Jim da guy what buyz da books for da liberry
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collection development librarian; lover of SF/Fantasy; audiobooks; classic movies; Blackburn Rovers
Bob Marley and the Wailers: Legend. Quite possibly the finest "best of" album ever compiled.
January 23, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Bob Marley and the Wailers: Legend. Quite possibly the finest "best of" album ever compiled.
Ah, sheriff's police: the absolute lowest rung of traditional US police.
January 23, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Ah, sheriff's police: the absolute lowest rung of traditional US police.
Quality alt text! 😀
January 22, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Quality alt text! 😀
Wait, are those the ones Katy wears in Letterkenny?
January 20, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Wait, are those the ones Katy wears in Letterkenny?
Shocked face, Gambling at Rick's: please deploy memes as appropriate.
December 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Shocked face, Gambling at Rick's: please deploy memes as appropriate.
I literally cannot stop staring at this. There is so much depth.
November 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I literally cannot stop staring at this. There is so much depth.
I haven't watched it yet, but thank you for introducing me to Dr. Friederike Baer. I'm putting her book on my reading list.
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I haven't watched it yet, but thank you for introducing me to Dr. Friederike Baer. I'm putting her book on my reading list.
Is it "raising debate over faith and technology"? Is it really? Cause I think it's raising debate over what shameless grifters the developers are and how fucking stupid anyone who uses it seriously must be.
November 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Is it "raising debate over faith and technology"? Is it really? Cause I think it's raising debate over what shameless grifters the developers are and how fucking stupid anyone who uses it seriously must be.
Apparently by people who've also never heard of folks like George Sanders, Leslie Howard, Joseph Cotten, Elsa Lanchester, Greer Garson, Carole Lombard, Paul Henreid, and on and on and...
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Apparently by people who've also never heard of folks like George Sanders, Leslie Howard, Joseph Cotten, Elsa Lanchester, Greer Garson, Carole Lombard, Paul Henreid, and on and on and...
Welp, there's my ride.
November 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Welp, there's my ride.
Don't threaten me with a good time!
November 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Don't threaten me with a good time!
Man, I really wish it had.
November 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Man, I really wish it had.
Yes, and as you are well aware, their eschatological endgame calls for a lot of dead Jews (with a tiny remainder converting to Christianity).
October 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Yes, and as you are well aware, their eschatological endgame calls for a lot of dead Jews (with a tiny remainder converting to Christianity).
Yes, because taking your lead from J D "create stories so that the American media actually pays attention..." Vance is a surefire ethical practice.
October 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Yes, because taking your lead from J D "create stories so that the American media actually pays attention..." Vance is a surefire ethical practice.
"Mr. President, can you show us on the doll where the windmill touched you?"
October 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"Mr. President, can you show us on the doll where the windmill touched you?"
Merely a humble librarian, but I look forward to reading, and have placed it in a futures cart for my library.
September 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Merely a humble librarian, but I look forward to reading, and have placed it in a futures cart for my library.
I wrote this about 5 years ago. I think it's workable, if only our legislators weren't craven cowards.
August 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I wrote this about 5 years ago. I think it's workable, if only our legislators weren't craven cowards.
Where was he in '40?
August 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Where was he in '40?
My problem is deciding, based upon that review, if I could manage to care about any of them. But, yes, it is a nice cover.
August 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
My problem is deciding, based upon that review, if I could manage to care about any of them. But, yes, it is a nice cover.
Exactly. And they love to see it. With so many people quoting Martin Niemöller right now, how dense do you have to be not to understand!?
August 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Exactly. And they love to see it. With so many people quoting Martin Niemöller right now, how dense do you have to be not to understand!?
It is explicitly fascism, as defined by Mussolini. Alignment of selected corporate interests with the state. Now, it's not exactly the same, and this is more of a grift than a utilization of private power and capital but it's not dissimilar.
August 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It is explicitly fascism, as defined by Mussolini. Alignment of selected corporate interests with the state. Now, it's not exactly the same, and this is more of a grift than a utilization of private power and capital but it's not dissimilar.
No, no, that makes perfect sense: £3 50s. Or at least it makes sense if you regularly refer to $7.50 as "five dollars and 250 cents." But even if the author meant £3 10s, that's still a pretty pricy book for the time.
August 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
No, no, that makes perfect sense: £3 50s. Or at least it makes sense if you regularly refer to $7.50 as "five dollars and 250 cents." But even if the author meant £3 10s, that's still a pretty pricy book for the time.
I remember reading Number of the Beast. Ummmm.
August 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I remember reading Number of the Beast. Ummmm.