Weekend Edition: 2-2

Posted By Tim On February 2, 2013 @ 10:39 am In Miscellany/Linkage | Comments Disabled

Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes

• The magical land of NRAnia ^[1] (“In this land, guns do not kill people. People kill people. Guns are suspiciously present at a number of these incidents, but their friends swear that they were not involved. They just have bad timing[.]“)

Batshit Craziness of the Week

• A Tennessee man took his bulldog to a shelter to be euthanized because he concluded the dog was gay ^[2].

Bookish Linkage

• British docs may give those with mental health issues “written prescriptions to visit their local library ^[3] to read a selection of 30 approved texts.” (Here’s a list ^[4] of the 30 titles.)
• Bring back shushing librarians ^[5]
• Dear Barnes & Noble ^[6]
• February 14 is also International Book Giving Day ^[7]. (In our family, this could be the epitome of killing two birds with one stone.) (via ^[8])
• Although it’s never really interested me, Book Collecting 101 ^[9] is worth looking at
• The history of the paperback ^[10]
• Science confirms what I always took for granted: silent reading isn’t really silent ^[11]
• The 10 most notorious parts ^[12] of famous books
• The American Library Association announced its Notable Book List ^[13] for 2013

Nonbookish Linkage

• In case you were wondering, calling your doctor “a real tool ^[14]” isn’t defamatory, at least in Minnesota.
• A person has to have their priorities in life ^[15], even at a young age.

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I’ve come to believe cable news is slowly killing us, giving us intellectual emphysema, cancer of the mind.

Kurt Andersen, True Believers ^[16]

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URLs in this post:

[1] The magical land of NRAnia: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2013/01/31/the-magical-land-of-nrania/

[2] the dog was gay: http://jonathanturley.org/2013/02/01/gaydar-for-the-gaydog-tennessee-man-takes-pet-to-kill-shelter-after-concluding-he-is-a-homosexual-bulldog/

[3] written prescriptions to visit their local library: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9839458/GPs-to-prescribe-library-books-to-combat-anxiety-depression-and-relationship-problems.html

[4] list: http://prairieprogressive.comHere

[5] shushing librarians: http://www.salon.com/2013/01/31/bring_back_shushing_librarians/

[6] Dear Barnes & Noble: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2013/01/28/dear-barnes-and-noble/

[7] International Book Giving Day: http://bookgivingday.com/

[8] via: http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/

[9] Book Collecting 101: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/55629-book-collecting-101.html

[10] The history of the paperback: http://theliteraryomnivore.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/the-sunday-salon-the-history-of-the-paperback/

[11] silent reading isn’t really silent: http://scientopia.org/blogs/scicurious/2013/01/23/silent-reading-isnt-so-silent-at-least-not-to-your-brain/

[12] 10 most notorious parts: http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/PWxyz/2013/01/31/the-10-most-notorious-parts-of-famous-books/

[13] Notable Book List: http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2013/01/27/notable-books-list-2013-winners/

[14] a real tool: http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/calling_doc_a_real_tool_isnt_defamatory_minnesota_supreme_court_rules/

[15] priorities in life: http://www.buzzfeed.com/erinlarosa/the-8th-grade-love-letter-that-will-break-your-hea

[16] True Believers: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400067200/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1400067200&linkCode=as2&tag=aprogresonthe-20

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