Word of the Day
Idyllic (adj., eye-DILL-ick)
Calm, peaceful, and carefree. Gentle breeze, hair fluttering gracefully, overlooking a valley, beverage in hand, un hurried, temperate, free.
Calm, peaceful, and carefree. Gentle breeze, hair fluttering gracefully, overlooking a valley, beverage in hand, un hurried, temperate, free.
Before the internet, if you needed an answer, you asked a librarian. The New York City Librarians kept track of all the questions they received on individual index cards. Some of them are fun to revisit now:
You can see more of the collection over at Amusing Planet.
LibrariansAnswers, please1945 AlexaEt ceteraThere are no dumb questions, just...If there's something strange in the neighborhood, who you gonna call?