Monthly Archives: March 2017

  1. Publishers, Malarkey, and Project Gutenberg

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    March 24, 2017 by libroshombre

      “Malarky!” was one of my father’s favorite epithets for things he deemed phony or exaggerated. I heard it all …
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    Category: publishing, sayings, Uncategorized, word origins | Tags: , , ,

  2. Service Animals, Sheepskins, and Marc Antony’s Gift

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    March 23, 2017 by libroshombre

      No one at my library school ever mentioned a number of items that would later loom large. For example, …
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    Category: books, history, libraries, library history, Uncategorized, writing | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

  3. Lies, Spies, and Ultracrepidarians

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    March 10, 2017 by libroshombre

    Too many ultracrepidarians are running around these days. An “ultracrepidarian” is “someone who gives an opinion on things s/he knows …
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    Category: logic, rare book libraries, rare books, Uncategorized, words | Tags: , , , , , , ,

  4. Swearing, Smiling, and Fuzzy Q. Jones

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    March 2, 2017 by libroshombre

    Swearing connotes honesty according to a study reported in “Social Psychology and Personality Science” by researchers from the US, UK, …
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    Category: cursing, smiling, swearing, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

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