Hello Mr. T. McSweeney,
I am writing to request full authorization to copy and paste, I mean syndicate, some of the writings of McSweeneys Internet Tendency division of the McSweeney's media company on to my MySpace web log. You should be aware that this could be quite beneficial for your varied business interests because it will increase your exposure to all of my 12 friends. Of course I will benefit by having my friends think I am creative and discerning, even if I can't really produce anything of my own to prove it. Thats my precarious situation, on working on that. You are more than welcome to see the web log in progress at http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=44337059. By the way I am working on having a shorter URL name so that it will be easier for America to access it from her computer, as soon as I can overcome this snafu of not being able to think of anything clever enough. I also plan to include more frequent posts to my blog thing. They will be inciteful, educated and warm (I hope!). If I have made one of my 12 friends go "hmmmm." then I'll have done my job.
So all in all I look forward to a long and prosperous partnership with the McSweeney's empire. Maybe even one day eventually I'll write a best selling novel and I'll let you publish it. Maybe. Lets just start small by forming this syndication partnership and then we can see how it goes from there.
Well it was a pleasure writing this email to you. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. I hope that at least I get an automated response that is very interesting.
Yours Most Sincerely,
MB
So maybe if they are favorable then I can expand it to my other blogventures, including here. Stay tuned for some Dave Eggers!
but yeah, good luck with that. I never seem to be able to manage an interesting blog entry here, let alone try to keep my myspace blog up to date.
A P U B L I C L I B R A R I A N
BY SCOTT DOUGLAS
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Dispatch 23 (8/14/06)
When I first began these dispatches, I hinted that perhaps there might be observations about other libraries. Thus far I have done a bad job of this. Until now. Not long ago I came across a copy of the rules for a Paris library circa 1300. If you have always been curious about what libraries were like in Paris circa 1300, time-travel with me and read these rules of library conduct, which, if nothing else, will make you appreciate modern libraries a little more:
1. Robes and caps required.
2. No children or illiterates admitted.
3. Respectable learned men may enter if introduced by a member; their "valets" must remain outside.
4. Each member keeps his own key and loans it to no one.
5. Neither fire nor light permi
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