Category Archives: public libraries

  1. Gobbling, Garbling, and Gobbledygook

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    December 16, 2016 by libroshombre

      Why can’t we all get along? After all, every human on Earth is related. A research group at Germany’s …
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    Category: diseases, language, libraries, public libraries, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , ,

  2. Obscure Sorrows, Crosswords, and Amyloids

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    July 28, 2016 by libroshombre

      A child of mine recently passed along the online Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows of neologisms, newly coined words, created …
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    Category: alzheimer's, brain, crosswords, dictionaries, libraries, neologisms, public libraries, Uncategorized, words | Tags: , , , , , ,

  3. Flowers, Fireflies, and Frequentatives

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    June 3, 2016 by libroshombre

    A recent visit to central Texas revealed that sensible rains have returned there after a half-decade of severe drought. The …
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    Category: dictionaries, English language, etymology, insects, public libraries, Uncategorized, word origins, words | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

  4. Tigernuts, Shopping Lists, and Animal Skin

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    April 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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    Category: cookbooks, cookery, cooking, literacy, public libraries, recipes, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , ,

  5. 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: , , , ,

  6. Snow White’s Slaves, Scotland’s Pharaoh, and Urban Myths

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    March 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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    Category: Knowledge, libraries, Origins, public libraries, Uncategorized, Urban myths | Tags: , , , , ,

  7. Fact-checking, Skepticism, and Keeping Ahead of Computers

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    June 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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  8. Authoritative Answers, Questionable Acts, and Small-minded Men

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    March 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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  9. Counting Words, Appreciating Hyphens, and Loathing Lowth

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    March 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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    Category: grammar, libraries, public libraries, words | Tags: , , , , , , ,

  10. Swapping Spit, Being Cold, and Getting Smart

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    January 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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    Category: authors, children, diseases, health, libraries, public libraries, reading, reading brain, science | Tags: , , , , , , ,

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