Monthly Archives: November 2014

  1. Nanotechnology and Magic Libraries

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    November 27, 2014 by libroshombre

    “Your assumptions are your windows to the world,” Isaac Asimov once said. “Scrub them off every once in a while, …
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  2. Feckless Similes and P.G. Wodehouse

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    November 19, 2014 by libroshombre

    The origin of the word “feck” arose following mention of P.G. Wodehouse’s skilled use of back-formations in last week’s column. …
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  3. Quintilianus, Writing and Reading Well, Wodehouse, and a few Tricolons

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    November 13, 2014 by libroshombre

    Novelist Stephen King says this to those wanting to be writers: “If you don’t have time to read, you don’t …
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  4. Life-long Learning, Degorging, and Zeugmas

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    November 6, 2014 by libroshombre

    Our local Osher Life-Long Learning Institute is a joy. Learning for its own sake’s a rich experience, and skipping class …
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