hat tip to

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If, like me you ever been asked for (unlikely, granted) "the green book with the dinosaur?"
This application of genius:

http://webcat.hud.ac.uk/perl/colour.pl

Put in the colour (or just push the random button for fun) to see all the covers with links to the catalogue entries!

*Breathe*
Ribs in danger of piercing lungs
Laughing too hard

See http://humour.200ok.com.au/swat_team_hand_signals.html

Take a look at this site on book borrowing (from public libraries) worldwide
http://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?selected=344

(this site also has the underlying data which produced this freaky map


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I'd do a poll if I could be so bothered as to upgrade the account - leave your preference in comments so:
Ernie & Bert 
or
Bert & Ernie

This has me in complete stitches:

E-mail Addresses It Would Be Really Annoying to Give Out Over the Phone.

MikeUnderscore2004@yahoo.com

MikeAtYahooDotCom@hotmail.com

Mike_WardAllOneWord@yahoo.com

AAAAAThatsSixAs@yahoo.com

One1TheFirstJustTheNumberTheSecondSpelledOut@hotmail.com

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Made my first real foray into the world of Guerilla Librarianship on Saturday in Chapters upstairs.
Moved Tom Holland's Rubicon and Terry Jones' Crusades from Historical Fiction into History. Huzzah!

Proof, finally of the danger of wearing a red shirt
http://www.clicktracks.com/_images/insidetrack/star-trek-graph.jpg
I just want to see tracking of how many of these happened off-camera...

I'm declaring BookMooching a success, having received two books in the post yesterday from 'moochees. 
I'm not doing too badly out of it, having sent three abroad, mooched two from Ireland and four from foreign shores

Thai Salmon Fillets

Ingredients:
2 Salmon Fillets

Marinade
Large pinch of Cumin Seeds
A few sprigs of Fresh Coriander, chopped roughly
1 Red Chilli, chopped finely
1" Ginger Root, grated
1 Clove of Garlic, chopped finely
Freshly ground Salt and Pepper
Olive Oil

Mix all of these ingredients together in a mortar and pestle, blending in the olive oil.
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