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Ignorant Economists, Amazon Bookstores, and Public Libraries
Leave a commentAugust 9, 2018 by libroshombre
Martin Luther King, Jr. was spot-on when he said, “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance …
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Fondling Phones, Valuable Words, and the Opies
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“18 Wheeler” is a video game simulating semi truck driving, but you might beware of overindulging in it, or any …
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Sillage, Szag, and Japanese Toilets
Leave a commentAugust 5, 2018 by libroshombre
““Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it,” according to Vladimir Nabokov. That’s …
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Florists, Rioters, and Library Heroes
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LIBRARIAN COLUMN Contact Greg Hill, 479-4344 July 27, 2018 This week I tried not to dwell on the …
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Blackwing 602, Bugs Bunny, and Privacy
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What do Leonard Bernstein, John Steinbeck, Quincy Jones, E.B. White, Eugene O’Neill, Archibald MacLeish, Loony Tunes animator Chuck Jones, and …
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Walruses, Turtles, and Alice B. Toklas
Leave a commentJune 15, 2018 by libroshombre
“The time has come,’ the Walrus said, To talk of many things: Of shoes — and ships — …
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Breviloquence, Tosspots, and Uberty
Leave a commentJune 15, 2018 by libroshombre
My parents were children of the Great Depression, and, consequently, so was the vocabulary I inherited, complete with “mazuma” …
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