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Pronouns, John Wayne, and Opposites
Leave a commentNovember 26, 2018 by libroshombre
Did you celebrate International Pronoun Day on October 17? Perhaps consideration of pronouns is beneath your dignity, but even the …
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Nazis, Blockheads, and Libraries’ 5 Laws
Leave a commentNovember 24, 2018 by libroshombre
“Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library,” Ralph Waldo Emerson once suggested. “A company of the wisest …
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Pops, Pies, and Humor
Leave a commentOctober 19, 2018 by libroshombre
Reading and ice cream are delightful summer pursuits, although only the former’s good for you. Summer reading’s typically light and …
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Book Buying, Book Reading, and Book Loving
Leave a commentOctober 17, 2018 by libroshombre
Upon my arrival in Fairbanks in 1990, former State Senator Charlie Parr recommended I read “Generations: The History of America’s …
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Pogo, Podiums, and Pharaohs
Leave a commentOctober 16, 2018 by libroshombre
“Polyphiloprogenitive” was a good descriptor for Walt Kelly, the Pogo comic strip creator, poet, and political satirist, especially when it …
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Greek Mysteries, N-Grams, and Deer Ankles
Leave a commentOctober 12, 2018 by libroshombre
It’s no mystery; the old Greeks’ word “mysteria” meant “secret rite or doctrine,” according to the Online Etymology Dictionary, and …
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Puppies, Spies, and Brains
Leave a commentOctober 11, 2018 by libroshombre
Last week two fellow Osher Lifelong Learning students passed along some library-related amusements. One item, a Peanuts strip showing Charlie …
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