A Timeline of an Afternoon Spent in Sterling, Studying

2pm: I begin "writing".
2:30pm: I begin writing.
4pm: A discreet announcement made on the P.A. system: Sterling will close in an hour.
4:15pm: A discreet announcement made on the P.A. system: Sterling will close in forty-five minutes.
4:30pm: A man runs into the reading room and yells: "WE ARE CLOSING IN 15 MINUTES."
4:40pm: A janitor starts vacuuming in the reading room.

Cool.