The Ernest Chronicler

It seems that a popular question is "Do you have a summer job?" I would like to say "No." or "I tried to find a job that will keep you for a summer with every other week off, but apparently they don't like that." But thats not really the truth. I have one violin student and a few gigs here and there: weddings, tea parties, and the like. But I also am cataloging my dad's book collection. Those of you who are trying to wrap your mind around the amount of time this would take know my father. My dad has a Doctor of Theology with his Ph. D. on St. Athanasius, and is an academic book editor for Baker Book House, and at one time was an editor for Hendrickson Publishers. So imagine the years of freebies, reference books used for editing, dictionaries, commentaries, and books to satisfy his personal interests. Yup. We estimate (conservatively) for me to simply attach Library of Congress labels to each book would take 50 hours. That doesn't include looking up the numbers for older books or organizing them on the shelves. So it will be a process.