Category Archives: libraries and librarians
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Cons, Curses, and the CBC
Leave a commentDecember 24, 2020 by libroshombre
Once Marco Rubio said, “Donald Trump is a world-class con artist. He conned all these people that signed up for …
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Portementos, Carrots, and Rocket J. Squirrel
Leave a commentNovember 19, 2019 by libroshombre
What’s orange and sounds like a parrot? A carrot, of course. Those fat, orange roots are ubiquitous and popular, especially …
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Bibliolaters, Bibliophiles, and Booksellers
Leave a commentMay 13, 2019 by libroshombre
Here’s a story about a pricelessly unique 16th century book that’s just been rediscovered that describes 15,000 other books. Last …
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Jackrabbits, Pecans, and Colophons
Leave a commentMarch 28, 2019 by libroshombre
Reading in the newspaper about Dubai having “the largest artificial tree in the world” harkened me back to the first …
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Elvis, Casanova, and Dr. Dee
Leave a commentJanuary 1, 2018 by libroshombre
Being a librarian isn’t as straightforward as you’d think. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the mother of all dictionaries, …
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Dashes, Dots, and Librarians
Leave a commentNovember 17, 2015 by libroshombre
The beginning of many aspects of the writing arts include librarians. Take Butehamen, the next-to-last chief scribe in ancient Egypt’s …
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Tyrannio the Rapscallion Librarian
Leave a commentDecember 7, 2014 by libroshombre
“Tyrannio” would be a great name for a library director, and, in fact, it was. His real name was Theophrastus, …
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Baseball, Personal MBAs, and the Eagles of Dutch Harbor
Leave a commentMarch 6, 2014 by libroshombre
It’s snowing in Fairbanks, but springtime for professional baseball teams, including my beloved Texas Rangers. Though never much of a …
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