Relatively good news from the mountain of budget purgatory. That is, until you reach “[an] anticipated 68 positions will be cut from the Central Library and in system-wide operations on October 1, 2010.” At least there’s Iwasaki, invaluable if nothing else for offering unfettered access to the OED and early uses of “budget”: “c1550 Wyll [...]

Above photo of South Boston courtesy of zoezolka at Flickr’s Creative Commons An Evening with Author William M. Bulger Local author William M. Bulger will speak on his new book, James Michael Curley. Time: 630 pm Location: South Boston Branch Library