tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post7048782282060399913..comments2024-03-28T19:56:32.848-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `A Thousand Unaccountable Things'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-69905588196376766542017-11-22T10:01:03.925-06:002017-11-22T10:01:03.925-06:00The public library probably depends very heavily o...The public library probably depends very heavily on both the sales of these materials, and also on the statistics that show that its collection is indeed circulating, not just sitting there being library wallpaper. It is indeed sad that so many hidden gems go undiscovered on library shelves--but the book sale is simply setting them off on their second life in the private sector, to be matched up with an owner looking specifically for them.The Sanity Inspectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04808433661634318393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-80727980927033136462017-06-11T18:49:38.798-05:002017-06-11T18:49:38.798-05:00Thanks for the prompt, for this excellent read.
I...Thanks for the prompt, for this excellent read.<br /><br />In the midst of all the suffering and woes, the Story of the Piper stood out. (page 89, Penguin edition)<br />He'd fallen asleep, and was picked up and thrown on a Death-cart. ("Bring out your dead.")<br />He awoke, and said "But I an't dead tho', am I?"<br /><br />This was in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.<br />Cleese was trying to throw his father on the cart. ("But I'm not dead yet." "Oh, don't be such a baby.")<br />Then the cart man clubbed the old man, and he was tossed on the cart.mike zimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08688913712302681707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-66736136615054961892017-05-14T02:09:11.126-05:002017-05-14T02:09:11.126-05:00Marcus Aurelius in Self-Help? Why not? Or the spir...Marcus Aurelius in Self-Help? Why not? Or the spiritual writings of Samuel Johnson, the poems of George Herbert, the Syndicated News Articles of Eric Hoffer?Tim Guirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04273546542482255916noreply@blogger.com