Charles Dickens theme park set to open in England.

Ok, I'm not being sarcastic here. I'd love to visit. I really enjoy Charles Dickens. What a cool experience. Does this not sound fun:

The indoor attraction includes a central square of cobbled streets and crooked buildings, where staff dressed as pickpockets and wenches will mingle with the ( Read more... )

Anne Frank's father tried to get to U.S.Honestly, it just make me cry. And it's not just the famous Frank family. So many Jews, romany, and other nationalities under persecution tried to escape during those years to the US with little success. It's really horrible how the US government treated these people in need. I had this awesome book at one ( Read more... )

Ku Klux Klan reportedly on the rise.

Why, why, why do people think promoting intolerance, hate, prejudice and other non-cool things is good for the world???

And on a lesser note, a minor thought on tonight's Scrubs, but there are ( spoilers!! )

Fan restores 'Christmas Story' house. It's a museum now! I so want to go. :)

Ok, back to my paper.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061112/ap_on_bi_ge/germany_deutsche_telekom_ceo_resignsRead more... )

GORGEOUS libraries around the world.

My personal favorite: HANDELINGENKAMER TWEEDE KAMER DER STATEN-GENERAAL DEN HAAG (it's the fourth picture from the bottom.)

And now... back to my cataloging paper. Gag.

From Wired Magazine

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I found a very interesting post on Library Juice that I thought I'd share with the college students out there.

You can read it all here but basically the gist of the article is this:

The real reason undergrads like Google is that it gives them morereading material that they are actually able to understand. And this isnot a reflection on our ( Read more... )

I can't even begin to say how much this statement begins to astound me. In a totally horrible way that is.

In 2025 it’s time to put reading into perspective for the remainder of the 21st century: it is a luxury, not a necessity!

The full article is hereI personally think it's horribly sad that most people can't read a long book and understand it ( Read more... )

Joe Rosenthal, The Associated Press photographer who won a Pulitzer Prize for his immortal image of World War II servicemen raising an American flag over battle-scarred Iwo Jima, has died. He was 94.

You can read the full article hereI don't know about you, but that's one of the most defining pictures in photography, at least for me. That picture ( Read more... )