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Muscle-wire, Aerogel, and the Library of Water
Leave a commentMarch 22, 2018 by libroshombre
“Mahabharata;” at 90,000 verses, is the “single longest poem in the world.” That’s from one of several library books that …
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Apples, Alphabets, and Wine
Leave a commentMarch 5, 2018 by libroshombre
If “Language is wine upon the lips,” as Virginia Woolf espoused, English is sometimes the language of winos. Take that …
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Anu, Dana, and Nero
Leave a commentFebruary 5, 2018 by libroshombre
Today’s word, pneumooultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, came to my attention from A.Word.A.Day – “the most welcome mass email in cyberspace,” according to …
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Bibliothecarial Ignorance and School Boards
Leave a commentJanuary 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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Anu, Elmer, and Helen
Leave a commentJanuary 29, 2018 by libroshombre
Texas Monthly Magazine’s January Bum Steer awards are a New Year tradition in which the worst of the worst …
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Panties, Crocodiles, and Otorhinolaryngology
Leave a commentJanuary 9, 2018 by libroshombre
Long ago when I ran the public library in Corsicana, Texas, I investigated starting a company to manufacture women’s …
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Elvis, Casanova, and Dr. Dee
Leave a commentJanuary 1, 2018 by libroshombre
Being a librarian isn’t as straightforward as you’d think. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the mother of all dictionaries, …
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