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What fresh hell is this?Michael Nutter is proposing raising the prices for meter parking in the city.The explanation is so that people can utilize the parking lots and not circle the block looking for $1 parking spots.Huh?It’s a plan to ease Center City congestion. Perhaps if every major street wasn’t being torn up (how many more buildings can Chestnut Street…

Random Star Trek quotes:Worf: (TNG) “Sir, I protest! I am not a merry man!” Vulcan Proverb: (OS, Film #6) Only Nixon can go to China Commander William T Riker: (TNG) “Fate protects fools, little children and ships named Enterprise” Yes.I do have too much time on my hands and my geek flag is waving high and furiously! -r Addendum: I…

I am a library lover, bookworm, and truly cuckoo for my library. When my marriage broke up, the library literally saved my life on more than one occasion*. As a proud nerd I am appalled that Mayor Michael Nutter is even considering closing libraries. As a library type I am worried. I don’t work in the city so [knock wood]…

Hey all! I am the guest blogger for JLo‘s No-Ho. NO-HO stands for November Holidays, the site’s zany version of NaNoWriMo.Since I blog about obscure holidays anyway I thought what’s one more?Visit her blog.As I type, I see that I have two comments already!Yay me!-r

…Young Readers Day! Who exactly is the Young Reader? Well, according to the library conference that I recently attended, FEMALE young readers will give anything a go however MALE young readers are almost non-existent choosing to skateboard and play video games and other non-reading booky type of stuff. My house is full of bibliophiles ($5 word!) and we loves our…