1. Rabbit Holes, Fairy Tales, and Wilhelms

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    November 26, 2024 by libroshombre

                “…. suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her ….. when the Rabbit actually took a watch …
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  2. Nose Blindness, Toilet Plumes, and a Golden Nose

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    September 21, 2024 by libroshombre

                Ah, lovely serendipity abounds!  Reading about nose blindness led to researching Tycho Brahe’s golden nose and wound up exposing a lot …
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  3. Tomfoolery, Justice, and Imprisoning Librarians

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    September 21, 2024 by libroshombre

                Around 2,000 years ago Cicero, the Roman lawyer and statesman, called justice “the crowning glory of the virtues.”  If so, how …
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  4. Worries, Words, and Monikers

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    July 31, 2024 by libroshombre

                “Don’t worry about the horse being blind,” coach John Madden instructed, “just load the wagon.”  His point was to …
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  5. Pecans, Guts, and Planck Lengths

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    July 31, 2024 by libroshombre

                My world got a little bigger when I learned about “The World’s Largest Collection of the Smallest Versions of …
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  6. Tomato Screams, Whale Lips, and Civility

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    June 3, 2024 by libroshombre

    Epictetus, that old Greek Stoic, pointed out that “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen …
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  7. Reasonable Resolutions, Personal Transformation, and Starting Over

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    January 23, 2024 by libroshombre

                An app called Blinkist costs $12.99 a month and is designed to help you achieve your New Year resolution …
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  8. Coziness, Rhombuses, and Positive Chiromonia

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    January 23, 2024 by libroshombre

                Things like Alaska Airlines door plugs popping off make reading “The Meaning of Life is Surprisingly Simple” even more …
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  9. Welkins, Peacocks, and Ferret-Legging

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    December 9, 2023 by libroshombre

                Once a young soccer star named Jimmy from Manchester, England played on a scholarship for UC Santa Barbara.  His …
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  10. UFOs, Conan, and Novel Circuits

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    December 8, 2023 by libroshombre

                “Which Presidents Have Seen UFOS?  Yep, It’s More Than one,” a Politco.com article by Garrett Graff that ran last …
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