December 2011
1 post
October 2011
2 posts
Best new Tumblr ever of the day: "We Are the 1... →
motherjones:
You’ll laugh and you’ll cry. Except you won’t laugh.
August 2011
1 post
July 2011
1 post
Written by a 93 year old recently retired...
tuphlos:
Hilarious! Retire already!
libraryland:
mystickynotes:
I am a librarian black and blue- just because of kids like YOU. Now I hope you’re satisfied, I have just laid down and DIED!
She didn’t retire until she was 93?! No wonder new MLS grads can’t find jobs!
June 2011
1 post
“I’d be a Libertarian, if they weren’t all a bunch of tax-dodging professional...”
– Berkeley Breathed (via rlrr)
May 2011
1 post
“I don’t know where [Osama bin Laden] is. You know, I just don’t spend that much...”
– George Bush, October 2004 (via peterfeld)
April 2011
5 posts
Will Congress cut this funding too? →
Evangelical Liberty University received half a billion dollars in federal aid money (via Salon)
March 2011
13 posts
Tomes' time might be up at Newport Beach library →
latimes:
Newport Beach officials noted that patrons came to the city’s Balboa branch — there are four libraries total — to plug in their laptops or use the free Wi-Fi. Officials haven’t made a decision yet, but they’re considering replacing the library with a community center that would use a Netflix-like ordering system for physical books, as well as provide access to e-books and e-journals.
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“Booze makes you popular and heals all wounds!”
– Tom Servo (via rlrr)
“Technology will play a part. It’s now a basic human right to have internet....”
– Reuters CEO Tom Glocer (via soupsoup)
How about hotels stop with their bullshit daily $10 charge for Internet connection? You don’t charge guests for water or electricity use; enough with the wi-fi charges.
(via tanya77)
If it’s a basic human right, there are still so many out there who...
Slow Song Sunday:
You Got the Silver - The...
Bill Maher on the wealth gap →
Jennifer Egan wins National Book Critics Circle's... →
latimes:
“A Visit From the Goon Squad” was awarded the fiction prize from the National Book Critics Circle on Thursday evening, besting Jonathan Franzen’s widely publicized novel “Freedom” and works by David Grossman, Hans Keilson and Paul Murray.
We hear Egan’s novel is partially set in the historic Bay Area punk scene. And also includes PowerPoint slides! Has anyone read it? What do you...
Robert Reich: The Birth of the People's Party →
robertreich:
Look at the outrage in Madison, Wisconsin. Look at the crowds in DesMoines, Iowa. Look at the demonstrations in Indiana and Ohio and elswhere around America.
Hear what they’re saying: Stop attacking unions. Stop making scapegoats out of public employees. Stop protecting the super-rich from paying…
January 2011
1 post
WatchReblogging this for tuphlos.
wadcity:
Every Line of Dialogue in The Lost Boys is “Michael”
(via waxy)
April 2010
1 post
LA Times: Interactive Gay Marriage Timeline →
wadcity:
The current map is informative, but what I found most interesting was how the map shows geographic entrenchment over time. It’s pretty much the same everywhere at first (2000): gay marriage is illegal in every state except Vermont, while Massachusetts has legalized domestic partnerships, and only Alaska has a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. Over time, particularly in...
NY Times: The Rage Is Not About Health Care →
March 2010
9 posts
Watchnewsweek:
thedailywhat:
New Music! Ted Leo And The Pharmacists - “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” (Tears For Fears cover)
Part one of an epic 25-part song cover project by The Onion’s A.V. Club: 25 songs, hand-picked by the A.V. Club, covered by 25 of their favorite bands, over the course of 25 weeks.
Learn more about it here.
NOTE: Click the A.V. Club logo to play video.
[avclub /...
First Draft Propaganda Posters
fuckingbookdeal:
February 2010
12 posts
“Glenn, the library isn’t free. It’s paid for with tax money. Free public...”
– Jon Stewart in response to Glenn Beck saying he “educated himself by going to the library.” (via soupsoup) (via bringtheruckuss) (via stfuconservatives) (via agirlcalledchris) (via robot-heart-politics) (via librarianpirate)
newsweek:
soupsoup:
Bad Reputation :...
“I don’t hate people, I just feel better when they aren’t around.”
– Bukowski (via libraries)
Glen Greenwald: Terrorism: the most meaningless... →
“Libraries raised me. I don’t believe in colleges and universities. I believe in...”
– Ray Bradbury (via mrgan)
January 2010
11 posts
