Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Social Graces by Cheryl Poch

At one time or another, we all could use a little useless information to get us by in our social gatherings, dinner engagements and family functions.

Here are some things you didn’t think you needed to know . . . and probably don’t!

Let’s tackle the ‘literary world.’

~~General Lew Wallace’s best-seller Ben-Hur was the first work of fiction to be blessed by a pope.

~~An estimated 2.5 million books will be shipped in the next 12 months with wrong covers.

~~Guinness World Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.

~~The longest chapter in the Bible is Psalms 119 and the Bible is the number-one shoplifted book in America.

And in case you were wondering . . .

~~A horologist measures time, a klazomaniac is someone who feels like shouting, and a librocubicularist is someone who reads in bed. I think I have done all three of those more than I like to admit. So to put it in simple terms – I will MEASURE my time when I READ IN BED and do a SHOUT OUT when it’s time to call it nitey-night!

Cheryl L. Poch, Director
Fowlerville District Library
131 Mill St. P.O. Box 313
Fowlerville, MI 48836
517-223-9089
c.poch@fowlervillelibrary.org

Thanks to Cheryl for these bits of trivia, thoughts to ponder, and words to use. More, please!

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