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Lutheranism, Liberty, and the pursuit of all things Macintosh

Book Confessions Meme

Sam | March 10, 2009

Book Confessions 1. To mark your page you: use a bookmark, bend the page corner, leave the book open face down? It depends on the situation. I leave lots open face down, but I have developed quite the stash of bookmarks that I have begun to use. 2. Do you lend your books? Sometimes. 3. [...]

Library Philistine

Sam | March 9, 2009

I’ve been a library philistine most of my life. While I would check out books from our school library in elementary and middle school, in high school I barely checked out any books. Why? Because my family generally has the attitude, “If it is good enough to read it is good enough to buy.” We [...]

Book Review: American Band

Sam | February 12, 2008

American Band: Music, Dreams, and Coming of Age in the Heartland by Kristen Lane Heels Together! Toes Apart! Stomach in! Chest Out! Shoulders Back! Chin! Pride! That was the chant that I learned in high school marching band. We would chant it with our director after every competition and every halftime show. Marching band is [...]

Library Fun!

Sam | February 1, 2008

Check out the library thing blog with two great games. One is a Library of Congressing book reshelving game and the other is a reference desk type game. Library Thing