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Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes

Imagination & Community (“I am convinced that the broadest possible exercise of imagination is the thing most conducive to human health, individual and global.”) (via)

Bookish Linkage

The misanthrope’s guide to reading while traveling.

The National Book Critics Circle Awards were announced this week. Since the shortlist was [...]

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Saw my first college hockey game in person last night since last April’s NCAA championship game — and it, too, was an overtime game, aka “free hockey.” The Gophers maybe should take note that they’ve never lost a game I attended, including Final Five and Frozen Four championships.

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Check out the new South Dakota Digital Archives.

Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes

Daddy Issues (Elderschadenfreude — “the secret pleasure of hearing about aging parents that are even more impossible than yours.”)

Blog Headline of the Week

Should texting be banned while legislating?

Blog Line of the Week

“Nothing says love like [...]

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The Main and Ronning branches of Siouxland Libraries have registered to be book pickup locations for World Book Night. The library will have a party for the book givers selected by World Book Night and give them a reusable Siouxland Libraries bag. You can apply here to be a book giver.

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Worthwhile Reading in the Interweb Tubes

In the Land of the Non-Reader (“As a non-reader I felt free to happily non-think all day.”) (via)

The Remains of an Illegal and Immoral War (“The rate of birth defects in Fallujah is 14 times the rate after our nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World [...]