Bulletin Board
- Today is National Book Lovers Day, although I figure I celebrate it 365 times a year
Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes
- American Manifesto (“We as Americans have the responsibility to live up to our claims of being the greatest country on earth.”)
- How Faith — and Fear — Created the World’s First Time Capsule (“For every thousand time capsules buried, just one is found, simply because we have no idea they exist at all.”)
- The War Photo No One Would Publish (“The media took it upon themselves to ‘do what the military censorship did not do[.]'”)
- How I Survived as a Homeless Crack Addict (“Begging was depressing. People would just step over you. I didn’t have any teeth, so that might have been one thing, although I thought I didn’t look as bad as your average homeless person[.]”)
Blog Headline of the Week
Blog Quote of the Week
Best Court Order Provision of the Week
- “Failure to comply with this order may result in sanctions, including dismissal,and prolonged tirades by the court.”
Mystery of the Week
- A woman crashed into a firehouse with a python wrapped around her neck and “[p]olice said it isn’t clear whether [her] alleged intoxication or the snake strangling her caused the accident.”
Bookish Linkage
- A “definitive guide” to banned books, Vol. 1
- A book on… reinventing the book
- Omaha’s Public Library now has a book bike — with wifi
- Bookish Lists: 10 really long novels you should read; the Not The Booker Prize shortlist; books that are better travel companions than a person; 5 of the worst book covers ever; 6 examples of dirty and gritty American lit; 8 doomsday books; 50 novels by women under 50 worth reading
Nonbookish Linkage
- A history of rap in the NYT crossword puzzle
- I actually came close to failing the portion of the U.S. Citizenship Test I took
- How advertisers used World War I for marketing
- An Australian journalist’s journey into addiction while working on a story about crystal meth
- What’s the best age?
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
