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Monthly Archives: October 2009

Weekly Tweet Digest – 2009-10-04

@documentingme VIVE LA FRANCE. VIVE LA FRANCE. in reply to documentingme # ok, i’m back. # @apopa ha. nah, just jumped off the grid for a bit. in reply to apopa # @mynameis_shoe AND HOW ARE YOU FALCONEER in reply to mynameis_shoe # @nicoletaylor28 i am making pig squealing sound effects in response to your [...]

In Which We Goad Ourselves Onward

When you undertake to make a work of art—a novel or a clay pot—you’re not competing against anybody, except yourself and God. Can I do it better this time? – Ursula K Le Guin, from her essay The Stone Ax and the Muskoxen, collected in The Language of the Night.

Oh, Yes

Oh, Yes there are worse things than being alone but it often takes decades to realize this and most often when you do it’s too late and there’s nothing worse than too late. –Charles Bukowski

In Which We Consider the Onus of Public Services

“Library collections don’t imply endorsement; they imply access to the many different ideas of our culture, which is precisely our purpose in public life.” — Jamie LaRue, librarian.  (via Neil Gaiman) In honor of, and in reaction to, banned book week. Citizens, please note the distinction between “parent” and “government.” A well-considered response.