>Never loan a book out >w/out requiring a deposit of something of equal value, btw. I know where she lives. My brother, on the other hand, had wanted to borrow a bunch of my books because he had to read them for a few of his courses. After all, why should he have to buy his own when I already own copies. Ha. No way, I said. Absolutely no way in hell. Give him the books, said my mother. No. No, no, no, no no no no no no no no, I said. I refuse. Refuse! Sure enough, just last week there came a knock on my door. Ian: Erin, can I use your copies of Hamlet, Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals, Fear and Trembling, and I and Thou? I just need them for page references. Erin: Dare I asked what happened to *your* copies of these texts? Ian: Um, I dunno. Erin: That's FOUR books. FOUR. You lost FOUR books? Ian: It seems that way. Hmm... I think I was supposed to be doing something. Now, what was it? Erin ----- Original Message ----- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 11:19 AM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Enthusiasm I have 27 5-ft long bookshelves lining two walls of my family room. Yes, removing the books to dust is a purgatorial task. I have one section of fiction, alpha by author, a section on philo & religion, alpha by author, a poetry section, and then all other non-fiction, alpha. The interesting thing this spring is that all my husbands books (he owns nearly as many as mine) came into the house when we married 5 years ago and have been stranded randomly in various tacky bookcases around the house, bookcases which I now, since I'm reconverting the front room from temporary step-daughter teen bedroom to proper living room, am getting rid of. Which leaves me far more books than shelves. I've considered hanging shelves from studs in the ceilings.... Anyway, this time 'round I get to pick up each of the (literally) thousands of books we collectively own, decide if it's a book either of us really wants/needs to keep, if we haven't read it if we ever will, and which section it goes into. Then measure the quantity of books leftover from the shelves used and figure out ......I don't know .....maybe a purchase of one of those pre-fab sheds to keep them in..... <sigh>. And no one ever answered my plea about organizing music. That means either there's a perfect solution that is a complete secret to the unititiated or no solution exists at all. Never loan a book out w/out requiring a deposit of something of equal value, btw. Julie Krueger determined to win over the detritus ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: Enthusiasm Date: 4/17/05 10:11:10 A.M. Central Daylight Time From: _erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: Ah, see, I meant putting away some papers, shaking out the clothes I never wear but insist on keeping, and dusting off my bookshelves. It's really only the bookshelves that is a horribly aggravating task because I have to take all the books off the shelves just to wipe the shelves and then put them all back. That's 11 shelves. Long ones. In alphabetical order. According to subject. Shut up, just shut. up. And it's bothering me that there are these two empty spaces. One where the collected works of Shakespeare is supposed to go and one where a book on Hellenistic philosophy is supposed to go, because I let a friend borrow them after she had her bag stolen. There's a hole in my heart, I tell you, a hole. Erin ----- Original Message ----- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 10:51 AM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Enthusiasm day?? DAY??? It's been spring cleaning freaking MONTH all April and it's likely to continue into MAY!!! Don't talk to me about spring cleaning "days"! Start with the top of the walls and put on some really, really energetic music. Oh, and stock up on advil for all the pulled muscles. And open windows when you combine more than three potent cleaning chemicals. Anything else I can help with? Julie Krueger having conquered 2 1/2 out of 11 rooms. ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Enthusiasm Date: 4/17/05 7:56:57 A.M. Central Daylight Time From: _erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: Yay!!!! It's spring cleaning day!!!!!!! Oh god... 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