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  1. Synesthesia, Misophonia, and Argle-Bargle

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    June 30, 2016 by libroshombre

      A number of articles about synesthesia have cropped up lately. Reading Vladimir Nabakov’s wonderful memoir, “Speak Memory,” revealed his …
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    Category: behavior, brain, synesthesia, Uncategorized, word origins, words | Tags: , , , ,

  2. Prince, Petulance, and Speed Reading

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    May 30, 2016 by libroshombre

    Prince, the flamboyant and recently deceased musician, once said “Time is a mind construct. It’s not real.” Time comes in …
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    Category: attitudes, fads, reading, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , ,

  3. Rudeness, Cakewalks, and Library Fines

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    April 13, 2016 by libroshombre

      This era of political and cultural rudeness is certainly nothing new. In the latter 1600s French philosopher Jean de …
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    Category: dancing, grammar, library fines, library rules, manners, public libraries, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , ,

  4. Superiority, Incongruity, and Benign Violation

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    December 13, 2015 by libroshombre

    Many of us feel strongly about the newspaper’s daily comics.  Personally, I’ve cherished the inventive diversions comic strips supplied during …
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    Category: comics, humor, laughter, library humor, Puns, Uncategorized | Tags: , , ,

  5. Fat Ladies, Receipts, Recipes, and Love Talk

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    November 10, 2015 by libroshombre

    “Two Fat Ladies” is a delightful BBC cooking show featuring a couple of chubby upper-crust cooks who cruise around on …
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    Category: language, words, writing | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

  6. Frustration, Anxiety, and Guff

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    October 19, 2015 by libroshombre

    “I was an accomplice in my own frustration,” the English playwright and screenwriter Peter Shaffer once wrote, and to some …
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    Category: libraries, shakespeare | Tags: , , , , ,

  7. Pullation, Holophrasm, and Cekoslovakyalilastiramadiklarimizdanmissiniz

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    October 19, 2015 by libroshombre

                People who look for them find that new, amusing, and useful words seem to pullulate.  A.Word.A.Day, that fount of …
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    Category: abbreviations, generosity, ibid, libraries | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

  8. Unstoppable Change, Ain’t Onus, and Catalog Cards

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    October 17, 2015 by libroshombre

    “Change,” as Benjamin Disraeli pointed out, “is inevitable. Change is constant.” Ain’t it though? There was a time when “ain’t” …
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    Category: change, grammar, libraries, library catalogs | Tags: , , , , ,

  9. Little Words, Ngrams, and Emoji

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    July 7, 2015 by libroshombre

    “It’s the little details that are vital,” according to legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, who added, “Little things make …
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    Category: communications, etymology, libraries, words | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

  10. Vampires, Toilet Etiquette, and the Queen of Sheba

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    June 23, 2015 by libroshombre

    We’re forest dwellers, and our annual war with the carpenter ants has begun. This year’s invasion put me in mind …
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    Category: insects, libraries | Tags: , , , , , , ,

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