Monthly Archives: November 2016

  1. Drunk Persians, Political Correctness, and Deceptive Advertising

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    November 23, 2016 by libroshombre

      Herodotus reported that the ancient Persians preferred getting drunk when deciding something important, and the next day, after sobering …
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    Category: advertising, grammar, magazines, manners, Michel Montaigne, punctuation, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , ,

  2. Stupidity, Waxed Tadpoles, and the Alamo

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    November 16, 2016 by libroshombre

      A few years ago Australian journalist Ali Clarke wrote about the “six degrees of dumbness.” These included being born …
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    Category: advertising, language, phonetics, thinking, translation, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , ,

  3. Possums, Trees, and Chairs

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    November 11, 2016 by libroshombre

      Possums and library trees have been on my radar a lot lately. Possums are certainly ugly creatures, but those …
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    Category: libraries, names, Uncategorized, writers | Tags: , , , , ,

  4. The Britannicas of the Dick Van Dyke Show

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    November 3, 2016 by libroshombre

      “14 Unusual Items You Can Get at Libraries,” an article in a year-old issue of Mental Floss magazine, included …
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    Category: encyclopedia, libraries, library history, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , ,

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