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Month: February 2014

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You had me at eth

Posted on February 17, 2014
by John Jackson

eth is a parascholarly poetry press interested in publishing innovative poetry that is inspired by, adapted from, or otherwise inhabited by medieval texts. Call for proposals.

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It was on the way

Posted on February 16, 2014
by John Jackson

It was on the way to home depot and I needed coffee (at Randy’s Donuts)

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Metaphors we live by

Posted on February 15, 2014
by John Jackson

From Library Babel Fish:

“The future can be used for all the wrong reasons. The language we use about libraries and the future is often dystopian and apocalyptic, full of death threats: adapt or die; libraries are screwed; embrace disruptive innovation or resign yourselves to irrelevance.”

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We kept these cards for a reason

Posted on February 13, 2014
by John Jackson

Made Valentines to hand out to students tomorrow

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