News for a Saturday. You could read it Monday, But Nobody'll Care.

Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey have seemingly removed all books on evolution and other subjects from their for sale list.  The group denies censorship claims, instead claiming copyright and the fact that the books all needed to be translated to "Gobblese," the official language of Turkey. *

A bunch of kids at the Charlotte Central School made some really poor sculptures of book related shit.  I am no art critic, but these kids better not throw away those Burger King applications just yet. **

Penguin books is producing an app of Anne Frank's diary.  I wonder if the digital book will have any hidden Easter eggs? ***

Michael Panzer has been selected to be the 10th Editor-In-Chief of the DDCS!  Panzer's first notion will be to bring back section 104, formally Philosophical Essays, as a new section: "104 - Bullshit Said In Barbershops."****

A new exhibit by the National Archives of Australia shows all the books Australia has banned over the years.  It also starts out with a comparison to the Nazis.  I am not joking. *****

*This sentence is to apologize for that "Turkey" joke.  I do not know what the hell I was thinking.

**Wow, I just read over this and that thing about the kids and the sculpture was pretty harsh.  Sorry about that, too.  Man, this no smoking thing has made me pretty mean.  

***I don't know what the hell that Anne Frank thing was about.  I admit I might be going to hell for that one.

****I'm standing by the Panzer joke.

***** Feeling better after that article compared Australia to Nazi Germany.

Library News: Won't You be My Neighbor?

Oh, Hi.  It's nice to see you again.  (change out of button-up and into worn-out Megadeath t-shirt)  You know, our libraries are fascinating and wondrous places where all kinds of things can happen. (takes off shoes for more comfortable shoelessness)  Every day, something special is happening in your library, like someone looking for a job or finding a book they read as a kid. (fixes a mixed drink of whiskey, red wine and orange power drink in a goldfish bowl) Let's see what happened in our libraries this week so far, shall we? (lights the porch on fire)


The Newcastle library and art gallery have been closed down indefinitely after local officials widened security from protesters over the removal of some fig trees and other growth.  The fig trees responded by screaming silently as they were fed into a wood chipper. Silly trees. abc.net.au

Lewis Black, comedian, has been named to the honorary board of the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library in Indianapolis.  Black plans to help the library by fundraising through performances and such, as well as dressing in shiny boots and time traveling.  ibj.com

Governor Jerry Brown of California signed in a bill this week that will restrict public library privatization.  The bill will force companies to show they are saving the taxpayers money if they take over public services.  Taxpayers could give less of a crap as long as the paper is there in the morning and the new Nicholas Sparks book is on the shelf. mercurynews

The Folger Shakespeare Library is celebrating the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, one of the more influential books in history.  King James was not around to comment on the widespread craziness like those weirdos in Westboro. washingtonpost

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is in the process of moving a 340 ton boulder for an art instillation. They should hire out a company to do this, if they can prove they can do it cheaper than a bunch of museum folk, that is.  nytimes

Alec Baldwin donated around $10,000 to the Central Falls library to keep it afloat in these hard economic times.  This is a long way to go to use a library out of state. whdh

Google to Attempt Take Over of English

Google is set to launch it's Google eBooks store simultaneously in the UK, Canada, and Australia.  Both Canada and Australia have seen massive book and ebook system drops in the last year with the collapse of companies such as Borders, and this will be a welcome addition.  No date has been set for the launch of the service, but Google hopes to have it running by the end of the year.  GoodEReader

And so it came to pass, the mighty Google put out its hands and grasped the empires of old.  "Care to Feel Lucky?" the diety said, casting his head back in laughter.