1. Cactus, Serapes, and Friendship

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    December 5, 2025 by libroshombre

             Having a brother-in-law who’s also a friend is one of life’s true blessings.  Knowing of my obsession with Patrick O’Brian’s sea …
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    Category: books, botany, ecology, libraries, plants | Tags: , , , , ,

  2. Santa’s Physics, Spaghettification, and Stupidity

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    December 5, 2025 by libroshombre

    Albert Einstein and Carl Sagan both knew a lot about science.  Sagan said, “We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science …
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    Category: astronomy, books, holidays, physics, reading, reading brain, science | Tags: , , , , , ,

  3. Winners, Losers, and Screens

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    November 3, 2025 by libroshombre

                Bill Gates, who knows a bit about winning, said “Success is a lousy teacher.  It seduces smart people into thinking they …
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    Category: children, deep reading, reading, reading brain, reading well, schools | Tags: , ,

  4. Confusion, Erasers, and Phonetics

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    November 3, 2025 by libroshombre

                Sure seems like there’s more confusion afoot than usual, but I suppose confusion’s a constant throughout human history.  Even Daniel Boone …
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    Category: abbreviations, alphabet, Arkansas, libraries, phonetics | Tags: , ,

  5. Actaeon’s Dogs, Reading Neurobiologically, and de Gaulle

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    November 2, 2025 by libroshombre

    The eminently browsable Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable has revealed Ovid’s list of the fifty dogs who were once …
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    Category: animals, books, dogs, libraries, literacy, mythology, paper, print, reading, reading brain | Tags: , , , ,

  6. Roger, Venn, and Confiscius

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    November 2, 2025 by libroshombre

                We swim in a sea of symbols: acronyms, emojis, icons of all sorts, etc.  As old Confucius declared, “Signs and symbols …
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    Category: abbreviations, libraries, libraries and librarians, library associations, pirates, politicians, politics, symbols | Tags: , , ,

  7. Doozy, Ditto, and Spud

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    July 24, 2025 by libroshombre

                Three disappearing words popped up recently when I treated a couple of my oldest friends from Texas to a …
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    Category: automobiles, cars, language, libraries, mechanics, slang, wordplay, words | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

  8. Dynamic Tension, Mewing, and Cognitive Dissonance

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    July 24, 2025 by libroshombre

    According to wise, old Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard once said, “Beauty and folly are old companions,” and several examples leap …
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    Category: dentists and denstistry, fitness, ignorance, stupidity | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

  9. Pop, Pop-Up, and Popping Weasels

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    July 24, 2025 by libroshombre

                Billie Holiday once said, “Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was …
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    Category: beverages, books, libraries, nursery rhymes | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

  10. Xylariums, Razors, and Pogo Sticks

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    July 24, 2025 by libroshombre

                The poet John Dryden wrote, “Words are but pictures of our thoughts,” and a couple of new ones – …
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    Category: art, books, comic strips, comics, exercise, libraries, nature, philosophy, wood, words, xsports | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

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