Things You Should Keep for Posterity's Sake

Things You Should Keep for Posterity's Sake November 14, 2020 You may not realize it, but many of the materials you've come across this year will be very valuable some day, if not now for various reasons. Even when we're…

RIP Sean Connery

RIP Sean Connery November 3, 2020 Dr. No…

RIP Rachel Caine

RIP Rachel Caine November 3, 2020 Ill Wind By Rachel Caine…

Amanda's Top 5 Cookbooks of 2020

Amanda's Top 5 Cookbooks of 2020 December 10, 2020 In working on my usual "best of" list for the end of the year, I realized that a lot of my favorite books were cookbooks. Instead of trying to cram these guys in on…

Our Online Catalog is Changing a Bit, and That’s Good News for You

Our Online Catalog is Changing a Bit, and That’s Good News for You November 9, 2020 Catalog Upgrade Makes Your Browsing Experience Even Better Starting Thursday, November 12…

Struggling to Cope with the Pandemic? NPL Veterans Have Some Advice

Struggling to Cope with the Pandemic? NPL Veterans Have Some Advice November 10, 2020 Former Service Members Share Proven Tips That You Can Use Now Most people would agree that we’ve…

RIP Alex Trebek

RIP Alex Trebek November 10, 2020 The answer is: Reflections on My Life…

Amanda's Top 10 Best Books of 2020

Amanda's Top 10 Best Books of 2020 December 24, 2020 Did we make it? Is 2020 over yet? For most of us this year has been a bit (or a lot) rough. Not everything’s been bad, though. I lucked into finding these really great…

Pleasure Part 1 - Who's a Savage?

Wed, 11/11/2020 - 12:00 Pleasure Part 1 - Who's a Savage? Truth B Told: Conversations About Culture and Power

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Pleasure Part 2- W.A.P. It Out

Wed, 11/11/2020 - 12:00 Pleasure Part 2- W.A.P. It Out Truth B Told: Conversations About Culture and Power

Book Review: Luci Soars

Book Review: Luci Soars November 13, 2020 Luci Soars By Lulu…

The Colonel's Ribbons

The Colonel's Ribbons January 2, 2021 About the time the saber tooth tiger living in the cave under the UBS Tower fell over dead, (a whole different blog) I entered an ROTC program. Our commander was a retired, and very…

The Trail Where They Cried

The Trail Where They Cried November 17, 2020     I suppose I might never have heard of the Trail of Tears were it not for picking up a book of fiction that is set during that…

Planes over the Harbor?

Planes over the Harbor? November 18, 2020 We see Japanese culture all around us. It’s not unusual to see Japanese restaurants, Japanese cameras, Japanese consumer electronics, there’s even a Japanese cultural center in Smyrna.…