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Why is one so often conjoined with the other?
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"Books will soon be obsolete in the schools.... Our school system will be completely changed in 10 years." -- Thomas Edison, 1913
I couldn't have written it better myself: hyping classroom technology and who really benefits.
I couldn't have written it better myself: hyping classroom technology and who really benefits.
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In doing some research, I recently came upon a wonderful website which has a fabulous dictionary of "Diner Lingo," you know, the rich, descriptive and often hilarious language used in those greasy spoons and burger joints by gum-snapping waitresses and short-order cooks. (Okay, that's a stereotype -- but admit it, you did form an immediate picture!) The ingenuity of speakers of the English language never ceases to amaze me, ever enriching our living, breathing vernacular!
For example, in American Diner Slang, Adam 'n' Eve are two poached eggs.
For example, in American Diner Slang, Adam 'n' Eve are two poached eggs.
Adam 'n' Eve on a raft
Some other phrases worth a hoot and a half include:
Bark, Bow-wow, or Bun pup: hot dog
Eve with a lid on: apple pie
Burn one, take it through the garden and pin a rose on it: hamburger with lettuce, tomato and onion
Cluck and grunt: eggs and bacon
Bark, Bow-wow, or Bun pup: hot dog
Eve with a lid on: apple pie
Burn one, take it through the garden and pin a rose on it: hamburger with lettuce, tomato and onion
Cluck and grunt: eggs and bacon
Cluck and grunt, wrecked
Dough well done with cow to cover: buttered toast
Drag one through Wisconsin: put cheese on it
Eternal twins: ham and eggs
Family reunion: chicken and egg sandwich
Foreign entanglements: spaghetti
Drag one through Wisconsin: put cheese on it
Eternal twins: ham and eggs
Family reunion: chicken and egg sandwich
Foreign entanglements: spaghetti
Some foreign entanglements dragged through Wisconsin
Gentleman will take a chance: an order of hash
Hot Blonde in the sand: coffee with cream and sugar
Jayne Mansfield: a tall stack of pancakes
Hot Blonde in the sand: coffee with cream and sugar
Jayne Mansfield: a tall stack of pancakes
Okay, so who's really stacked?
Mike and Ike: salt and pepper shakers
Nervous pudding: bowl of Jell-O
On the hoof: cooked rare
Put a hat on it: add ice cream
Nervous pudding: bowl of Jell-O
On the hoof: cooked rare
Put a hat on it: add ice cream
Everyone looks better with a hat on...
Sinkers and suds: doughnuts and coffee
Skid grease: butter
Steaming Idaho: baked potato
A thousand on a plate, and whistle berries: baked beans
Two dots and a dash: Two fried eggs with a strip of bacon
Zeppelins in a fog: sausages with mash potatoes
Well, there's plenty more where that came from at Diner Lingo!
Sorry if I made you hungry!
Skid grease: butter
Steaming Idaho: baked potato
A thousand on a plate, and whistle berries: baked beans
Two dots and a dash: Two fried eggs with a strip of bacon
Zeppelins in a fog: sausages with mash potatoes
Well, there's plenty more where that came from at Diner Lingo!
Sorry if I made you hungry!
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Librarian fantasies....
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On this date in 1969, George Harrison’s tonsils are removed at London’s University College Hospital. The tonsils are destroyed so that they can not be sold. (????)
George... without his tonsils
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Well, we all have embarrassing moments in our lives... if you are an aging superstar, it may be the fact that you find yourself headlining the half-time show at the SuperBowl... a gig that was once filled by Up With People... if you are a B-list celebrity/actress (celebractress?), it's probably a suspiciously leaked "sex tape"... and then, there are librarians....you've heard of food porn, well, book porn is right up there...
To see it in its full glory, download it (Windows Media File)... for a quickie view, without the effects, you can use the viewer.
To see it in its full glory, download it (Windows Media File)... for a quickie view, without the effects, you can use the viewer.
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Just had to share...for librarians, fans of libraries, and fans of Ryan Gosling. I'd like to see some with George Clooney, too! So check out: Librarian hey girl!
courtesy of Librarian Hey Girl
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If Backwards Day made me think of opening lines, perhaps I need psychoanalysis, because Groundhog Day made me think of closing lines... the greatest of all, IMHO...
