August 3

Today was basically one of preparation for tomorrow's big presentation. Thom & I needed to get our items ready, meaning we needed to find good tracks for listening in case someone wanted to hear the CDs. We also needed to come up with good explanations for why we included something. We also needed to be able to describe the methodology we used in finding our "treasures." We also needed to somehow decide how to display everything, including having a boom box or stereo accessible for playing the CDs. So, it was just a matter of thoughtfully trying to describe things.

Also, we got emails telling us about a tour of the Library's dome planned for Monday morning. At first, I thought, hmm, okay, I thought we already saw the dome from the inside of the main reading room, but whatever. Well, a later email clarified that we would be going on the OUTSIDE of the dome. This is about the best picture I could find on Google to show how high the dome is. Here is another, from Yahoo, to give perspective - it's just as high as the Capitol dome, which is a much more well-known dome. In fact, I think they said on one of the tours that the Library's dome is actually just as high but the torch on the top was put on because the original statue that was designed for the top would have made it higher than the Capitol dome and of course, that's a no-no. So, anyway, apparently I'm going to be climbing up to the dome to see the sights. I am going to have some kickass pictures of the city after that! Let's just hope it doesn't rain.