Category Archives: public libraries
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Tigernuts, Shopping Lists, and Animal Skin
Leave a commentApril 19, 2016 by libroshombre
Tigernut Sweets may be on my menu soon. I read about this extremely old recipe on AncientNile.co.uk, where I …
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Rudeness, Cakewalks, and Library Fines
Leave a commentApril 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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Snow White’s Slaves, Scotland’s Pharaoh, and Urban Myths
Leave a commentMarch 13, 2016 by libroshombre
LIBRARIAN COLUMN Contact Greg Hill, 479-4344 March 3, 2016 “Consider your origins,” the poet Dante suggested, adding “You were not …
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Fact-checking, Skepticism, and Keeping Ahead of Computers
Leave a commentJune 3, 2015 by libroshombre
The origin of the word “debunking” came up in this space recently, and today I’m interested in debunking a myth …
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Authoritative Answers, Questionable Acts, and Small-minded Men
Leave a commentMarch 19, 2015 by libroshombre
“Ask Us Anything” is a regular feature of Popular Science Magazine written by Daniel Engber that might be offering more …
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Counting Words, Appreciating Hyphens, and Loathing Lowth
Leave a commentMarch 9, 2015 by libroshombre
Every word counts in the world of publishing. Successful short stories writers make less than novelists, since their work amounts …
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Swapping Spit, Being Cold, and Getting Smart
Leave a commentJanuary 27, 2015 by libroshombre
Vladimir Nabokov’s opinion that, “revelation can be more dangerous than revolution,” resonated after reading about several new scientific discoveries. The …
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