Category Archives: printers

  1. Cockroaches, Melting Hearts, and Mark Twain’s Library

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    May 12, 2025 by libroshombre

    Getting from having a cockroach to Mark Twain’s death-defying miracle started with reflecting on weird idioms, “a group of words …
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  2. Giants, Presses, and Gall

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    January 3, 2025 by libroshombre

    Phrases.org defines “Standing on the shoulders of giants” as “Using the understanding gained by major thinkers who have gone before …
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  3. Stupid Thorns and Sassy Emoticons

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    February 18, 2021 by libroshombre

                Old BBC Britcoms provides excellent escape from the pandemic to carefree, less restrictive times for my cellmate and me.  …
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    Category: books, English, English language, language, printers, publishing, spelling, translating, Uncategorized | Tags: , , ,

  4. Castigators, Correcters, and Compassion

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    January 10, 2021 by libroshombre

                Anti-democracy insurgents are storming the Capitol Building and holding Congress hostage as I write this, while the President refuses …
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  5. Tea, Twain, and Tomes

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    March 30, 2020 by libroshombre

    One’s personal collection of books, or lack thereof, is often interesting, hence my curiosity about other people’s libraries.  Perhaps a …
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    Category: books, booksellers, brain, drinks, libraries, library history, printers, tea, Uncategorized | Tags: , ,

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