Category Archives: library school
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Ashurbanipal’s Library, Queen Readers, and the Intolerably Stupid
Leave a commentMay 23, 2022 by libroshombre
Once upon a time, back when literacy was really rare, no one ever read silently to themselves, and all …
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Interrobangs, Pedantry, and Rascism
Leave a commentApril 23, 2022 by libroshombre
American writer H.L. Mencken’s word-smithing, the courage of his convictions, and his pioneering work on our version of English, …
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Space Elevators, Project Hieroglyph, and Borges’ Libraries
Leave a commentAugust 21, 2014 by libroshombre
It takes big dreams to make big things happen. Take spaceelevators, for example. “Space Elevators Are Totally Possible,” an online …
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