“…I was a Flower of the mountain yes when I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls used or shall I wear a red yes and how he kissed me under the Moorish wall and I thought well as well him as another and then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my ( Read more... )

From Men of the Stacks, a 2012 calendar project consisting of 12 librarians in various stages of (un)dress, posing for the It Gets Better project:

"We are, or course, professionals. We are educators, programmers, project managers, entrepreneurs, program coordinators, contractors, consultants, and speakers. We are academics. We are authors, ( Read more... )

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At work, the anticipated hectic mayhem that this time of the year always promises.  People are behaving in a mostly civil manner to both me, my co-workers and fellow customers.  We've had a few upset customers, but fortunately no pugilistic expressions of frustration have occurred yet.  It was close a couple of times, though ( Read more... )

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From BoingBoing:


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So, even if you don't read many books, you've probably at least heard of Canada Reads, an attempt by CBC to get all of Canada reading at least one great book by a Canadian author.  The five books that were picked this year were:

• Fall On Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald (defended by Perdita Felicien);
  
• Generation X by Douglas Coupland (defended by ( Read more... )

A book should be an axe for the frozen sea within us.
     Franz Kafka

Books!  I'm currently reading The Night Is A Mouth by Lisa Foad, a collection of short stories ranging from the emotionally intense to the truly bizarre.  I can't say that I'm completely sold yet, but I do appreciate her use of language; she paints scenes like a minimalist, a ( Read more... )