1. Verb Day, Cheerleading, and Pogo

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    February 13, 2014 by libroshombre

    I’m a word nerd, so I enjoy David Malki’s erudite Wondermark, a favorite online comic. Malki’s also one of the …
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  2. Coffee Consumption, Weight of Shadows, and Star Barns

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    February 6, 2014 by libroshombre

    Sunny dispositions are hard to maintain as I slip further behind contemporary culture and the New York Times crosswords grow …
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  3. Morphemes, Bashi-Bazouks, and Grawlixes

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    January 30, 2014 by libroshombre

    Libraries, those magnificent repositories of knowledge, are brimming with words of all sorts: written, spoken, sung, and projected. This is …
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  4. Libraries, Baby Names, and Swiftwater Bill Gates

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    January 23, 2014 by libroshombre

    The library’s award-winning Guys Read program is underway, and me and thirty-five friends are reading boy-friendly books at local schools, …
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  5. Bo Diddley on Life and Mark Twain on Grammar

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    January 2, 2014 by libroshombre

    Wise researchers know to always take the source of new information into account before accepting their advice. Take Ellas Otha …
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