The Library of Babel

2009

December 97
November 116
October 75
September 51
August 53
July 38
June 65
May 84
April 60
March 70
February 48
January 79

2008

December 45
November 39
October 54
September 55
August 56
July
June
May
April
March
February
January
Turned out to be a bad idea. Who knew?
Dec 18th
wellrespected: thedailywhat: Doghouse.
Dec 18th
Building the ultimate weapon. allcreatures:(via...
Dec 18th
Space Santa ...
Dec 18th
U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Bill Mesta replaces an...
Dec 18th
He will not stop following me. ...
Dec 18th
postpunk:(via feastingonroadkill)
Dec 17th
Heroes of the last decade, pt. 1: Hans Blix.
Dec 17th

Snake Plisskin vs. the LHC

Looks like John Carpenter — who is a genius — anticipated the Large Hadron hubbub when...
Dec 17th
comicallyvintage: Superboy Melts his Parents’ Faces
Dec 16th
Listen Listen
“Auto-reblog,” as the kids say. giantevilhead:dontforgetthecoffee:vela: “Waiting...
Dec 16th
“Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think...”
— William Cobbett (via...
Dec 16th
Here’s a nice follow up to two earlier posts: Raymond...
Dec 16th
giantevilhead: martinis-in-a: I’m trying to quit smoking, but I’m having a hard time of it...
Dec 16th
Raymond Carver is watching you. He’s judging.
Dec 16th
Germans: they can’t celebrate reunification without a...
Dec 16th
my-ear-trumpet:flutterknife: Australian anti-conscription...
Dec 16th
Also the cover to Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me is...
Dec 16th
giantevilhead: quietbrava: seenoevil:
Dec 16th

questions posed during this morning's...

1. How do I upload photos to craigslist? 2. My computer seems slow. Do I need to empty the recycle...
Dec 15th
No. No. No. NO. blackandwtf
Dec 15th
Ezra Pound
Dec 15th
I own Point Break. It was $4.50. Well, it came as a double...
Dec 15th
It seems my dog loves Fela Kuti. A lot. That’s weird...
Dec 15th
When the police chief in one suburb...
Dec 15th

everybody still got no jobs

When a part-time Clerk position — that’s part-time, no benefits, and Clerks pretty much...
Dec 15th
The US-Mexico border.
Dec 15th
Because they’ll throw poop at you
Dec 14th
You do realize that all the militancy surrounding this thing...
Dec 14th
Yeah, I’ve still got it. It’s right here on the...
Dec 14th
Holly: I am leaving Vienna. I don’t care whether...
Dec 14th

Location Memory

Many people who have problems in the library either with materials or a computer usually don’t...
Dec 14th
thebronzemedal:This chart is pretty much true for requests...
Dec 14th
Warch Watch
Dec 14th
A dinosaur; that explains a lot.
Dec 14th
This is how death will come for me. via:
Dec 13th
Strange day out here at Windswept Fields. are2: Tennis...
Dec 12th
(via justind)
Dec 12th
my-ear-trumpet: Ho, Ho, Ho! (via Lair of the Evil DM)
Dec 12th
“Imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, ‘This...”
— Douglas Adams (via...
Dec 12th
This Here’s My Dog was my favorite show. Is that still...
Dec 12th
perhapsitisthecolorofthesun:davidkendall: Unfortunately,...
Dec 11th
are2: Graphics
Dec 11th

The Oxford Guide to English Usage,...

This has come up a lot lately. I’m glad someone took the time to look it up, because I was...
Dec 11th
“It’s OK with me.” I’ve got to see...
Dec 11th
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Dec 11th
Paste Magazine’s #1 show of the decade. Could there...
Dec 11th
Ha! I completely forgot about Krampus and how fucked up he...
Dec 11th
“I just finished watching ‘The Last Dragon.’ I feel sorry...
Dec 11th
ZAPPED by the Stevie Wonder funk patrol
Dec 10th
The Wall Street Journal reports on a game where you use your...
Dec 10th
my-ear-trumpet:ontheborderland: Scene from Karel Capek’s...
Dec 10th
George Hart, a mathematics professor and artist, has...
Dec 9th
New Yorker TeeVee Critic Nancy Franklin on some hate mail: “I don’t know the reader’s name...
Dec 9th
That Stupa is at the foot of the mountain. It’s really...
Dec 9th
my-ear-trumpet:resurrectionjo:
Dec 9th
“To make papyrus in Egypt, then construct and navigate a ship...”
— Hugh Kenner, “Ezra Pound...
Dec 9th
giantevilhead: bhell13: Fox in the Underground /via...
Dec 8th
The Hobo KING, lady. The King. comicallyvintage
Dec 8th
Warch Watch
You can’t beat this, though.
Dec 8th
Warch Watch
Jarvis Cocker is the subject of fierce and fiery adoration by several people who I’m happy to...
Dec 8th
Hall of Fame Manager.
Dec 7th
Poop catcher: you think the inventor made one for himself?
Dec 7th
don’t look in the trunk
Dec 7th
Paul Atreides: I’m dead to everyone unless I become...
Dec 7th
“Boy, these conservatives are really something, aren’t they?...”
— George Carlin via
Dec 7th
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the...”
— Frank Herbert
Dec 7th
Dec 7th
libraryland: unknownskywalker: stockholm library...
Dec 7th
Personally, I’d like to see us go to the bookstore...
Dec 7th
Over and over again tonight.
Dec 7th
This reminds me of living with Electric Jesus; his room...
Dec 6th
Dec 6th
Jupiter are2
Dec 6th

The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier &...

libraryland: byronic: solidair: By the end of the decade, it had almost become a cliché for...
Dec 6th
A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of...
Dec 6th
Warch Watch
Step into the 80s: Tom Baker and Lalla Ward selling Prime computers. That’s the Doctor and...
Dec 6th
I always wanted to go to an Illuminati-controlled Christian...
Dec 6th
thenelsontwins: bluenemesis:rwatuny: -smart-tart- :...
Dec 5th
“When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad....”
— Abraham Lincoln, Herdon’s...
Dec 4th
I only have one typewriter left, an Underwood 10 (I think;...
Dec 4th
What are the odds that Edward Norton will be in the running...
Dec 4th
We Need a Treatment for an Ezra Pound Biopic
Dec 4th
I’m picking this up next Friday. are2: Bertone...
Dec 4th
justind: (via domocracker)
Dec 4th
WRONG. DO NOT EAT. szymon: squid cake
Dec 4th
Joseph Conrad (3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) ...
Dec 3rd
Warch Watch
Holy Cats they built the pod thing from Existenz, a quivering Cronenberg piece of long live the new...
Dec 3rd
(via waxharlow)
Dec 3rd
“69 million active users are using FarmVille alone, that’s...”
— Via TechRadar. This is why we...
Dec 3rd
Asteroids do not concern me, Admiral. I want that ship, not...
Dec 2nd
Much in the same way I do not bring my dog to shit on the carpet in public places, I’d...
Dec 2nd
Warch Watch
Never, never in all these years of liking Sugarcube a lot more than most other songs had I seen the...
Dec 2nd
When Mods Grow Up
Dec 1st
To write one book in five years or five books in one...
Dec 1st