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November 2008 - Posts

27 November 2008
Work in progress
Well, the 'flu is receding (thanks for asking), the mist is clearing, and the stuff on my desk is coming back into focus. So I'll put down The road home for the moment and turn my thoughts back to CILIP - and the jobs to be done before the end of the Read More...
19 November 2008
Of Benylin and books...
Thanks for your comment, Jill - and for your contribution to the growing literature of the lib-ra-ree ! Sorry, dear readers, to have been off-screen for a while: I've been suffering from (am still suffering from) a bad attack of man-flu. I even had to Read More...
05 November 2008
(Ain't that) good news...
Anyone who begins their victory speech by referencing Sam Cooke and Martin Luther King is alright by me. "It's been a long time coming," said Obama quietly, "but today," he continued lifting his voice, "change has come to America." Perfect. Sam Cooke Read More...
03 November 2008
God bless...
I took my first road trip round the USA some 35 years ago - in 1973 with a Greyhound bus pass - and I've been a regular visitor ever since: so I'll be staying up late on Tuesday nght to find out who is to be the 44th President of the United States. [Incidentally, Read More...