipment (or people!) in the library was working quite right today and that I 'blamed sunspots'. Being a librarian my buddy AmyM sent me the following:

Sunspots in History Sunspots seem to get blamed for a LOT. I take it with a giant dollop of salt, but it's interesting to think about.

I found this 'take' on the subject rather amusing: Sunspot Cycles and Activist Strategy If you're planning a protest or action, check the cycle!

And finally, proof that I'm not (entirely) crazy--that this week in particular is *freaky*: Sunspot activity for yesterday from NOAA (via a Belgian amateur astonomer's site).

Who knows? All I know is that our printer freaked out for no reason, patrons are just wigged out, and our phone, Internet and network connections were frazzled all day (though that may have been human intervention). Can I go home now??