Librarian's Muse

The   March for Science   has been scheduled for Saturday, April 22 in Washington, D.C.  A growing   constellation of marches   are also sc...

Q.   What is the origin of the phrase "it’s raining cats and dogs?"    A.  We don’t know.  The phrase might have its roots in Nor...

"Hard drives are like   piñatas .  Every treasure you ever wanted is stored in there somewhere."  The Neighbor, a novel ( Detect...

EVERYDAY MYSTERIES solved at the Library of Congress  Q.   Does water go down the drain counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and c...

I could have done with my thesaurus because I was beginning to repeat myself . . . The Good Thief's Guide to Berlin, #5 in The   Good ...

A   quango   or   QUANGO, less often   QuANGO   or   QANGO   is an   abbreviation   for   quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation.  ...