Monthly Archives: July 2015

  1. Love, Mistakes, and Marilyn Monroe

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    July 23, 2015 by libroshombre

                So tell me: Who wrote the book of love? You might say the 1950s doo-wop group, the Monotones, the …
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  2. Lazy Men, Ugly Men, and Human Books

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    July 16, 2015 by libroshombre

    It’s hard to peruse Dorothy Johnson’s “Bedside Book of Bastards” without musing ruefully on mankind, specifically the man part. True, …
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  3. Little Words, Ngrams, and Emoji

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    July 7, 2015 by libroshombre

    “It’s the little details that are vital,” according to legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, who added, “Little things make …
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  4. Pronouncing, Vocabulary Building, and Murals

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    July 3, 2015 by libroshombre

    “Pronunciation Errors That Changed Modern English” was a fascinating TheGuardian.com article posted by David Shariatmadari in 2014. He noted that …
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