Category Archives: research

  1. Nougats, Milkys, and Santa Fe No. 9s

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    March 24, 2025 by libroshombre

                John Cheever once said, “Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house. John …
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  2. Sunken Worlds, P-Hacking, and Verifying

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    February 5, 2025 by libroshombre

                Though nearly 2,500 years apart, Einstein and Aristotle had the same thought: “The more you know, the more you …
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    Category: internet, libraries, misinformation, placenames, quotations, research, science, scientists, words | Tags: , , , , , ,

  3. Rabbit Holes, Fairy Tales, and Wilhelms

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    November 26, 2024 by libroshombre

                “…. suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her ….. when the Rabbit actually took a watch …
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  4. Founts, Gags, and Reality

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    October 2, 2020 by libroshombre

                A “fount of knowledge” is “a person, organization, book, etc. that provides reliable information, advice, or ideas,” according to …
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    Category: folklore, humor, jokes, libraries, pandemic, research, universities and colleges | Tags: , , ,

  5. Bibliothecarial Ignorance and School Boards

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    January 29, 2018 by libroshombre

      Adolph Hitler’s better known than Dr. Dee, Queen Elizabeth I’s one-man think tank, but both were involved in the …
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  6. Yogi, Gene, and Norman

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    January 9, 2016 by libroshombre

      Once Yogi Berra was asked to explain a particularly awful Yankees outing. “We made too many wrong mistakes,” he …
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    Category: digital reading, Guys Read, Learning, libraries, reading, reading brain, reading well, research, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , ,

  7. Walpole’s Serendipity, Chaucer’s Murder, and Lifelong Learning

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    April 3, 2014 by libroshombre

    One of our culture’s great sources of serendipity, Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase & Fable,” defines “serendipity “ as “a happy …
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