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Books, Books, More Books!
Leave a commentOctober 14, 2017 by libroshombre
Long ago I took up the banner of bibliophile Winston Churchill: “If you cannot read all your books, at …
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Neologisms, Numbers, and Niceness
Leave a commentOctober 14, 2017 by libroshombre
Me and Aristophanes, the Greek playwright, agree that, “By words the mind is excited and the spirit elated.” That …
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Swearing, Cursing, and Lying to Librarians
Leave a commentAugust 13, 2017 by libroshombre
You might not be surprised to learn that the famed Bodleian Library at Oxford University has a Twitter feed …
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Whores, Chops, and Measles
Leave a commentAugust 7, 2017 by libroshombre
In his “Histories,” Herodotus told of Psammetichus, an Egyptian king ruling around 650 BCE, who wondered what was the …
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Flamingoes, Naked Mole Rats, and Sleepers
Leave a commentAugust 1, 2017 by libroshombre
The age-old mystery of how flamingoes sleep on one leg without falling over has finally been resolved. Biologists at …
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Explicating Cussing and Cussing Book Tieves
Leave a commentAugust 1, 2017 by libroshombre
“Cussin’” arose the other day while discussing the differences between the terms “expletive” and explicative,” and this triggered a …
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Clyde, Bruce, and Tyson
Leave a commentJuly 22, 2017 by libroshombre
Sweet-voiced Clyde McPhatter was “broke and despondent over a mismanaged career that made him a legend but hardly a …
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