A cultural "omniblog" covering matters literary as well as theatrical, musical, historical, cinematic(al), etc.
Monday, October 16, 2017
Quote of the Day (Stephen Leacock, on Advertising and Intelligence)
"Advertising may be described as the science of
arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it."—Canadian
economist and humorist Stephen Leacock (1869-1944), The Garden of Folly(1924)
I'm a librarian (no, NOT a "cybrarian" or "information scientist" or any of the other trendy terms the profession has come up with), as well as a freelance writer/researcher; my political leanings are contrarian, much to the dismay of friends on the left and right, and so I will give anyone looking for my vote exactly what they deserve -- the back of my hand
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