Category Archives: manners

  1. Radioactive Toys, Staple Removers, and Ubuntu

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    November 30, 2021 by libroshombre

    LIBRARIAN COLUMN  “The Rudest States in the United States,” an internet article by Kathy Morris, left me ruminating about anger …
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    Category: COVID, manners, medicine, nuclear power, office products, pandemic, safety, toys, vaccination | Tags: , , , , ,

  2. Knut, Nuts, and Mike Tyson

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    June 1, 2019 by libroshombre

    Sometimes it’s easy to identify with Robert Frost, who once said, “I’m not confused, I’m just well-mixed.” Mixed nuts are …
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    Category: fashion, libraries, manners, nuts, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

  3. Patrons, Volkswagens, and Metaphors

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    January 24, 2017 by libroshombre

      The “word” of the year for 2016 is “dumpster fire,” according to the American Dialectic Society (ADS). A recent …
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    Category: language, libraries, manners, parts of speech, Uncategorized, words | Tags: , , , , , ,

  4. 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: , , , , ,

  5. Flirting, Swearing, and Classy Curses

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    May 3, 2016 by libroshombre

      A chapter immediately piqued my interest in “From the Ballroom to Hell: Grace and Folly in Nineteenth Century Dance,” …
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    Category: dancing, expletives, language, manners, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , ,

  6. Rudeness, Cakewalks, and Library Fines

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    April 13, 2016 by libroshombre

      This era of political and cultural rudeness is certainly nothing new. In the latter 1600s French philosopher Jean de …
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    Category: dancing, grammar, library fines, library rules, manners, public libraries, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , ,

  7. Poprocks, Paraprosdokians, and Kindness

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    February 10, 2015 by libroshombre

    Voltaire’s 18th century warning remains valid. “It is dangerous,” he wrote, “to be right in matters on which the established …
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    Category: civility, communication, Guys Read, health, manners | Tags: , , , , , ,

  8. Phantoms, Idiots, and Restrooms

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    December 18, 2014 by libroshombre

    Old Fort Phantom’s remains stand on a rise just north of Abilene, Texas, where I grew up. We boys usually …
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    Category: amnners, health, history, libraries, manners, public libraries, restrooms, science | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

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