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Oh my. Today as I was staffing the reference desk, I answered the phone. The patron wished to speak to my coworker, which required a phone transfer. I successfully placed the patron on hold and contacted my coworker on the other line. I told him I had a transferred call for him, then promptly went completely blank. I could NOT, for all of my life, ( Read more... ) -
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This was on OETA (PBS) last night, and it was marvelous! Independent Lens has great stuff, and I'm going to make an effort to watch more often.
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From The Writer's Almanac for April 3, 2009
It's the birthday of the writerWashington Irving, born in New York City (1783). He wrote "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." He was the first person who referred to New York City as "Gotham," and he created the character of Diedrich Knickerbocker, the Dutch New Yorker. "Knickerbocker" came to describe any New Yorkers who could ( Read more... ) -
From The Writer's Almanac for December 5, 2008
It's the birthday of Rose Wilder Lane, born in 1887 in De Smet, Dakota Territory. She worked for the San Francisco Bulletin as a reporter, an editor, and the author of romance serials. She wrote biographies of Henry Ford, Charlie Chaplin, Jack London, and Herbert Hoover. She was a prolific and popular author, and one of the highest-paid female ( Read more... ) -
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It was on this day in 1942 that President Roosevelt announced that the United States would begin a national gas rationing campaign on December 1st. All Americans had to display a sticker in their car window saying what category of gas ration they had. Everyone started out at "A," which got people about four gallons a week. Local rationing boards ( Read more... ) -
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Oklahoma State Question 743
STATE QUESTION NO. 743 LEGISLATIVE REFERENDUM NO. 346
This measure amends Section 3 of Article 28 of the Constitution. It requires a customer to be twenty-one and physically present to purchase wine at a winery, festival or trade show. The measure changes the law to allow certain winemakers to sell directly to retail ( Read more... ) -
From The Writer's Almanac
For monsterofmud :
It's the birthday of the novelist Mario Puzo, born in New York City in 1920. He was the son of Italian immigrants. He wrote two novels that sold almost no copies, and he was in serious debt. Then one Christmas Eve, he had a severe gall bladder attack, and he was in so much pain that he fell into the gutter. As he was lying there, he said to ( Read more... ) -
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For lawpeeps :
It's the birthday of singer and songwriter Paul Simon, born in Newark, New Jersey, (1941). In 1964, he and his friend Art Garfunkel recorded a folk album, Wednesday Morning, 3 AM. It was a flop, and Paul Simon moved back in with his parents. But without telling Simon and Garfunkel, a producer added electric guitar, bass, and drums to the ( Read more... )