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Simon, the lyrical and vocal half of the highly influential band Territorial Mercenaries and his wife Alex have started a weblog: A Travers Adventure.
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A.D. IV KAL. OCT. MMVI
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CILIP silent on public library problems
Following a , Chris Armstrong criticises CILIP for failing to wade in. He makes a few points:
I am no expert on the actual situation of public library administration, management, or finance, so I will omit commenting on that, but what interests me here is the lack of leadership, and public advocacy by CILIP itself. The last point indeed highlights one of the reasons why I don't pay a CILIP membership subscription, something I (and Librarywebbie) have pointed out before. Ian Snowley, president elect of CILIP, said when I raised this on his weblog, Here's one chance.
The above quotations from Chris Armstrong are only a selection from what he says. Do read the full arcticle.
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A.D. VI KAL. OCT. MMVI
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Men's books
I recently went on an innocent trip to a Sandy charity shop the other week with my three year old son. After I had idly scanned the bookshelves for a short while, the mildly scary lady serving behind the counter asked if I was looking for .
"Er...not really", I replied, "I'm not really sure what you mean by men's books anyway. Ha ha..."
"I've got a load out the back I can show you" she said. I think it was at this point I got worried. Only the presence of the aformentioned toddler reassured me that she might not be wishing to expose me to her special stash of second-hand charity shop mank.
Obediently, my son and I ventured into the back to be confronted with the predictable box of Michael Crichton and Tom Clancy clones*. "Men's books I call them". Some relief, I can tell you.
I always thought the back of the charity shop would be filled with untold delights that are kept back from the common herd. Unfortunately, I now know that I merely have to wait for the box of to clear before anything good appears. Sue Ryder is much better anyway.
* Not that I mind such things, being a keen Frederick Forsyth fan myself when he's not being pants. I've also just read She by H. Ryder Haggard (bought from a charity shop) which is hardly pitched at the female market**.
** And is not, in my opinion, as good as Allan Quartermain, which is also better than King Solomon's Mines***.
*** Which, I would agree with Mr Haggard himself, is much better than Treasure Island.
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Cow Solitaire on the radio
Cow Solitaire has been mentioned on national radio! I think. In any case, it appears on the website for Miles Mendoza's Website of the Day, which is part of Steve Wright in the Afternoon's no doubt excellent show on BBC Radio 2. It was apparently mentioned on Friday A.D. XVII KAL. OCT. MMVI, quote:
If anyone can confirm this 10 seconds of fame I would be most grateful.
I tried to comment on Mr Mendoza's site to suggest that Cowthello might have been a more satisfying and interactive example, although he is no doubt too busy searching the web for similar gems to have time to approve my comment. Moreover, a link to http://www.aurochs.org/cows/games/ would have provided Ms Mason with far more choice. Anyway, it explains why this weblog started getting quite a few referrals from the Cow Solitaire page.
The research for the this article also threw up a more disturbing development. The rather unobvious idea of a cow-themed solitaire has now surfaced in physical format with the Haba Cow Solitaire board game, retailing at $12.39. Don't pay that kind of money: play for free!
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