'My uncle thought he was St Jerome'

"What Jerome is ignorant of, no man has ever known."
- St Augustine

Today is the saint's day of St Jerome, patron saint not only of translators, but also of librarians, archivists and libraries.

I am totally naming all of my children Jérôme.

[via languagehat]

srah - Tuesday, 30 September 2003 - 10:08 PM
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gravatar Justin - October 1, 2003 - 12:27 AM -

Thought you might want to know that the Archie McPhee Librarian Action Figure is now available to purchase. Just got this in the ol' Inbox:

LIBRARIAN ACTION FIGURE
We made an action figure of our favorite Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl and then, POW!, she becomes a national media sensation. As talked about on the
Today Show, NPR and radio stations as far away as Australia, this action figure makes a great gift for your favorite librarian or anyone who loves
books. She comes holding a tiny copy of Nancy Pearl's book "Book Lust" which we also have for sale in actual readable size!
http://www.mcphee.com/amusements/current/11247.html

Also newly available: Shakespeare, Einstein, and Pope Innocent III.

Yes, I'm pimping for a company that I don't even work for.

gravatar Jez - October 1, 2003 - 4:05 AM -

It was my saint's day yesterday then, I suppose. But being a pagan Anglo-Saxon, this completely passed me by.

gravatar srah - October 1, 2003 - 7:01 AM -

Yippee!

Yeah, I don't know anything about saints either. I just think it's neat that he's the patron of all of that.

gravatar Jez - October 1, 2003 - 10:24 AM -

Click here to see your site Splendidized.

A little toy from the new Stephen Fry movie website.

gravatar Cheryl - October 1, 2003 - 11:44 AM -

What's going on with your website? It's weird today. We've made a Fruit Fly Kills tally, with each of our names. So far, I'm at zero. No! I just killed two in, like, half a second!

gravatar srah - October 1, 2003 - 11:48 AM -

What's weird about it? What's wrong?

Two, two, two with one blow?

gravatar Cheryl - October 2, 2003 - 12:23 PM -

It's working now. Just nothing loaded up but the actual blow entries. I could have refreshed it, I suppose.

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