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You who come will be the first to see our new "toy". I use quotes due to the fact that this is more than a toy. I expect lots of learning to come out of this.
The Friends of the Chili Library are super supportive of us here in Youth Services and for a while now we've been discussing other ways that we can play and learn here in Chili.
Make sure that you listen to the sound in the video. Its AWESOME!

Yes. Today is seriously "Revenge of the Sith". And its not only because its the day after "May the Fourth" and so we need to let the dark sith lords have their special time.

Its been so dark and gloomy. Nothing works correctly and even I can't work correctly. Everyone I've spoken to today would like to blow something up and hide under a big dark cloak. So far, no one has discussed blowing up Alderaan, but hey, you never know, its only just after 3pm.

I personally, love hiding under big dark cloaks and so when I am purchasing jackets, I make an attempt at seeing if I can hide my whole face in it. Its almost as if you could disappear into another world in that dark "cotton jacket" cave, without having to search out for a real one. Those are too damp and they have bats usually. I love having it so I can just see enough that I can read a book and maybe munch on some popcorn or drink some coffee. Oh and melancholy music. Can't forget to have melancholy music playing.

I wonder what Anakin Skywalker was thinking about while he had his hood up in his angry looking cloak? He always looked like there was a big tennis match going on in his head. "good guy. no. bad guy. no. good guy. I hate the universe. no. the universe is good. no." .... that is way too much work to go on inside a mind wrapped up in a hooded cloak. Sometimes I even wonder what kind of music did he listen to, especially on dark and gloomy days. Do you think he listened to music that would make him even gloomier? Yeah, probably.

What do you do on dark and gloomy days? I hope you at least spend some of the time curled up and reading a book. Are there certain things you like to do in order to brighten the atmosphere, or do you just accept that its a dark and gloomy day and go with it? Is there music you like to listen to or food you like to eat on dark and gloomy days? Come on! Tell me your dark and gloomy day stories!