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George Carlin

Resquiat in Pace, George. The world was better for you being in it.

If I have to tell you this is NSFW, you don’t know much about George Carlin.

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Wish we were in Japan

…so that I could order a few of these.

Dakigokochi
Dakigokochi

To celebrate the birth of a baby in a way that makes it feel like the kid’s right there in your arms, a rice shop in the southwestern Japanese city of Kita-Kyushu will send out a customized dakigokochi, a roughly baby-shaped bag of high-grade rice to everyone on your birth announcement list. The bag will be printed with the kid’s picture, stats, and a greeting–and it will weigh the same as the kid did at birth.

One of the million reasons that I love Japanese culture. Wish I had a rice bag o’ Eliza!

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That word….

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

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Twittering

I have officially just found the use for Twitter:

Colbert

Lead us, Stephen!

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Looking for a book

9AM Tell Me What You Think a ‘Book’ Is

Patron: Ummm, I’m looking for a book.
Librarian: Okay, well, do you know what it’s called?
Patron: No.
Librarian: Do you know who wrote it?
Patron: No.
Librarian: Are you just hoping that we have some sort of book?
Patron: Yeah.
Librarian: You know you’re in a fuckin’ library, right?

Austin Public Library
Austin, Texas

from Overheard at the Office

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The Jesus Phone

My favorite iPhone reaction:

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Avast ye mateys!

 

Arrrrr! Today be Talk Like a Pirate Day! On this most excellent o’ days, I hope that everyone has a good time annoyin’ their mateys and payin’ tribute t’ those heroes o’ yore. So tie some fuses in your beard and light ’em up, and go scare some landlubbers.

 

 

 

Arrrrrr!

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Library 2.0 Generator

Really funny stuff from Dave Pattern: the Library 2.0 Idea Generator!

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Turn it up!

I’ve got a ton of leftover stuff I still want to talk about from ALA Annual. Here’s my favorite vendor sign from the exhibit hall at ALA in New Orleans…

Large Print Audiobooks

Large Print Audiobooks? Do they just talk louder?

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This is just for Mark

No comment…if you’ve never seen or heard this…well…there are just no words. Shatner does Rocket Man.