This article has been on my mind a lot since I read it last week. In the modern world, there are just not enough places for quiet and reflection. We've grown too enamored of clamor and noise. I sometimes wonder if that's because we're truly afraid to hear ourselves think. Maybe we won't like what we find ( Read more... )

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It's a week before finals. As a result, the library is stress soup ( Read more... )

Today's Unshelved is all too familiar to me:


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( Interesting morning, though you might not think so - hence the cut )

Apparently, presidents named George are not good for libraries.

I posted here yesterday that I had just finished reading a book by Dean Karnazes. He's a bit of a crazy man, in the best kind of way.

There's Badwater, the 135-mile race across Death Valley that he's run 6 times, winning once. (Finishing that is a victory in and of itself, I would think.) There's the Endurance 50 - 50 marathons in 50 states in ( Read more... )

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Those of you who know me know how I feel on this issue, but I post this story to rouse more ire. Have a great weekend.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/78655.html

It's time.

You've waited too long.

I know you've longed for it, like a good meal, a glass of wine, a cigarette, or a vacant bathroom stall.

And, because I love you, I'm gonna give it to you.

Do you think you can handle it?

Do ya?

Really?

Okay then.

Hot library smut.