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Yet more follow-up on the “Sarah Palin attempted to ban books” story – this one a bit more legitimate sounding than the last one. “The author of the book Sarah Palin reportedly tried to have removed from her hometown library blasted back Saturday evening, saying the Alaska Governor had a “small-town mind,” was an enemy […]
Pretty funny clip and Damon does mention the thing about her banning books so that's cool! Oh, but if you've seen an e-mail flying around supposedly listing the books she tried to ban, that's false. Too bad but if you look at the list, it basically looks like the ALA's “100 Most Challenged Books of […]
Earlier this week, I posted that John McCain had picked “sexy librarian” as his running mate. (If we're going with librarian stereotypes, we should also mention that McCain personifies “Grumpy Old Man”, Obama is “Keener Weiner” and Biden is “that one city councilor who supports the library but probably never sets foot in the door”.)Anyhow, […]
(And yes, I'm cribbing that joke directly from Stephen Colbert)
I've always liked Kucinich and his speech last night at the DNC only reinforced this – watch how he brings the afternoon crowd to life.Maybe the Democrats nominated the wrong person for President?
Last night, various Reddit users posted links to stories from ABC and other news outlets reporting that the Secret Service had been dispatched to the home of Senator Joe Biden. That wasn't a 100% slam dunk but a pretty good indication of the pending announcement, which Obama's campaign had otherwise managed to keep in great […]
I'm getting so many tabs open in Firefox that it's time for a patented Jason Hammond Link Dump. (That sounds awful. I should come up with a better name for it!)Er, here's the accumulated shit…“The Road” tops EW's list of 25 New Book ClassicsSkip the MBA program and get your personal MBA by reading these […]
I've previously written about the 2.0-esque campaign that Barack Obama has run this year – embracing cutting-edge technology, bottom-up organizing, social networking, the wisdom of crowds and all that good stuff.Here is a smaller scale example – a young IT professional in Kansas, partly inspired by Barack Obama, decides to run for State Legislature. He […]
I first became aware of the best-in-the-world ranking of Finnish schools in the excellent book, “Under Pressure: Rescuing Childhood from the Culture of Hyper Parenting” by Carl Honore. (This is probably one of the best books I've read so far this year and would highly recommend it, whether you are a parent or not. A […]
