So I come to ET looking for the Pope diary, and.

by jjellin Mon Feb 11th, 2013 at 04:49:00 PM EST

There isn't one!  Really?  I realize this isn't much of a diary, but I thought I'd point that out.   [update] Okay, I see there is a discussion started in the newsroom . . . don't know how to link to it. [HERE and HERE (afew)] And I will delete this diary as soon as I figure out how.

So this is the Pope diary - afew

Aaaaahhhhhhhhh!! I'm sorry this is my first diary.

by jjellin Fri Sep 4th, 2009 at 08:35:45 AM EST

I am this close to tears.  Just saw this article about Cushing Academy, a fancy prep school in Massachusetts that is . . .

is . . .

GETTING RID OF ITS LIBRARY BOOKS!!    They are apparently not only planning to go digital all the way, but they are actually giving away or selling their books.  They are going to rearrange things and turn the old library into a "learning center" or something.

I'm about to throw up.  

a_library_without_the_books

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Alcibiades (ca. 450-404 BCE) lived during turbulent times when the city-states of Athens and Sparta were at war. He grew up as a member of the privileged elite in Athens. At a young age he grew influential within the democratic assembly that met on the Pnyx. As the resident consul for Sparta he forged important diplomatic relationships.

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