“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” — Cicero
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But what if it’s your bathroom? Or your kitchen? Or your attic? This is silliness.
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The entire surface of planet Mercury has been mapped.
Source & credit.OOOooooooooooo
(via sunfoundation)
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I am trying to get motivated. Trying. It seems easy enough for other people.
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Maybe the average person isn’t a dick. Just the occasional person. But jesus I hate these stories people tell about such blatant rudeness.
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Things the library staff wish they could get away with saying
- Patron: I guess they don't need you any more; everything is automated now.
- Staff: Yes, because I went to graduate school for four years and earned my master's degree in library science just for the opportunity to sign you onto a computer. That's the only thing we do here.
- Why are people dicks? This isn't a reflection on librarianship, it's a reflection on dealing with dicks in public service. The average person is very ignorant and vaguely unhappy and says rude things to feel better about their position in life. Dicks are dicks and won't change. He reflects back to you headlines he read on Yahoo! news. He is taking advantage of someone in a prone service position. Again, not a reflection of how things actually are, but of memes, which make up much of the news now. He is your ex-husband who said you should wear more jewelry. He is the family that dropped off the dog at the shelter once it was no longer cute. He is one of the many men-on-the-street interviewed for TV who profess to hate socialist agendas and unions but will rage against the possibility of having their medicare and pensions cut. He is a dick with no balls.
- I feel a bit better now.
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I am a little sad this morning.
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Me in any type of disaster.
I would hope most people would save their pets over non-living belongings, jesus!
(Source: soundofsilence7)
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Science Teachers To Earn More Than English Teachers →
For most public schools, teachers get paid on the same scale regardless of which subject they teach. But a Colorado school district has decided to pay salaries based on supply and demand instead, Reuters reports, which means high school science teachers will earn more than their counterparts in the English department.
Under the plan, launching next month, the suburban school district of Douglas County will begin paying the entire staff (3,300 people) based on subject and grade level. Special education therapists will earn up to $94,000, while educators deemed less in-demand, like art, physical education, and elementary school teachers, will be in the bottom bracket, earning a maximum of $64,000. English teachers in middle schools or high schools will make up to $72,000, while high-school math and science teachers will be capped at $82,000.
» via Popular Science
This makes me very sad, though I understand why they’re doing it. I think it’s actually a great idea for math. But it still makes me sad.
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A 9 year old shares their top 10 reasons to visit the British Library
‘The best bit of all have fun!’
I enjoyed reading these to myself out loud in a Cockney accent.
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I just learned tonight that “twerking” is not the combined name for tweeting while working.
