The Knapp House was arranged like my college dorm, with rooms off each side of a long hallway and a lounge off the middle. The lounge here, though, was a library, with a long wooden table in the middle and shelves along the outside except for two oblong windows. Fernando was reading at the table when I and a tour guide came in. She explained that it was "Turnover Day." All the books had paper labels looped over the spine; all included the date of 2004. Suddenly, the room came to life as the fellows filled the room and the bookshelves started the automatic turnover. The labels printed out like old dot matrix printers, pushing out the old labels and replacing them with 2005 markings. Then the tour guide started explaining something about the windows, and broke one apart to show us. But I don't remember what was so interesting. Then my cousin, who lives nearby in real life, called me up and said the whole house should come out to dinner with him and his friends. I agreed to ask them but was doubtful anyone could make it on such short notice. I woke up shortly after.

posted by Larry at 8:58 AM