xxxHolic Vol. 1: In our own words...

Want to select the books we read in book club?

If you are interested in selecting book titles for Graphically Speaking and Then Some, (GSTS is a Teen Book Club), on April 11 GSTS members are going to bring their favorite current books, and any other suggestions they may have for group reading.

If you cannot make this meeting, then email those titles to me at:  jrice@jmrl.org.

BLESS ME ULTIMA -- The Big Read

BTW, Im still thinking of ideas for the [Bless Me Ultima] video. Does anyone from GTSS have any ideas?

I'm not sure we have anywhere in Charlottesville that resembles the southwest. Ha. I'll have to look into that.

You should at least keep Bryan in the conversation, if not add the rest of the group. I would, but I don't have the list.

To be honest, the hardest part of this will be keeping the video within the time limits.

Cheers,
R1(0

Question of the Day

This evening, my daughter came into the library to visit me.  Afterwards, I said:  "That was a  shot in the arm", meaning it was GOOD to see her.

"How can a 'shot in the arm'" be good?" asks Mary.  Here is an answer from  Phrase Finder:

A shot in the arm

Meaning

A stimulus.


Origin
This expression derives from the invigorating effect of injecting drugs. A shot is of course American slang for an injection, either of a narcotic or medicinal drug. That term has been in use since around the beginning of the 20th century, for example, this piece from the San Francisco Chronicle Supplement, October 1904:

"I varied hardly a minute each day in the time of taking my injection. My first shot was when I awoke in the morning."

'A shot in the arm' came soon afterwards and the first mention of a figurative use of it in print that I can find is from the Maine newspaper The Lewiston Evening Journal, January 1916:

The vets can give politics a shot in the arm and the political leaders realize it.

So, there you have it: not all shots are painful!
--Jacqueline

We are finally live!! 

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