My fellow Arlisians - below is the compilation of contributions to the
creation of Arlisia. Aloha, Ellen Chapman
ARLISIA (suggested alternate - ARLISIUM)
Airline: ARLIS Air
Arlisia lore: Arlisiana
Capital City: Artexlibrisville
Description: charming kingdom far away for jokey people
Exercise: yoga, at all public gatherings
National Anthem: Rule Booktannia!
National holiday:
- Melvil Dewey's birthday (December 10)
- Judy Hoffberg, born in 1934 (month and day unknown)
National joke:
Q: How do you tell an art librarian from a regular librarian?
A: Art librarians wear funkier glasses.
National motto:
- "Ars Longa Vita Brevis" (many years ago, at the Los Angeles
Conference, Judy suggested this)
- "ARLIS Longa Vita Brevis [est]"
Patron saint: Sarasvati, goddess of speech/learning and patroness of the
arts; generally represented with four arms, one with a book
Roads: pave all the roads that lead to the capital city with outdated
35 mm slides
Secret handshake: involves opening of a book
Traditional dress
- artist's smock or tweed or boiled wool jacket; sensible shoes
- anything in black merino wool, "architectural" eyeglasses, and
leather shoes in any color EXCEPT black or brown
- pink socks, unique, handcrafted jewelry
- socks - Merrells in purple and orange suede.
Twelve-step program: to help residents go digital (held in the meeting
room of the local library, of course)
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