Category Archives: public libraries

  1. 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: , , , , ,

  2. 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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    Category: degrees, public libraries, words | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

  3. 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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  4. 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: , , , , , , ,

  5. 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: , , , , , , ,

  6. 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: , , , , , , , , , , ,

  7. Raymond Chandler and the Mystery of Libraries

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    October 23, 2014 by libroshombre

    One thing that really sets hard-boiled detective writer Raymond Chandler apart is his attention to details and quick, precise descriptions of …
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    Category: libraries, parts of speech, public libraries, reading well | Tags: , , , , , ,

  8. Duck Bill Hickok, the Influential Rich, and Public Libraries

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    July 31, 2014 by libroshombre

    The first wild west shootout occurred 99 years ago last week when the gambler Bill Hickok and cowboy David Tutt …
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    Category: gunfighters, libraries, public libraries | Tags: , , , , ,

  9. The Tao of Soccer and Other Factoids

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    July 17, 2014 by libroshombre

    The great Chinese philosopher Lao Tzo once advised letting “things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like,” but that …
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    Category: libraries, public libraries, trivia | Tags: ,

  10. Verb Day, Cheerleading, and Pogo

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    February 13, 2014 by libroshombre

    I’m a word nerd, so I enjoy David Malki’s erudite Wondermark, a favorite online comic. Malki’s also one of the …
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    Category: cartoonists, comic strips, libraries, parts of speech, public libraries | Tags: , , , , , , ,

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