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Jim West is apparently back<\/a> (thanks to Loren Rosson<\/a> for\u00a0drawing attention to this fulfillment of prophecy)\u00a0\u2013 although having witnessed the appearance of +Wrong<\/a>, I was half expecting a new blog called \u201cDr. Jim East\u201d to materialize and offer\u00a0simulacra and simulations of classic westian cat-hating Zwingli-loving sarcasm.\u00a0<\/div>\n

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I wanted to find a photo of Jim West to accompany this post, but take a look<\/a> what your result is if you search for keywords like \u201cJim West bibliobloggers.\u201d And you definitely<\/em> don\u2019t want to search for images of \u201cJim West biblioblog\u201d \u2013 trust me on this.<\/p>\n