February 2011
47 posts
January 2011
102 posts
“A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance,...”
– Lemony Snicket (via librarianista).
This seems like a good moment to bring up my chance encounter with Lemony Snicket.
WatchThe Adult Hide-and-Seek League comes to a Portland Public Library. From Portlandia on IFC.
“People say, ‘I’m going to sleep now,’ as if it were nothing. But it’s really a...”
– George Carlin (via theunknownwords)
“So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is...”
– John Keating, Dead Poet’s Society (via supprosetry)
Dianne Brennan: Work & Play: Free University of... →
diannebrennan:
I love the idea of this! This sort of D.I.Y. spirit reminds me, that just when you think the D.I.Y. spirit of San Francisco has up and moved back home with it’s parents…you find that it’s just been living in an incubator. Hooray for the Free University of San Francisco! Such a good idea…in the nick of time! Personally, I’m looking forward to 19th Century Visionary Poetry (I bet...
Herman Melville Likes Your Beard
towirr:
Or as he calls them, in order, in two chapters of White Jacket:
beards
the crop
suburbs of the chin
homeward-bounders
fly-brushes
long, trailing moss hanging from the bough of some aged oak
love-curls
Winnebago locks
carroty bunches
rebellious bristles
redundant mops
yellow bamboos
long whiskers
thrice-noble beards
plantations of hair
whiskerandoes
nodding harvests
viny...
“The memory of time
Is full of swords and ships
And the dust of empires
And...”
– Jorge Luis Borges, from “Gunnar Thorgilsson (1816-1879)” (via aubade)
The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English →
andreainspired:
Ailurophile A cat-lover. Assemblage A gathering. Becoming Attractive. Beleaguer To exhaust with attacks. Brood To think alone. Bucolic In a lovely rural setting. Bungalow A small, cozy cottage. Chatoyant Like a cat’s eye. Comely Attractive. Conflate To blend together. Cynosure A focal point of admiration. Dalliance A brief love affair. Demesne Dominion, territory. Demure Shy and...
“Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That...”
– George R. R. Martin, from A Game of Thrones. (via aubade)
missdisgrace replied to your post: libraries replied to your photo: Here’s another…
Look how fancy you are!
Credit for turning me on to the Reply to Replies userscript goes to the ever-fancy herself @missdisgrace. Actually, credit for turning me on to tumblr at all goes to @missdisgrace. Follow her at your peril.
libraries replied to your photo: Here’s another history book, this time focusing on…
thanks for doing this! i appreciate it and look forward to checking these out.
You’re welcome! I hope you enjoy the course as much as I enjoyed mine.
Brooklyn Historical Society Restores 1770 Map of... →
meandthemajor:
emturner:
Made by Lieutenant Ratzer, the “DaVinci of New York cartography”, there were only supposedly only 3 other copies of this map in existence, until it randomly came out of Brooklyn Historical Society’s warehouse last year - there was no catalogue of the map on their records showing its existence or where it came from.
emturn, i’m pretty sure this link doesn’t go where...
6 Things I want to do better on Tumblr this year
ronworkman:
Now this isn’t everything, but there are a few things I want to stick to or improve. Evolution of the web is important but not at the cost of irritating users. I know this may be more of a personal philosophy or mantra, but I really believe in these things and honestly that things will pay off by having ideas like these. Also keep in mind that I work on a lot of blogs that use Tumblr...
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Riding a Century →
My life list is now up to two items.
1) See the complete Ring Cycle.
2) Ride a Century, a feat of bicycling endurance.
I will be accomplishing both this year. To extend my life (list), I am accepting suggestions for further goals via reply or in my Ask a Librarian box.