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Mansplaining, 1616, and Buying Books
Leave a commentSeptember 18, 2014 by libroshombre
Cicero the Roman once wrote, “Old nature is by nature rather talkative,” and, being something of a chatterbox all my …
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Careful Words, Commas, and CIA Style
Leave a commentSeptember 11, 2014 by libroshombre
Buddha once said, “Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care, for people will hear them and be influenced …
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Bathroom Libraries, Scottish War Cries and Language Mutations
Leave a commentSeptember 4, 2014 by libroshombre
The British writer Holbrook Jackson once said, “Your library is your portrait,” but he was speaking only of people who …
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Therapeutic Reading, Raymond Chandler, and the Library of America
Leave a commentAugust 28, 2014 by libroshombre
Some anonymous ancient wise guy once called his library “a hospital of the mind.” That applies to my personal library, …
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Space Elevators, Project Hieroglyph, and Borges’ Libraries
Leave a commentAugust 21, 2014 by libroshombre
It takes big dreams to make big things happen. Take spaceelevators, for example. “Space Elevators Are Totally Possible,” an online …
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Abecedarians, Librarians, and Profane Homophones
Leave a commentAugust 14, 2014 by libroshombre
We’re lucky that our school district pays attention to its libraries, since that’s where students get grounded in navigating the …
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Musical Compulsions, Analog Reading, and Smelly Books
Leave a commentAugust 7, 2014 by libroshombre
“Preference” is defined in Ambrose Bierce’s “The Devil’s Dictionary” as “a sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous …
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Duck Bill Hickok, the Influential Rich, and Public Libraries
Leave a commentJuly 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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Hyphenites, Assonance, and Monkeyshines
Leave a commentJuly 24, 2014 by libroshombre
Last week brought a new appreciation for animal-oriented names, especially daddy long-leg spiders, carpenter ants, and the expression “monkeyshines.” But …
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The Tao of Soccer and Other Factoids
Leave a commentJuly 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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