tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post2132154780210122394..comments2023-11-05T05:01:58.563-05:00Comments on Ward Six: Book DecorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-55745569081198615232008-05-30T14:41:00.000-05:002008-05-30T14:41:00.000-05:00Around here though books are piled in so many plac...Around here though books are piled in so many places, and so precariously, that they're more earthquake hazards than decorative items. Every once in a while, in the middle of the night, a stack comes crashing down, and we all turn over in our sleep or come half awake and wonder if maybe when we go downstairs to check out the accident site we'll discover the book we can't find and were halfway through.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-29191101918482083772008-05-29T20:35:00.000-05:002008-05-29T20:35:00.000-05:00They do this at Ikea. I like to walk into the pre-...They do this at Ikea. I like to walk into the pre-made rooms and pretend I just teleported into some Swedish person's kitchen.M. Sáflohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12783971214731543500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-87893163667349262172008-05-29T08:01:00.000-05:002008-05-29T08:01:00.000-05:00as writers, we should be grateful that people are ...as writers, we should be grateful that people are buying books, even if they're not getting read. at least we might be able to fool some publishers into printing more of them.<BR/><BR/>i know plenty of folk who have wondrous libraries, of which they've read little. if having volumes makes them feel good, bully for them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-3854802999182883172008-05-29T06:09:00.000-05:002008-05-29T06:09:00.000-05:00No kidding (re: weather.) We did our garden yeste...No kidding (re: weather.) We did our garden yesterday and then the weather forecast changed to near freezing overnight. <BR/><BR/>In related news, Netflix just served up "An Inconvenient Truth"...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-1736273456597752012008-05-29T01:02:00.000-05:002008-05-29T01:02:00.000-05:00Reminds me of the Flann O'Brien piece ("Waama, etc...Reminds me of the Flann O'Brien piece ("Waama, etc") in which he offers his services as a Book-handler to the wealthy but unread gentry. On a sliding scale of prices, his services go from dog-earing random pages and inserting tram tickets as bookmarks, to mauling the spines and adding whiskey stains.<BR/><BR/>He also offers to add marginalia ("Yes, v. true!" or "But see Homer, Od., iii, 151") and even 'inscriptions' from the authors ("To my old friend, with affection and much appreciation, G.B. Shaw')<BR/><BR/>And it goes on from there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-83994552608221680362008-05-28T22:34:00.000-05:002008-05-28T22:34:00.000-05:00Funny. I just posted on the same BoingBoing story....Funny. I just posted on the same BoingBoing story. Our minds seem to think alike but our takes are somewhat different. Still, coincidence? Could it be the universe trying to tell us something? Besides that we both read BoingBoing?xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17866348942612559536noreply@blogger.com