Humor

Got to see it to believe it!   This video even features Big 6’s Michael Eisenberg and Nancy Pearl (author of ‘Book Lust’)
Bib 2.0: Mental Health Break…

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I have heard the iPad being described as an iTouch on Steroids as if that would be a turn-off to me.  Being an iPhone fanatic I’d love to have a tablet size version of an iTouch!   However, I recognize that it won’t please everyone. 
Obviously, Hitler himself is extremely disappointed (language warning)…

There is also a [...]

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We had an interesting event today and I share it with you to give you hope if this ever happens to you!
My oldest son’s cat, Foster, climbed a 50 foot tree in the woods sometime BEFORE the yesterday morning.  My ‘genius’ (not kidding) brother-in-law was here and all of us were trying to figure out [...]

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The New York Times had an interesting essay called, ‘Steal These Books’.  To quote:
‘With the recession, shoplifting is on the rise, according to booksellers. At BookPeople in Austin, Tex., the rate of theft has increased to approximately one book per hour.’
You won’t believe what the most frequently stolen book is! 
Read on….http://www.nytimes.com

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‘No’
‘I’m done with that!’
‘Nada!’
‘Not going to do it!’
‘No More!’
‘Sorry, no way!’
‘Love to, but…!’
‘I’ll be glad to tell you how to get started but I won’t create it.’

These are but a few responses I might give to someone who asked me to create a Website.  I’ve done plenty of them in the past but have worked [...]

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AOL News reported on a group of Austin, Texas librarians that raised money to help other libraries by “baring their skin and revealing their tattoos”.   Read on…http://news.aol.com

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Daneeta Loretta Jackson wrote Six reasons to love the downtown public library for Examiner.com:
“Being homeless and jobless in America’s third world can be a real drag. Finding a place that can help you feel normal and provide much needed resources is important to keeping up morale. The New Orleans Public Library downtown branch is one [...]

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Remember Art Linkletter’s book & TV show, Kids Say the Darndest Things? Well, teens and adults do TOO!
I saw a great quote in ‘Shelf-Awareness, a daily e-mail newsletter for booksellers and librarians‘:
One customer to another as they intently explored a used book display on Wednesday: ‘Sometimes I read so fast I can’t remember which [...]

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