Bart King's Blog, page 217

"Do you own an Amazon Kindle?"

This raises the question:



Who are the two-percent of people who say, "I don't know"? (Via.)

Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park

By tropicaLiving.

This is an amazing picture from Indonesia. You're welcome.

Broadway Books in Portland has a story to share with you.

This is why we have basic cable.

My library's an open book.

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By Gurbuz Dogan Eksioglu.

Bart's Drive In?

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How did I not know that there was a Portland place called Bart's Drive In? Looks like it was fantastic. (This photo is apparently from 1948.)

So THAT'S how the police catch criminals!

But after the action leaves the parking lot, you'll want to leave as well.

Beware of . . . little Timmy the skeleton!

As Halloween pranks go, this simple one is the best I've seen.

A Library Fit for a King

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By JL Oliveto.



This Brazilian public library is known as the Royal Portuguese Reading Room (Real Gabinete Portugues de Leitura).



And if I'm ever in Rio de Janeiro, you can bet I'm checking it out!

So THIS is what a bookstore looked like in 1856.

It's a big grand, wot? 



(This view of Appleton's Book Store, 346 & 348
Broadway, New York is from here.)