The Linking Verb

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CLAMS -- No, not the shellfish (though we had some mighty tasty ones along with corn right off the backyard grill over the holiday weekend). This is probably neither new nor amazing to anyone but me. I was trying to see if a book I recommended to my grandfather -- The Basque History of the World by Mark Kurlansky -- was available at Snow Library in Orleans. It is, and also available at several other Cape libraries. The CLAMS system -- a computerized federation of all Cape Cod public libraries -- has been around since I was a child. Really neat to see the concept translate well to the Internet age. "This Internet thing... it'll never last...." (© Jay Small) (7.9.2003)

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CD Baby -- In addition to the Alexi Murdoch CD, we found ourselves ordering another from this site: thunderstruck by floron. Artist is someone Brandy works with. We liked what we heard from the samples, so we added it to the cart. A few site visits later, I also saw that Boris McCutcheon, recommended by Bill O'Neill in his Sunday CD column, is selling his wares on CD Baby. I've not yet had a chance to listen to the samples, so not sure if we'll be buying that too. Regardless, nice to see a site catering to independent music. (7.9.2003)
7.10.2003 addendum: All that, and a sense of humor. This was the fine print I received on my e-mailed shipping receipt:

Your CDs have been gently taken from our CD Baby shelves with sterilized contamination-free gloves and placed onto a satin pillow.

A team of 50 employees inspected your CDs and polished them to make sure they were in the best possible condition before mailing.

Our packing specialist from Japan lit a candle and a hush fell over the crowd as he put your CDs into the finest gold-lined box that money can buy.

We all had a wonderful celebration afterwards and the whole party marched down the street to the post office where the entire town of Portland waved 'Bon Voyage!' to your package, on its way to you, in our private CD Baby jet on this day, Thursday, July 10th.

I hope you had a wonderful time shopping at CD Baby. We sure did. Your picture is on our wall as "Customer of the Year". We're all exhausted but can't wait for you to come back to CDBABY.COM!!

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Alexi Murdoch -- Again my ears have been treated to my wife's inate ability to tune into good music. We listened to a sample, and immediately ordered the CD. A definite Nick Drake-like sound, but still unique. (7.9.2003)

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