Category Archives: USA

Smalls Demon Is Coming

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Small Demons is a new site “that believes powerful and interesting things happen when you connect all the details of books”. Still in beta, Small Demons is quietly gearing-up and inviting booklovers and bibliophiles to join and participate in their … Continue reading →

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Save the Horses

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

For most New York City visitors, the horse drawn carriages of Central Park appear to be a quaint, nostalgic hold-over from an earlier time, or just another tourist trap to grab their dollars. But, what they really represent is plain … Continue reading →

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Are You Offended New Jersey ?

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

You won’t find this colorful and controversial new map on any New Jeresy travel literature any time soon. But you can count on lots of attention from Jerseyites and shore visitors. {full disclosure: I was born and raised in the … Continue reading →

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What’s Up With Airport Scanners

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

The European Commission recently decided to ban the controversial “backscatter x-ray” machines (which emit directed ionized radiation) from all of the EU’s 27 member country airports “in order not to risk jeopardizing citizens’ health and safety”. Meanwhile in the U.S., … Continue reading →

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Bilibrary is Coming

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Tim Coates has been an writer and publisher in the U.K., but he is best known as the former head of the Waterstone’s bookselling chain and now he is moving into a new frontier as the founder of Bilbrary.com, a … Continue reading →

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William S. Burroughs Loves Christmas

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone in America and the official Christmas season has begun. So, I can finally share this holiday gem with all you loyal readers. It all began way back in 1993, when the dopefiend Beat writer William … Continue reading →

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A Mapping Mania

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Paula Scher has been creating remarkable, idiosyncratic, enormous, hand-painted typographic maps of the world for nearly two decades. She explores individual nations, cities, transit systems, continents and diverse cultural phenomena through her quirky, whimsical and even visionary one-of-a-kind giant maps. … Continue reading →

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Small Business Saturday: Bookshop Edition

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Today marks the second annual Small Business Saturday. On one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year in North America, shoppers are encouraged to patronize their local stores to help suppport area businesses. You can do your part to … Continue reading →

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Occupy Libraries

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Related articles With Zuccotti Park Cleared, Occupy Los Angeles Is Estimated to Be the Largest Camp Left Standing (laist.com) The Last Big City with an Occupy Camp: What’s Los Angeles to Do? (time.com)

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Why Here, Why Today ?

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Okay, here’s a little challenge for today. Take a peek at the following images and identify where we are and why we’re visiting today. Here’s an obscure poetic hint: ” But now we are all, in all places, strangers, travelers and … Continue reading →

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