By Sherman Dorn on January 25, 2011
NPR has picked up on the news of an unusual patron of the Library Of Congress, a gorgeous Cooper's Hawk who has been in the LOC's main reading room for almost a week. Apparently it's still there today, not yet captured by wildlife experts trying to help it. [Insert obvious joke about stubborn library patrons here.] […]
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By Sherman Dorn on January 25, 2011
In part to make a point for (and get a minor laugh out of) my class this morning while introducing a presentation on how schools acquired the job of acquiring jobs, I put together a Bingo card for tonight's State of the Union address, using a list of words I created independently but that will […]
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Hawk needs a hawser in the house
By Sherman Dorn on January 25, 2011
NPR has picked up on the news of an unusual patron of the Library Of Congress, a gorgeous Cooper's Hawk who has been in the LOC's main reading room for almost a week. Apparently it's still there today, not yet captured by wildlife experts trying to help it. [Insert obvious joke about stubborn library patrons here.] […]
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