Eva has been quite a busy bee
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conulyand sorted all our books on the first floor, which is a significant fraction of our total physical books! Alas, she sorted by author's first name, and both her mom and I agree we'll have to redo it. (Eva was really annoyed by this and insisted it shouldn't matter. Well, at least it's sorted in some fashion now.)
On the subject of books, if you happen to like middle grade fantasy I must say I've been pretty happy with the books published as "Rick Riordan Presents" thus far.
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Guy Wakes Up From A Nap To A Stray Kitten Sleeping On His Stomach, Decides To Keep It
Cottage Cheese Is the New Greek Yogurt
Maths trick blows people's minds on Twitter
3 cities in the U.S. have ended chronic homelessness: Here’s how they did it
How Bob's Red Mill Company Became A Gluten-Free Giant Ahead Of Its Time
What’s Wrong With This Diorama? You Can Read All About It (Interesting approach.)
Here’s how many avocados it would take to kill you
When the Dominatrix Moved In Next Door
Do You Get Your Stuff Back If You Go Missing, are Declared Dead, Then Turn Up Alive like a Certain Shire Hobbit?
My Jibo Is Dying and It's Breaking My Heart
Your AirPods Will Die Soon
Using an Asthma Inhaler Correctly
A toddler’s dwindling voice was chalked up to acid reflux. Her problem was far more serious. (HPV vaccination, folks! I had no idea any strain of the virus could do this.)
When My Grandmother Fled North Korea, She Left Behind Army Base Stew
For decades, bars excluded single women, claiming the crowds were too “rough” and “boisterous” and citing vague fears of “fallen girls.”
With The Collapse Of The ISIS 'Caliphate,' A Camera Lens Lingers On Those Left Behind
How Developers Stop Learning: Rise of the Expert Beginner
The College Admissions Scandal: Graft By Any Other Name
How Britain stole $45 trillion from India
The binary presidency
The Great Paper Caper
Quillette, Ben Shapiro, and the Myth of Conservative ‘Facts’
After Years Of Abuse By Priests, #NunsToo Are Speaking Out
A Secret Database of Child Abuse
'Apparent suicide' of Parkland student days after massacre survivor took her life
The Government Is Using the Most Vulnerable People to Test Facial Recognition Software
Are rich people more likely to lie, cheat, steal? Science explains the world of Manafort and Gates.
Billionaires Are the Leading Cause of Climate Change
In case you need a reminder that policing is inherently corrupt and exists solely to uphold a hegemony of white capitalist cisheteropatriarchy...here are NYPD officers telling you exactly that.
On the subject of books, if you happen to like middle grade fantasy I must say I've been pretty happy with the books published as "Rick Riordan Presents" thus far.
Guy Wakes Up From A Nap To A Stray Kitten Sleeping On His Stomach, Decides To Keep It
Cottage Cheese Is the New Greek Yogurt
Maths trick blows people's minds on Twitter
3 cities in the U.S. have ended chronic homelessness: Here’s how they did it
How Bob's Red Mill Company Became A Gluten-Free Giant Ahead Of Its Time
What’s Wrong With This Diorama? You Can Read All About It (Interesting approach.)
Here’s how many avocados it would take to kill you
When the Dominatrix Moved In Next Door
Do You Get Your Stuff Back If You Go Missing, are Declared Dead, Then Turn Up Alive like a Certain Shire Hobbit?
My Jibo Is Dying and It's Breaking My Heart
Your AirPods Will Die Soon
Using an Asthma Inhaler Correctly
A toddler’s dwindling voice was chalked up to acid reflux. Her problem was far more serious. (HPV vaccination, folks! I had no idea any strain of the virus could do this.)
When My Grandmother Fled North Korea, She Left Behind Army Base Stew
For decades, bars excluded single women, claiming the crowds were too “rough” and “boisterous” and citing vague fears of “fallen girls.”
With The Collapse Of The ISIS 'Caliphate,' A Camera Lens Lingers On Those Left Behind
How Developers Stop Learning: Rise of the Expert Beginner
The College Admissions Scandal: Graft By Any Other Name
How Britain stole $45 trillion from India
The binary presidency
The Great Paper Caper
Quillette, Ben Shapiro, and the Myth of Conservative ‘Facts’
After Years Of Abuse By Priests, #NunsToo Are Speaking Out
A Secret Database of Child Abuse
'Apparent suicide' of Parkland student days after massacre survivor took her life
The Government Is Using the Most Vulnerable People to Test Facial Recognition Software
Are rich people more likely to lie, cheat, steal? Science explains the world of Manafort and Gates.
Billionaires Are the Leading Cause of Climate Change
In case you need a reminder that policing is inherently corrupt and exists solely to uphold a hegemony of white capitalist cisheteropatriarchy...here are NYPD officers telling you exactly that.
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Date: 2019-03-25 09:24 am (UTC)I guess... looking up books by author's first name isn't actually harder than looking up by surname (assuming there's few enough unusual cases you get to know them individually). But I agree I would find it very confusing.
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Date: 2019-03-25 03:45 pm (UTC)2. Yeah, same. It really needs to be the way we expect.
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Date: 2019-03-25 04:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-03-26 10:25 pm (UTC)(They often are a little short/skimpy, but what can you do?)
As for those attitudes, if only they'd finish dying off! But no, they're still lumbering around and sometimes I think new ones have sprung up, like the heads of a hydra.