Archive for August 22nd, 2008
Seven words you can’t upload
Friday, August 22nd, 2008Many of us older than compact discs (they turned 26 yesterday, hooray) remember George Carlin’s classic comedy routine, Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV. The routine was controversial, memorable, and (at least to me) quite hilarious. Carlin’s routine has recently come to mind here at Biblio World Headquarters, as we’ve [...]
Books, Thieves, Churches and Stupidity
Friday, August 22nd, 2008Yes, they’re all connected in this breaking news story from the Asheville Citizen-Times.
Haywood County Sheriff’s chief detectives continue investigating a series of burglaries Tuesday night (August 19) near the intersection of N.C. 209 and Old Clyde Road in Waynesville, NC. They believe the five break-ins are connected. Thieves targeted three churches and two businesses.
Items stolen [...]