Category Archives: printing

  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. 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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  4. Blount, Y’all! Apostrophes!

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    November 19, 2019 by libroshombre

    The recent snowfall was a reminder to break out my winter fedora and pack away the ball caps of summer, …
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    Category: English language, grammar, printing, pronouns, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , ,

  5. Odors, Cursive, and Reading

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    June 8, 2017 by libroshombre

      Reading a new library book by Keith Houston titled “The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the most Powerful Object …
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    Category: books, cursive, handwriting, libraries, odors, old books, printing, typography, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , ,

  6. Grammar Nazis, Word Power, and Shakespeare’s Library

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    May 8, 2014 by libroshombre

    Truly, I’m no grammar nazi. I’ve known real ones – some of my best friends are grammatical storm troopers – …
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    Category: lirbaries, parts of speech, printing, rare books, shakespeare | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

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