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Hello again, blogosphere! I'm back from my almost-two-weeks-in-the-UK mostly-vacation, having richly enjoyed nearly every minute of it.* There will be more of a travel narrative before long, with pictures; right now, I'm still catching up after a couple of mostly internet-less weeks. Which means it's time for a quick link-roundup post of things seen here, there, and yon.

• The Tenured Radical and Historiann discuss Terry Castle's The Professor and Other Writings, which I read earlier this summer and highly recommend: part 1, part 2, part 3.**
• The University of Michigan Library now includes contact information for relevant subject specialists among patrons' search results. I don't know if that would be possible to implement in MPOW's catalog (having a shared catalog with two other schools would probably make it hard to point people to the right librarian), but it's a very cool idea.
• Today's XKCD absolutely nails what's wrong with pretty much every college and university web site I've ever seen.
• "Academic Prose: A Brief Rant," by Kevin Dettmar, also had me nodding i...
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9 to 5, which played 148 performances on Broadway before closing in September 2009, is based on the 1980 film comedy about women working in an oppressive office. Dolly Parton penned entirely new music and lyrics for the show -- except for, of course, the title song.

DeGarmo was last seen on stage as Sheila in the Tony-winning revival of Hair. She was also the runner-up on the third season of American Idol, and is still the youngest contestant to reach the top two during the show's nine seasons (Fantasia Barrino was the eventual winner that season). Undoubtedly, she should have no trouble holding her own during the tour. Although no other official casting announcements have been made, Dee Hoty is expected to play the role of Violet Newstead. 

The tour is scheduled to begin the week of Sept. 20 at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville, TN.

-- Alison Mierzejewski

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