miscellaneous
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REWIND: Walken. Weapon of Choice. (Bonus: Star Wars audition)
Christopher Walken can fly, folks! This music video (directed by Spike Jonze!) is from 2001, can you believe it? Read more
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How’s your week going?
I know it’s only Tuesday, but I feel a bit like Georgie boy here… I’ve made some headway into my 2015 reading challenge and read a few YA titles; I hope to have some new posts up soon! Read more
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MY EYE! MY EYE!
Have a great weekend, all! But for goodness sake, EXERCISE CAUTION when offering up a high-five… Source: Buzzfeed Read more
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Are your bookshelves similarly divided?
More bookish goodness from the terrific illustrator/cartoonist Tom Gauld: Read more
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How many resolutions have already been busted?
Happy 2015 to all! I hope everyone had a safe and fun New Year’s! Hopefully you didn’t get up to as much insanity as this crazy cat: Now it’s time for me to get cracking on a brand spanking new year of reading and reviewing! Read more
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Pointing out the need for…librarians?
Imagine if these guys had walked into a public library and argued about this at the reference desk. They May Be Deltas Guy #1: I really want to find this book that I read in high school… It was called, like, Brave New World or something. Guy #2: Um, no, you’re thinking of ‘I Can Read more
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Bernard Black Exemplifies Customer Service
The great British series Black Books stars Dylan Moran as Bernard Black, bookshop owner and disheveled grouch. Lover of alcohol and cigarettes, and considerably less fond of dealing with the public, Bernard has quite the way of dealing with patrons, as you can see in the compilation below. As a librarian who deals with the Read more
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Spam, A Lot
In which I take the low lights of this week’s spam comments: “She sometimes picks the berries and uses them to garnish yogurt.” “Should be soft, almost succulent and if bent they will snap, or squash…” “But for men whose signature wields influence…” “I swore I would never co sleep.” “No, I can’t tell you Read more
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