1. So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the
past. –F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925)
2. He loved Big Brother. –George Orwell, 1984(1949)
3. ‘It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far
better rest that I go to than I have ever known.’ –Charles Dickens, A Tale of
Two Cities (1859)
4. I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths
fluttering among the heath, and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing
through the grass; and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.–Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
(1847)
5. Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers
would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep,
through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood; and
how she would gather about her other little children, and make their eyes
bright and eager with many a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream of
Wonderland of long ago; and how she would feel with all their simple sorrows,
and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, remembering her own child-life,
and the happy summer days. –Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
6. And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One! –Charles Dickens,
A Christmas Carol (1843)
7. “All that is very well,” answered Candide, “but let us cultivate our
garden.” –Voltaire, Candide (1759)
8. But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that
enchanted place on the top of the Forest, a little boy and his Bear will always
be playing. –A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner (1928)
9. From here on in I rag nobody. –Mark Harris, Bang the Drum Slowly
(1956)
10. “Tomorrow, I’ll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is
another day.” –Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind (1936)
1. So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the
past. –F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925)
2. He loved Big Brother. –George Orwell, 1984(1949)
3. ‘It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far
better rest that I go to than I have ever known.’ –Charles Dickens, A Tale of
Two Cities (1859)
4. I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths
fluttering among the heath, and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing
through the grass; and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.–Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
(1847)
5. Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers
would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep,
through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood; and
how she would gather about her other little children, and make their eyes
bright and eager with many a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream of
Wonderland of long ago; and how she would feel with all their simple sorrows,
and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, remembering her own child-life,
and the happy summer days. –Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
6. And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One! –Charles Dickens,
A Christmas Carol (1843)
7. “All that is very well,” answered Candide, “but let us cultivate our
garden.” –Voltaire, Candide (1759)
8. But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that
enchanted place on the top of the Forest, a little boy and his Bear will always
be playing. –A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner (1928)
9. From here on in I rag nobody. –Mark Harris, Bang the Drum Slowly
(1956)
10. “Tomorrow, I’ll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is
another day.” –Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind (1936)
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Don't ask me why "Backwards Day," (January 31st on my librarian's desk calendar), should make me think about the opening lines of novels, but it does. Call me Contrary...ha ha.
Anyway, some of my favorite opening lines -- the ones that made me really want to continue reading:
1. "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."-- Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina (1876)
2. "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
—George Orwell, 1984 (1949)
3. "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a
good fortune, must be in want of a wife." —Jane Austen, Pride and
Prejudice (1813)
4. "Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board." —Zora Neale Hurston,
Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937)
5. "It was a pleasure to burn." —Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 (1953)
6. "Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person." —Anne Tyler, Back When We Were Grownups (2001)
7. "Of all the things that drive men to sea, the most common disaster, I've come
to learn, is women." —Charles Johnson, Middle Passage (1990)
8. "I have been accused of being anal retentive, an over-achiever, and a compulsive perfectionist, like those are bad things."-- Lisa Yee, Millicent Min, Girl Genius (2003)
9. "If your teacher has to die, August isn't a bad time of year for it."-- Richard
Peck, The Teacher's Funeral (2004)
10. "If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book."-- Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning - A Series of Unfortunate Events (1999)
Anyway, some of my favorite opening lines -- the ones that made me really want to continue reading:
1. "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."-- Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina (1876)
2. "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
—George Orwell, 1984 (1949)
3. "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a
good fortune, must be in want of a wife." —Jane Austen, Pride and
Prejudice (1813)
4. "Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board." —Zora Neale Hurston,
Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937)
5. "It was a pleasure to burn." —Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 (1953)
6. "Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person." —Anne Tyler, Back When We Were Grownups (2001)
7. "Of all the things that drive men to sea, the most common disaster, I've come
to learn, is women." —Charles Johnson, Middle Passage (1990)
8. "I have been accused of being anal retentive, an over-achiever, and a compulsive perfectionist, like those are bad things."-- Lisa Yee, Millicent Min, Girl Genius (2003)
9. "If your teacher has to die, August isn't a bad time of year for it."-- Richard
Peck, The Teacher's Funeral (2004)
10. "If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book."-- Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning - A Series of Unfortunate Events (1999)
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This may run a little long but...so do some books.