|
|
|
|
|
Whine whine whine (Dec 09 2003 18:59 GMT) - DAMN, some people whine waaay too much! WTF man, whining is for kids...what's the point of whining and whining and whining to me?! It's not like I can do anything about it! The only people who'd ever cave in to any form of whining would be parents, and you better... |
The Eye Opener
|
"Economy Booming!" Declares Man Buying Doughnut (Dec 09 2003 18:59 GMT) - Citing his great hopes of finding a job soon due the huge gains made in the economy this past quarter, Thomas Sveltbourn purchased an Original Glazed at the local Krispy Kreme today. "Mmm... man, that doughnut is freakin' good," Sveltbourn declared as he munched his way through the steaming pastry. [More] |
Overtaken by Events
|
My Concession (Dec 09 2003 18:59 GMT) - I suck. In four days of polling, I've managed to amass a stellar SEVEN votes for the Best Marauding Marsupial.... |
LISNews.com
|
Librarians for Castro (Dec 09 2003 18:59 GMT) - David Goldman writes "...while the the American Library Association (ALA), with its more than 64,000 members are protesting provisons of the Patriot Act (and by inference Atty Gen. John Ashcroft), they are ignoring a much more pressing human rights issue. The organization refuses to condemn Fidel Castro for sending to his gulag, for prison terms of up to 28 years, 10 independent Cuban librarians — who were included among the 75 independent journalists, union organizers, economists, human rights workers and other dissidents who were rounded up. The librarians resist the dictator's censorship of ideas, as do all those captured in the raids. |
LISNews.com
|
Book banned in classes (Dec 09 2003 18:59 GMT) - Anonymous Patron tells us, via the Sacramento Bee, that the YA book Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey has been pulled from the supplemental reading lists of 7th-grade english classes in the Galt Joint Union Elementary School District. Trustees voted 4-1 to stop the novel from being used for instructional purposes but will allow it to remain in libraries as long as students get parental permission to check it out. Trustee Susan Richardson cast the dissenting vote. Superintendent Jeffrey Jennings said he did not feel the book was appropriate for seventh-graders. |
LISNews.com
|
Blogging and Libraries (Dec 09 2003 18:59 GMT) - Sabrina Pacifici writes: "Blogging: One Firm's Experience Karen Lasnick and Julie Weber of Bryan Cave discuss their implementation of multiple, practice specific blogs to facilitate information dissemination. New on LLRX.com" |
LISNews.com
|
Tolkien on screen, Pullman on stage (Dec 09 2003 18:59 GMT) - Charles Davis writes: "On December 17, people will queue in their thousands outside cinemas to see The Return of the King, the third part in Peter Jackson's enormous adaption of J R R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. And, from this week, the National Theatre is previewing the first part of Nicholas Hytner's two-part production of His Dark Materials, based on Philip Pullman's trilogy of children's books. More at The Telegraph" |
The Eye Opener
|
Bush: Northeastern Snow was Sign of Improved Economy (Dec 09 2003 18:58 GMT) - Although most meteorologists agree that snow is the byproduct of weather patterns and atmospheric conditions, President Bush announced yesterday that the recent wave of winter precipitation in the Northeast is actually a byproduct of the US.' improving economy. "I know it's a little early for so much snow and that it might be causing trouble for some of you," said Bush with a grin, "but I just can't help that I'm so good with the economy." The economy is indeed improving from its abysmal state of the last few years, although joblessness still remains a problem in the eyes of many experts. But could a slightly-improved economy really produce a byproduct of snow? |
|