Monthly Archives: August 2018

  1. Guys, Dudes, and Brodies

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    August 26, 2018 by libroshombre

      A decade ago the New York Post ran an article by Jasmine Williams titled “Steve Brodie – Daredevil or …
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    Category: American English, language, slang, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , ,

  2. Ignorant Economists, Amazon Bookstores, and Public Libraries

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    August 9, 2018 by libroshombre

    Martin Luther King, Jr. was spot-on when he said, “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance …
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    Category: bookstores, higher education, library services, public libraries, Uncategorized | Tags: , , ,

  3. Fondling Phones, Valuable Words, and the Opies

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    August 9, 2018 by libroshombre

    “18 Wheeler” is a video game simulating semi truck driving, but you might beware of overindulging in it, or any …
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    Category: cell phone, nursery rhymes, technology, Uncategorized, vocabulary, words | Tags: , ,

  4. Sillage, Szag, and Japanese Toilets

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    August 5, 2018 by libroshombre

    ““Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it,” according to Vladimir Nabokov. That’s …
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    Category: odors, old books, smells, toilets, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , ,

  5. Florists, Rioters, and Library Heroes

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    August 5, 2018 by libroshombre

    LIBRARIAN COLUMN Contact Greg Hill, 479-4344                                                              July 27, 2018 This week I tried not to dwell on the …
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    Category: flowers, heroes, libraries, library displays, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , ,

  6. Blackwing 602, Bugs Bunny, and Privacy

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    August 5, 2018 by libroshombre

    What do Leonard Bernstein, John Steinbeck, Quincy Jones, E.B. White, Eugene O’Neill, Archibald MacLeish, Loony Tunes animator Chuck Jones, and …
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    Category: pencils, Uncategorized, writing | Tags: , , , , ,

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