1. Reasonable Resolutions, Personal Transformation, and Starting Over

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    January 23, 2024 by libroshombre

                An app called Blinkist costs $12.99 a month and is designed to help you achieve your New Year resolution …
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  2. Coziness, Rhombuses, and Positive Chiromonia

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    January 23, 2024 by libroshombre

                Things like Alaska Airlines door plugs popping off make reading “The Meaning of Life is Surprisingly Simple” even more …
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    Category: gestures, languages, librarians, libraries, oration, psychology, public libraries, speech, words | Tags: , , ,

  3. Welkins, Peacocks, and Ferret-Legging

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    December 9, 2023 by libroshombre

                Once a young soccer star named Jimmy from Manchester, England played on a scholarship for UC Santa Barbara.  His …
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    Category: blind, book banning, Christmas, games, holidays, hymns, librarians, libraries, music, religion | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

  4. UFOs, Conan, and Novel Circuits

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    December 8, 2023 by libroshombre

                “Which Presidents Have Seen UFOS?  Yep, It’s More Than one,” a Politco.com article by Garrett Graff that ran last …
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    Category: deep reading, fantasy, reading, reading brain, reading well, Robert E. Howard, science fiction | Tags: , , , ,

  5. Nailing Jello, Sifting Slang, Observatory Books

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    November 4, 2023 by libroshombre

    Some things are simply impossible, or the next thing to it, like nailing jello to the wall.  Cursory research didn’t …
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  6. Grammar, Forgery, and Forgotten Books

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    November 4, 2023 by libroshombre

                Once upon a time, around 150 BCE, there were two great kingdoms in the eastern Mediterranean that each possessed …
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    Category: archeology, book theft, books, forgery, libraries, library collections, reading, school librarians | Tags: , , , , ,

  7. Riots, Festivals, and Paperbacks

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    July 21, 2023 by libroshombre

                Many great minds have contemplated the dynamics of large groups of humans.  H.L. Mencken once said, “No one in …
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    Category: books, demagoguery, festivals, fiction, hardbacks, magazines, paperbacks, public libraries, publishing, science fiction | Tags: , , , , , , ,

  8. Lynchings, Black Holes, and Horny Toads

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    July 10, 2023 by libroshombre

             There’s been some interesting overlapping on my radar that involve lynching, black holes, horny toads, and the frightening rise …
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    Category: book banning, books, libraries, race, races, racism, reptiles | Tags: , , , , , ,

  9. Alephs, Acrostics, and April

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    May 3, 2023 by libroshombre

                My handwriting’s always been bad, but these days it’s bordering on awful.  Perhaps I’m channeling my inner Phoenician for …
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  10. Relationships, Warm Puppies, and Happiness

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    May 3, 2023 by libroshombre

                A four-panel Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schulz that was destined for immortality ran on April 25, 1960.  First …
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